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Report:Market Overview: IT Services In China, 2013

Businesses Now Have More Options To Drive Competitive Differentiation In China

China has entered a new phase of economic development, driven by government focus on expanding the domestic market. This transition will have a significant impact on private and public organizations...

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Report:Outsourcing In China: Key Lessons Learned

Multinational Corporations Are Increasingly Considering Outsourcing To Local Vendors

Most leading multinational corporations (MNCs) have already established their business in mainland China, and now other MNCs are planning to expand their go-to-market plans in the world's...

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Report:China's SAP Services Market Is In Flux

Sales To SMBs And Expansion In Tier Three And Tier Four Cities Are The Market's Key Growth Engines

The major SAP services customer base in China is evolving from large enterprises to small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) — an evolution that parallels SAP China's business transformation....

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Client Inquiry:Market Allocation Of Web Browser Brands In China

What is the market allocation of web browser brands and versions in China?

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Blog:Local Outsourcing Providers Should Be On Your Radar In China

Over the past three years, multinational companies’ (MNCs’) approach to outsourcing in China has steadily matured as they seek to leverage broader outsourcing models and source from a...

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Report:Database Appliances Are Gaining Momentum In China

Hardware-Centric Solutions Continue To Have Strong Local Appeal

Mature IT customers in China are facing challenges in analyzing large data sets. Demand for database appliances — a combination of hardware and software integrated with and optimized for a...

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Blog:Consolidation Of The Chinese IT Services Market: The Race To Delivery Maturity

Gene Cao, Frederic Giron, Michael Barnes On August 10, rival IT outsourcers hiSoft and VanceInfo announced their intention to merge. The resulting entity will comprise a much bigger organization,...

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Blog:Are You Ready For China's Outsourcing Market?

Dear Forrester Community, I would like to take couple of minutes to introduce myself and the research topics I’m working on. I came to Forrester through the acquisition of Springboard Research...

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Report:Market Overview: Data Center Services In China

Traditional Market Leaders Must Adapt To A Rapidly Shifting Market

Forrester believes that the explosive growth of emerging data center services like as-a-service and virtual private cloud services over the next three to five years will spark increased demand from...

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Blog:Microsoft Public Cloud Services Land In Mainland China

with Rita Xia On November 2 in Shanghai, Microsoft announced the availability of Office 365 and Windows Azure services for customers in mainland China; both have been available in Hong Kong for...

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Report:IT Buying Behavior Study Of Government-Related Customers: PRC

This document provides a comprehensive overview of IT procurement in the government-related market in China, with a focus on how new policies to foster local innovation and limit IT procurement from...

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Report:Driving Outsourcing Success In China

Service Provider Strategies Need To Reflect Local Market Issues

The IT outsourcing market in China will significantly mature as customers are getting more acquainted to the value proposition of outsourcing. Although the outsourcing provider landscape is already...

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Report:Lessons Learned From Outsourcing In China: Part 2

Local Vendors Are Ready to Be On MNCs' Radar

This report follows up on an outsourcing services market report published in Q3 2012 that outlined key lessons for multinational corporations (MNCs) seeking to leverage outsourcing engagements in...

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Report:PRC IT Services Report: 2010

This document provides early and accurate market size estimates for 2010 in China, including vendor rankings and activities, forecasts, and market trends for vendor strategists. The report is based...

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Blog:More Application-Related Services Options in China — And More Potential Risks

China’s GDP growth slowed to 7.7% in Q1 2013. While below market expectations, this growth rate still ensures strong continued IT spending, as local organizations seek to meet ongoing demand...