BEA Systems Inc's overall revenue in China will probably surpass Japan's, making the country its top regional market in Asia next year, thanks to the growing telecommunications, bank and government markets, the US-based application software maker said yesterday.
BEA has increased investment in China including doubling staff numbers in the past three years, penetrated second-tier cities and launched new products with Web2.0 and SOA (service-oriented architecture) features, Marcus Tsoi, BEA China's president, said yesterday in Shanghai.
"China's income has surpassed Japan's in some quarters since 2006 and the two, our top two markets in Asia, are close (on revenue)," Tsoi said in an interview during BEA World 2007 in Shanghai.
The combined revenue of China and Japan is more than half of BEA Asia's income and China has become the company's fastest-growth regional market for years, according to Tsoi.