Mobile and wireless solutions are increasingly important in an organization's overall IT strategy. IDC's Mobile Enterprise Software service helps product, marketing, and strategic planning professionals understand the opportunities, competitive landscape, key trends, and end-user needs in the mobile software market for both enterprises and mobile operators. It identifies the critical success factors required to build, implement, and deploy solutions based on mobile middleware and infrastructure software, mobile device management software, mobile and wireless security software, mobile operating environments, mobile enterprise applications, and mobile software development.

This service covers the following segments of the mobile enterprise market:

• Mobile middleware
• Mobile enterprise applications
• Mobile device management
• Mobile security software
• Mobile device operating systems
• Mobile software development
• Mobile enterprise voice
• Remote access and support services

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

• Mobile middleware market for enterprise and mobile operator customers
• Mobile device management software for enterprise, mobile operator, and device manufacturer environments
• Mobile and wireless deployment requirements in the enterprise and across industries based on end-user research
• Mobile worker populations and segmentation
• Mobile security market

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

1. How are mobile middleware providers driving mobile solution deployments for the enterprise and mobile operators?
2. What methods exist to create, deploy, manage, and secure access on or by mobile and wireless devices for enterprises and mobile operators?
3. Which applications are the most important to be mobilized by enterprise customers and vertical industries?
4. Which mobile operating environments will emerge as key components to mobile business deployments?

This service focuses on the following core research. In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct additional research on specific topics, or emerging market segments, via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.

This document provides a review of mobile middleware and mobile applications suppliers, revenue and leadership position, market trends, and a five-year market forecast worldwide by region.

These two documents provide a review of mobile device management software suppliers, revenue, market position, market trends, and a five-year market forecast worldwide by region.

This document provides a review of mobile device security suppliers, their software and revenue, market trends, and a five-year market forecast worldwide by region.

This document reviews and analyzes the emerging mobile PBX Extensions market, including revenue trends and a five-year worldwide forecast.

This document provides analysis, profiles, forecasts, and trends of mobile operating systems for mobile devices worldwide by region.

This document provides a review of remote access services providers, their revenue, leadership position, and a five-year market forecast worldwide by region.

IDC offers a complete market intelligence solution customized to meet your business requirements. The array of products and services available to you includes:

• The opportunity to have your specific questions answered through personal interaction with industry experts who cover the topics and markets in your service
• Around-the-clock access to our market intelligence on idc.com, IDC's personalized Web experience
• A view of the market's future with 12 months of continuous intelligence about its direction and the reasons behind it, along with actionable advice for taking advantage of existing and emerging opportunities
• Special client discount pricing on purchases of research from other services
• Complimentary admission to IDC's annual Directions conference, where you'll hear our latest forecasts and network with IDC analysts and other industry professionals
• Complimentary invitations to monthly executive telebriefings, interactive forums designed to provide you with insights about research and strategies directly from IDC analysts

To find out how our flexible packaging options can meet your specific business needs, please contact your IDC sales executive.

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.