The global market for outsourced services is projected to slow down slightly in 2007, with growth remaining at 25 percent from 2006. Volume is estimated to reach between $275 and $312 billion by end of 2007.

On the technology implementation front, business intelligence (BI) will see resurgence in Asia Pacific by 25 percent. For 2007, several C-level executives in the region will come to realize that BI solutions will not fix a broken business planning process nor would off-the-shelf BI solutions hit the mark for tighter integration and information customization.