SaaS

Japan’s SaaS market dwarfs Asia

(ZD NET ASIA) - Japan’s lucrative US$1 billion SaaS (software-as-a-service) market last year dwarfed the rest of Asia’s markets combined, according to Springboard Research.

In a report Thursday, the research house said the adoption of SaaS in Japan spread across all major industries in the country and is set to continue growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24 percent between 2009 and 2013.

This also makes SaaS one of the fastest-growing segments of the Japanese IT industry, according to the report.

Masami Kashiwagi, Springboard’s Japan research manager, attributed the growth to adoption from large enterprises, with products from Salesforce.com and Google being among the most popular.

“The remarkable market evolution and growth is reflected in the strong demand among organizations in traditionally conservative industries, such as the government and financial sectors, that have started to deploy CRM (customer relationship management) systems via the SaaS model,” Kashiwagi said in the report.

Huge deals such as the Japan Post adopting SaaS also helped raise awareness and trust, she added.

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