| | During 2005, the
worldwide systems
integration (SI)
services market
experienced its
strongest year since the
heyday of the dot-com
boom in the late 1990s.
According to a new
study published by IDC,
after years of sluggish
returns and historic
lows, the worldwide
market experienced
moderate growth of about
4% in 2005, indicating
healthy customer demand.
IDC believes that the
improved economic
conditions, pent-up
demand, and a desire to
align business processes
with IT systems drove | |
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| | spending. IDC's research
also indicates that
high-growth areas
include investments in
SOA, infrastructure
improvements, and
application services.
"SIs that have
invested in emerging
areas, stayed close to
customers and focused on
efficient execution are
well positioned to
capitalize on the market
as it improves," said
Stephanie Torto, program
manager for IDC's
Systems Integration
Business Strategies
research. "Companies
that will succeed in the
SI market going forward
will be those that | |
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| | embrace the evolution of
the software
environment, collaborate
closely with partners
and customers, possess a
strong understanding of
industry-specific
business processes, and
have a mature and
seamless global delivery
capability."
IDC believes that the
competitive landscape
for the SI services
market will continue to
evolve as vendors
balance their SI
investments and
priorities with their
overall portfolio of
offerings and strategic
direction of the
company.
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Accenture, fuelled by
its momentum in 2004,
was well positioned to
take advantage of a
rebounding SI market and
customers' pent-up
demand for SI services
and was the top
worldwide SI in 2005.
The US market was
dominated by companies
with a strong presence
in the federal
government, namely
Lockheed Martin, CSC,
and SAIC.
The diversity of
players found in the
worldwide SI market
reflects the reality of
the IT services market,
in which vendors come
from a variety of | |
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| | backgrounds to provide
holistic services to
customers.
The worldwide SI
services market is more
fragmented than the US
market because of the
presence of localised
players in the global
market.
IDC believes that
consolidation will
mirror the type of
activity characteristic
of the market over the
past few years, that is,
targeted, niche
acquisitions for
specific industry or
technical skills.
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