IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker fills the growing demand for detailed, timely, and accurate information on the global PC market. It provides insightful analysis, quarterly market share data, and a rolling eight-quarter and five-year forecast by region. The core of the product is a comprehensive electronic database detailing changes and trends in the highly competitive PC market. IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker is built on the foundation of IDC's network of country-level quarterly PC tracking services, and its bottom-up methodology delivers an accurate view of the PC market from those closest to it.

• Regions: United States, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific excluding Japan, Latin America, Canada, Central/Eastern Europe, Middle East/Africa, rest of the world (ROW), and worldwide
• Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Peru, PRC, rest of Africa, rest of Asia/Pacific, rest of Central/Eastern Europe, rest of Latin America, rest of Middle East, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Vietnam
• Form factors: Desktops, notebooks, ultraportables, personal workstations, tablets, media centers, x86 servers, and other
• Channels: Retail, direct inbound, direct outbound, dealer/VAR/SI, Internet direct, and other
• Segments: Home, small office, small business, medium-sized business, large business, very large business, government, and education

• Quarterly shipments and end-user spending with historical information from 1994 and five-year forecasts
• 80+ processor types, by vendor, brand, and speed
• Price bands
• Installed base
• Units, end-user spending, ASP
• Quarterly telebriefings
• Written historical and forecast analysis
• More than 700 vendors and 800 brands
• 40 processor groups

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What are the quarterly shipments and revenue for the leading PC vendors by region and country?
2. What are the relative growth rates of desktops, laptops, ultraportables, and x86 servers for each vendor?
3. How are leading brands performing in the segments where they compete?
4. Which vendors are gaining or losing market share?
5. What is the forecast for PCs for the next eight quarters and the next five years?

IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker provides a view of the key market trends and market performance for the world's leading PC companies in the areas of desktops, notebooks, ultraportables, personal workstations, tablets, media centers, and x86 servers. More than 700 vendors and 800 separate brand names are tracked in 55 countries. These vendor results are divided into 8 form factors, 40 processor groups, 8 customer segments, 6 sales channels, price bands, and installed base. This information is layered to permit easy, drill-down analysis of the relationships between each category. The interactive product is available via the Web or Excel.

Clients receive quarterly delivery and IDC support, including:

• Week 3: Preliminary top 5 worldwide and United States
• Week 4: Preliminary top 10 by region and form factor
• Week 5: Telebriefing
• Week 8: Database and historical analysis published
• Week 10: Forecast and forecast analysis published

As a privately held company, IDC believes that our customers are our primary constituency. A large percentage of every revenue dollar is reinvested back into our products, including more analysts, more geographic coverage, and extensive primary research.

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