New Zealand Applications Outsourcing 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis

This IDC study provides a forecast and analysis of the New Zealand application outsourcing services market. This recaps and provides an analysis of happenings in the market throughout 2004 and provides a market forecast covering the five-year period 2005 to 2009. The study views the market from the perspective of applications management and software as a service (formerly referred to as applications service provision, or ASP). The information and analysis contained in this study builds on the findings of the New Zealand IT Services Market 2004-2009 Review and Forecast.

"In the short term at least, it is likely that end users will maintain their core business processes in-house, while choosing to outsource their non-core functionalities. As time goes on however, we will see both the number of functions outsourced increasing, as well as the expansion of the types of functionalities included within outsourcing engagements," says Jenna Griffin, market analyst, Services and Solutions, IDC New Zealand.