IDC Japan’s latest market analysis has just revealed that Japan’s estimated compound annual growth rate for its security business sector from 2015 to 2018 will be at around 4.0%, at an equivalent value of about $2.5 billion. This is primarily based from an earlier report last 2014 that revealed an average annual growth rate within the same business sector of 4.7%, or about $2.1 billion.

Following the general growth of cloud-based businesses and enterprises during the past few years in Japan, demand for security services, such as access administration, endpoint protection, and general network security have also increased. During the last year, the combined annual growth rate of business related to these services was 4.1%, or equivalent to about $1.8 billion. The growth rate is expected to go even further with the introduction of more security services aimed at the mobile device market, which IDC Japan expects to contribute to the previously mentioned 4.0% growth rate throughout the years 2015 to 2018.

In addition, the analysis also included the steadily growing security market for SaaS (Software as a Service) businesses within the country. Its security market is expected to have an estimated compound annual growth rate of 11.6%, or equivalent to about $154 million. This also based from a comparison made from 2013 and 2014’s growth rates, which were $89 million and $100 million respectively.

On the other side of Japan’s security market, demand for intrusion prevention/detection and unified threat management systems, as well as related security hardware for other access and authorization systems, have also increased in the past two years. IDC Japan reports its growth rate at 7.5% ($367 million) from 2013 to 2014. As more security issues in Japan are focused towards unauthorized access and data theft, it is expected that the growth of these sectors would also directly affect other major digital security markets within the country, at least during the time period estimated by the market analysis.

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Business research analysis shows that tablets now enjoy a bit more prevalent use in Japanese businesses.

IDC Japan, a market intelligence and advisory company, reveals that tablets are becoming more and more commonplace in Japan’s business settings and operations. In its latest statistical report involving the status of tablets in business operations in Japan, it has been shown that tablets account for at least 14.8% use in most electronic activities.

According to the report, the 14.8% share in tablets used for businesses are a mix of small to medium industries, which include service type businesses such as IT support and retail product distribution. Larger businesses also enjoy casual use of tablets, but official implementation of such devices apparently wasn’t as successful, and thus are fewer in number compared to smaller businesses.

One of the reasons cited for this prevalence of tablets in smaller businesses is size organization. A smaller, newer business system is perceived to be able to implement the use of tablets in business operations more easily, as opposed to larger Japanese corporations, which adhere to strictly established business systems.

While it is generally pointed out that convenience is the primary driving force in the increased use of tablets in Japanese businesses, the rising popularity of web-based services is also seen as a major contributing factor, according to the report. Most cloud computing services today offer enhanced data accessibility, an advantage that is directly harnessed by a handy and portable tablet.

A measly 15% usage isn’t as impressive for now, but there is still large hope for Japan’s tablet future. IDC Japan predicts that at least three million registered companies and corporations in Japan (with the exception of public service sectors, educational and government institutions) will be considering the use of tablets for official business operations very soon.

The research report was submitted and announced using available web-based information, and with the extraction of more than 15,000 queries from 1,000 different Japanese companies.

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