Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker
IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker® provides subscribers with an in-depth look into the competitive
landscape and the market dynamics shaping the current and future direction of the global software industry. It tracks
and details individual software companies' historical business performance, and it forecasts the development of theindustry five years into the future — across 52 geographies and 79 discrete software market segments. In addition,
the tracker provides an understanding of the transition from traditional on-premises deployments to public cloudservices by segmenting software revenue by deployment type, company, geography, and market segment. With therapid transition from 2nd Platform to 3rd Platform technologies, it is critical for software vendors, public cloud services
providers, supply chain partners, and the investment community to understand the underlying dynamics behind thistransition. This extensive coverage of vendor share information enables both global and local players to benchmark
themselves in terms of business growth and market penetration.

Technology Coverage
This tracker provides total market size and vendor shares for 79 functional software markets, with options for further submarket data views in selectadd-on products. Measurement for this tracker is total software revenue, which includes license, maintenance, and subscription revenue (includingpublic cloud services). The 20 secondary software markets that group the 79 functional software markets reported are listed.
Core Coverage Analytics and business intelligence software Application development software Application platforms
 Artificial intelligence platforms
 Collaborative applications
 Content workflow and management
applications
 Customer resource management (CRM)
applications

Data management software
Endpoint management software
Engineering applications
Enterprise resource management (ERM)
applications
Integration and orchestration middleware
Network software
Physical and virtual computing software
Production and operations applications

Security software
Software quality and life-cycle tools
Storage software
Supply chain management (SCM)
applications
 System and service management software

Deployment Type Segmentation
 On-premises/other Public cloud services

Geographic Scope Asia/Pacific excl. Japan and China (13): Australia, Hong Kong,India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines,Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Rest of APeJC Canada
 Central and Eastern Europe (6): Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,Romania, Russia, and Rest of CEE
 Japan Latin America (7): Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru,
and Rest of Latin America

 The Middle East and Africa (6): Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Rest of MEA
 PRC
 United States Western Europe (16): Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom

Data Deliverables
This tracker is delivered on a semiannual basis via a web-based interface for online querying and downloads. The deliverables for this tracker arelisted. For a complete delivery schedule, please contact an IDC sales representative.
 Half-year vendor shares by market, geography, and deployment type Annual five-year forecasts by market, geography, and deployment type

Forecast Coverage
Annual five-year market forecasts for this tracker are updated semiannually and include five-year annual market projections. Forecasts areavailable at the worldwide, regional, and country levels. Details of the forecasts included in this tracker are listed.
Core Forecast Coverage Markets (see the Technology Coverage section)
 Regions Countries
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Deployment Type Segmentation
 On-premises/other Public cloud services
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