This IDC study provides a detailed overview of IT spending trends and forecasts for 17 vertical markets (or sectors) and 10 product categories, including hardware, packaged software, and services in Bulgaria. The study features overviews of key industry developments, industry challenges, and vertical-specific IT drivers and trends and includes tables detailing IT spending by vertical market for each product for the 2008–2012 period. Analysis is based on continuous research, the monitoring of users' IT spending and emerging purchasing patterns, and supply- and demand-side research.

"As the Bulgarian economy integrates with the European economy, industries facing the heat of increased competition are gearing up to compete internationally. This is visible across sectors like communications, retail, utilities, and manufacturing and has made Bulgarian companies scout for world-class enterprise applications and solutions from IT vendors in order to meet their goals, as well as the expectations of their customers, business partners, and shareholders. This trend will gain momentum, and industry-specific solutions will be a major driver of corporate IT spending in 2008 and beyond." – Research Analyst Evelin Stoev, IDC Bulgaria