Preliminary Canadian Application Outsourcing Forecast, 2005-2010: Industry Report

Preliminary Canadian Application Outsourcing Forecast, 2005-2010

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: April 2006
Product Code: R104-26432

Description

The application outsourcing services market continues to be one of the better stories in the Canadian IT services market. "The application outsourcing services market benefits from the continued interest in IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing services as well as the externalization of IT applications and processes. In addition, application services are emerging as key offerings in their own right. Furthermore, software as a service and hosted application management offerings are poised to become a greater component of the outsourcing services market in this country." says Nigel Wallis, research manager, Canadian application services research.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
IDC Opinion
In This Study
Situation Overview
Introduction
Taxonomy Alert: Not so SaaS-y Anymore
Why the Change?
What Are Definitions Now?
Figure: Retired Application Outsourcing View
Figure: New Application Outsourcing Model for 2006
Table: Characteristics of Traditional Application Management Versus Hosted Application Management and Software on Demand
Assess Current Situation: Hosted Application Management
What We Said
Assess Current Situation: Application Management
Smart Sourcing is a Driver for Application Management
Healthy Growing Market, but?
20/20 Hindsight: 2005 Re-Sized
Future Outlook
Forecast and Assumptions
Hosted Application Management and SaaS
Table: SaaS and Hosted Application Management Market Forecast, 2005-2010
Application Management
Table: Application management forecast, 2005-2010
Assumptions Table
Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Canadian Business Services, 2005-2010
Market Context
Impact of SaaS on the Managed Services Business Model
Figure: Interest in Alternative Delivery Models is Robust
Impact of BPO
Table: Major BPO Deals Impact on Application Management Market
Essential Guidance
Market Strategies: HAM & SaaS
Software on Demand / SaaS / HAM
Figure: Awareness is an Issue for SaaS
How to Grow the SaaS Market
When to Target the Client
Figure: Know When To Sell SaaS
Application Management Is Still A Growing Market
Figure: Expanding Range of Application Outsourcing Opportunities
Actions to Consider
Advice for Vendors
Learn More
Related Research
Definitions
Application Management (AM)
Hosted Application Management (Hosted AM)
IS Outsourcing (ISO)
Methodology
IDC's Revenue Forecast and Analysis Methodology
Synopsis

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