JAKARTA, January 12, 2006 – The Business Software Alliance (BSA) released the results of its 2005 Domestic Software Industry Development Study highlighting the views of IT professionals in Asia on the development of the domestic software industry, together with statistics reflecting the views of IT professionals in Indonesia.
The key conclusions of survey are that IT professionals in Asia clearly believe that the government needs to play an important role in facilitating the development of the domestic software industry, particularly in terms of training and education. Industry self-regulation is preferred by the IT professionals as being more desirable than government-defined policies. IT professionals view the role of the government as fostering an environment of free competition such that all parties can compete freely in the market.
The survey reflects that there is substantial awareness among IT professionals in Asia about availability of open source options for software development, but the level and depth of understanding about open source and commercial software offering varies. There is expectation that open source solutions will bring about greater choice. It is a commonly held belief that the open source and commercial software models can and should co-exist.
“Surveys such as this are part of BSA’s broader efforts in helping to compile data and research on issues specific or unique to Asia, where there is not enough existing information. This survey is one step towards filling that gap”, said Seow Hiong Goh, BSA’s Director for Software Policy (Asia). “The survey includes Asia-wide statistics that reflect the broader perspectives and needs of the practitioners across the region, and the country specific statistics that highlight the more unique perspectives within each country, and the difference in priorities between countries within Asia.”
This survey covered eight countries in Asia – China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam – to provide a representative cross section of the countries in Asia. 100 private sector IT professionals were surveyed in each country, totaling 800. IT professionals employed by the government were not included in the study. IT professionals surveyed are individuals who are IT executives, directors, managers, officers, whose primary job function is in a full time IT, software development, information systems or MIS department of a private organization. The survey was conducted by IPSOS Public Affairs, an independent research and survey company commissioned by BSA.
Through the survey, BSA hopes to provide insights and basis to policy makers for analysis as they consider their national strategies and policies.
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The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members represent one of the fastest growing industries in the world. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade and e-commerce. BSA members include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Bentley Systems, Borland, Cadence Design Systems, Cisco Systems, CNC Software/Mastercam, Dell, Entrust, HP, IBM, Intel, Internet Security Systems, McAfee, Microsoft, Minitab, PTC, RSA Security, SAP, SolidWorks, Sybase, Symantec, Synopsys, The MathWorks, Trend Micro and UGS. Local members in Asia include Agilent (Taiwan), Altium (China), Andal Software (Indonesia), ARM (Taiwan), Biztrak (Malaysia), Cimatron Technologies (Taiwan), Electric Angels (Malaysia), Innodium (Malaysia), Justsystem (Japan), Morisawa (Japan), National Instruments (Taiwan), SAP (Taiwan), Software Industry Information Centre (Hong Kong), Syscom Computer (Taiwan) and UBS Corporation (Malaysia).
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