| | 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 | |
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| | those that 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.
Accenture, fuelled by | |
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| | 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
backgrounds to provide
holistic services to | |
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| | 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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