Asia
SaaS Market To Grow Six Times Stronger in AP (excl...
Submitted by kalpa on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 06:37
IDC expects the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) market to take off significantly in 2009, despite a challenging year for IT market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region. According to IDC's latest report "Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Software-as-a-Service Market Size and Forecast, 2009-2013: The Growth Has Yet to Peak", the regional SaaS market is expected to reach $298 million in 2009, which is an increase of 18 percent from 2008. This growth rate is 6 times higher than the overall packaged software market growth of 3 percent in 2009.
The Asia Regional Integration Centre
Submitted by vandanaahuja on Tue, 10/03/2006 - 10:39
The Asian DevelopmentBank has launched the Asia Regional Integration Center (ARIC) website, a knowledge and information portal which facilitates the tracking of progress in the region’s accelerating economic cooperation and integration.
The new ARIC website supports the Asia and Pacific region’s efforts to promote regional cooperation and integration.
As per the ADB President, Haruhiko Kuroda, the ARIC website is a valuable tool for monitoring progress and understanding ongoing and planned regional initiatives.
