Big data into this year's global software market important growth momentum

Beijing time June 5 Morning News, IDC released the latest report in Wednesday, according to the current U.S. dollar, 3721.html ">2014 year global software market is expected to increase by 5.9% per cent, in the same dollar, the growth rate will be adjusted to 5.7%, Less than 6.2% of the forecast for November 2013. IDC expects the 2013-2018 global software market to grow at a compound annual rate of close to 6%.

IDC predicts that structured data management software, collaborative applications, and data access, analysis and transmission solutions are expected to achieve the strongest growth in the forecast period, with a composite annual growth rate of nearly 9% per cent in 2013-2018.

Henry Morris, senior vice president of IDC, said: "Use the social dimension of the Internet to continue to promote collaborative software growth, much of which is provided to users in the form of SaaS (software as a service)," Henry Morris. This is complemented by increased attention to large data and analysis solutions that help companies understand and anticipate consumer habits, making them a new understanding of product reliability and maintenance. ”

In the enterprise application area, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), ERP (Enterprise resource Management), supply chain management and operation and manufacturing applications will continue to maintain a compound annual growth rate of about 6%.

Christine Dover, director of IDC Research, said: "Companies are gradually deploying applications that do not exist or are not needed, such as deploying business applications in all industries." Not just retail, but manufacturing, services, catering, and even the public sector. IDC also sees applications from areas that didn't exist before (such as subscription billing, spending optimization, and revenue management), using custom applications or manual programs to meet demand. ”

Geographically, emerging economies will continue to experience faster growth than mature economies. Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America, the Middle East, CEMA (Middle East Europe, Middle East and Africa) had a composite annual growth rate of 8.5% in 2013-2018, while the combined annual growth rate of the mature markets in North America, Western Europe and Japan was 5.9%.