New Delhi, Dec 28: IBM Global Services has emerged as the fastest growing IT services company in the Asia Pacific region sans Japan, by growing at 10 per cent in the first six months of the 2003 while remaining ahead of its nearest competitor by more than 400 million dollars in revenue, according to tracking firm IDC. IBM Global Services which includes IBM business consulting services is the top Asia Pacific services vendor and is the only vendor of the region with double digit market share, leading the nearest competitor by more than 400 million dollar in revenue, an IBM statement said quoting International Date Corporation (IDC) figures.
It is four share points ahead of the next nearest services company in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan, the statement said.
IBM's strong showing in the services market was due to its success in a number of significant outsourcing deals. IDC believes that IBM's e-business on-demand strategy, its ability to provide a comprehensive services portfolio and the complete integration of PWC to form the business consulting division all contributed to IBM's continued positive growth in Asia Pacific, it said quoting IDC's associate director, services, Asia Pacific Phil Hassey.
IBM is able to draw on consulting skills and industry expertise gained from PWC consulting to apply technology to facilitate strategic process change, Hideki Kurashige, managing partners, IBM Business Consulting, A-Pac said.
"Our top priority is that our clients continue to put US on the top slot through our end-to-end service offerings," Tim Shaughnessy, GM, IBM Global Services A-Pac said.
Total IT services in Asia Pacific grew at 7.6 per cent, according to IDC. Bureau Report