Research and Markets: 2008-2009 Annual Report on China's Open-Source Software Market

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/379dcc/20082009_annual_r) has
announced the addition of the "2008-2009 Annual Report on China's Open-Source
Software Market" report to their offering.

Vendors Involved: Red Flag Software Co., Ltd., Novell, China Standard Software,
Red Hat, Turolinux, Redflag Chinese 2000, etc.

In 2008, affected by global economic environment, the growth rate of China's
open source software market slows down, but the application scope of open source
software such as Linux, open-source office, open-source database, open-source
ERP, open-source CRM, and open-source browsers further expanded, with improved
application value, ecological environment has improved.

With regard to market structure, Linux software remains the main product in the
commercial open source software market. Linux manufacturers' attention has
transferred from Linux server and desktop products to product line cluster.
Manufacturers' competition is heating up; the competition has transferred from
single manufacturer's strength to industry alliance. Because of government's
purchase demands, open-source Office market keeps steady growth.
OpenOffice.org's global open-source conference's host further improves China's
open-source's position in global open-source stage

In the face of changes and challenges of competition and the market, release of
2008-2009 Annual Report on China's Open-Source Software Market helps vendors,
investors and industry insiders grasp more accurately the markets development,
and discern market situation and development trend:

* Deep and accurate market research data: On the basis of in-depth research of
leading vendors, the report depicts the development of the market from the angle
of product structure, regional markets, vertical markets, and parallel markets,
and distribution channels, and clearly displays the markets development
direction.
* All-round, in-depth brand competition analysis and user requirements study. It
probes leading vendors product strategy, marketing strategy, channel strategy
and service strategy, and identifies users demand and expectations, to assist in
decision-making.
* Scientific and complete forecast on the market in next three years: analysis
of related industry links, original data accumulation, scientific forecast
methods, scientific market forecast, regression modeling and expert verification
in major market segments, and presents valuable trend analysis and quantitative
forecast result.

Key Topics Covered:

* I. Overview of the Global Open-Source Software Market in 2008
* II. Overview of China's Open-Source Software Market in 2008
* III. Forecast on China's Open-Source Software Market, 2009-2011
* IV. Analysis on Development Trend of China's Open-Source Software Market,
2009-2011
* V. Factors Affecting the Market
* VI. Analysis on Competition Situation in China's Open-Source Software Market
* VII. China's Open-Source User Requirements Study
* VIII. Recommendations

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http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/379dcc/20082009_annual_r

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