IDC: Open Source, SaaS Top Disruptors in Asia

"Open source, software-as-a-service and consolidation are just some of the main disruptions rippling across the Asia-Pacific software industry, according to research house IDC.

"Daphne Chung, research manager for infrastructure and middleware software at IDC Asia-Pacific, noted that as much as 83 percent of the US$15 billion Asia-Pacific enterprise software market is now exposed to open-source software. This includes areas such as enterprise resource management applications, customer relationship management and operating systems..."

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