Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is undergoing dynamic change due to EU enlargement, expansion of the eurozone, and continued economic transition. Monitoring developments in ICT markets in the region is difficult and time consuming. IDC's Central and Eastern European Quarterly Executive Tracker was introduced in 1997 as a qualitative complement to our quarterly tracker services and annual studies. Based on intelligence gathered by local IDC analysts, this "IT watch" helps regional managers and strategic planners stay abreast of ICT events.

This service covers the following markets and segments:

• Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
• Hardware
• IT services and software
• Channel developments, mergers and acquisitions, and ICT contracts/tenders

Every quarter, this service will address key topics such as:

• Economic and business environments
• IT market drivers and inhibitors
• Key news from hardware, Internet, IT services, software, and telecoms markets
• Latest developments in IT distribution channels
• Updates on alliances, mergers, and acquisitions
• Roundup of ICT contracts released and awarded, and summary of top vendor performances
• Quantitative IDC data by country, total IT market size, and five-year forecast, PC vendor performances, and software and IT services updates

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

1. What are the biggest ICT developments in CEE? What are the driving and inhibiting forces?
2. What are the most important events in the hardware, Internet, IT services, software, and telecoms markets? What major privatization projects have been announced?
3. Which companies are forging major IT alliances? Which players are entering IT markets?
4. Which companies have been awarded major projects and tenders?
5. What legal and regulatory changes have been implemented? How are major IT players performing?

IDC's Central and Eastern European Quarterly Executive Tracker keeps clients abreast of the latest news from global IT vendors and service providers and local ICT players. Given its scope and geographic range, the tracker regularly reports on the activity of hundreds of hardware, software, and IT services companies across Central and Eastern Europe.

Throughout the year, this service offers insight into the latest trends affecting the market.

The Central and Eastern European Quarterly Executive Tracker provides a regional overview of IT spending trends and in-depth, country-by-country analysis. It is segmented into country and subregional sections. Each section contains detailed coverage of technology sectors (hardware, software, services), key market assumptions for the coming quarter, plus an updated overview of the economic and political environment, IT drivers and inhibitors, channel developments, major ICT contracts, and a review of the top vendors' performances. A comprehensive executive summary includes a quarterly spotlight on one technology area, an overview of PC market developments, country highlights, and analysis of IDC's latest five-year IT market forecasts.

The tracker is delivered to clients within 90 days of the end of each quarter via www.idc-cema.com or www.idc.com.

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