The report sums up the development of the global and Chinese software markets in 2004.
Through accurate data and full elaboration, it presents the structure of China's software market and characteristics of the demand-supply relationship from various angles.
Meanwhile, it examines competition between enterprises in different market segments, presenting assessment of leading enterprises' competitiveness.
The report especially points out the following: The year 2000 was the watershed for China's software market.
Before 2000, it was growing rapidly; after 2000, growth slowed down, hitting a new low in 2003.
In 2004, driven by the government's policy for encouraging the development of the software industry and demand for IT application in various industries, recovery consolidation produced preliminary effect in the market.
As competition further intensifies, the business adjustment and cooperation between domestic and foreign vendors resulted in increased market concentration.
The focus of IT users' attention is shifting towards application-related industry application software and total solutions.
Application software is becoming an important driving force for China's software market.
That software enterprises evolve from software product vendors to providers of full software services that meet personalized demand is an inevitable trend of market competition.
After analyzing major factors affecting the development of China's software market from 2005-2009, the report presents qualitative and quantitative forecast of the development trend of the market.
Finally, it provides development strategy and recommendations for leading enterprises.