Peter Dinham
Sunday, 05 July 2009 09:45
IT Industry -
Market
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Chung says the communications and media sector also
suffered a single-digit decline in the growth rate during the same
period, but she expects the IM software market in the region to improve
as the economic crisis bottoms out and confidence returns.
In the APEJ region, Chung expects recovery to
begin next year, and she says most users are likely to maintain
spending in the market, and ultimately “there are still pockets of
opportunities available to vendors.”
However, Chung says that the drive for cost savings and efficiencies
while adapting to changing business needs, fuels markets such as
problem management and performance management software, but she says
storage software has been less impacted by the financial crisis too,
“thanks to the growing data needs, compliance and regulation
requirements.”
Nevertheless, Chung cautions that cost-control, return-on-investment,
and value-centric projects will “remain in play, particularly for
2009.”
In the APEJ region, IDC expects Greater China and India to remain the
“bright sparks” leading IM market growth in the region, and the
research firm says that, while infrastructure build-out in these
countries has slowed, the two countries continue to experience better
growth compared to others in the region, and “when growth picks up pace
once again, these markets are expected to steam ahead.”