IDC's European Quarterly Printer Tracker service provides insightful analysis, quarterly market share data, and an eight-quarter forecast by technology and speed segment for unit shipments, average system value, and value of shipments for each of 16 Western European countries. Shipments and value of shipments are provided by end-user (home, small business, medium-sized business, large business, and government/ education) and channel (direct sales, distributor, dealer, retail, and VAR/SI) segments. The tracker also provides quarterly assessments and performance analysis for top vendors in each technology and speed category.

This service covers the following segments:

• Quarterly unit shipments and value of shipments market share by technology/speed segment by country
• Technology/speed unit shipments and value of shipments split by distribution channel by country
• Technology/speed unit shipments and value of shipments split by end-user segments (home and business by size class) by country

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• Printer trends, analysis, and forecasts
• Printer shipments in units and revenue

This service addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. How are vendors performing comparatively by quarter?
2. In what quarter will new technologies emerge and what market impact will they have?
3. Which printer technology/speed segment will provide the greatest opportunity for growth?
4. What are the vendor shares by distribution channel?

IDC's European Quarterly Printer Tracker service examines how major printer vendors and vendors with printer-related technologies are positioning themselves to compete in the printer market. This service reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in this market, including:

Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, HP, IBM, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Lexmark, NRG, Océ Printing Systems, Oki, Olivetti Tecnost, Panasonic, Printronix, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, TallyGenicom, and Xerox.

Throughout the year, this service will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market.

Printers by speed, value, paper format, channel, and sector. Printer units and value.

Week 7: Final data delivered by Excel pivot table.

This analysis provides detailed information and analysis of leading technologies and identifies several key industry trends.

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Our steady growth over the past 10-plus years reflects our commitment to investing in our customers.