IDC's European Enterprise Networks Database presents in-depth market data and forecasts for the network equipment market in 16 European countries. This provides a comprehensive view of spending on different types of network equipment as well as details of installed base. Market data is segmented by type of network product and company size. The data is presented on a quarterly basis in the form of comprehensive Excel-based tables complemented by a query tool. The database is designed to provide network equipment providers and solutions providers with an easy-to-use reference tool that enables them to assess the fastest-growing sectors of the market from the perspective of European countries, product segments, and company size.

This service covers the following markets and segments:

• European enterprise equipment
• Market forecasts to 2012
• 16 countries as well as regional total
• LAN switch, router, WLAN, and VoIP
• Small, medium, and large enterprise

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

• Enterprise LAN switches: Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet/10 Gigabit Ethernet, Layer 2/3/4-7, modular, fixed-managed, and fixed-unmanaged
• Enterprise routers: SOHO, low-end, midrange, high-end
• Enterprise VoIP equipment (IP PBXs and IP phones)
• Enterprise WLAN equipment: access points, wireless switches, wireless routers/gateways, bridges, clients
• Shipments, end-user revenue, and installed base for LAN switches, routers, IP telephones, IP PBXs, and WLAN

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

1. What will enterprises spend on network equipment over the next five years?
2. Which product segments will provide network equipment vendors with the fastest growth rates?
3. Which countries in Western Europe will provide enterprise network equipment vendors and solution providers with the best opportunities over the next five years?
4. How will the installed base develop over the next five years?

IDC's European Enterprise Networks Database provides market sizing and forecasts for the enterprise network market in Europe on a quarterly basis. It does not contain market share information.

This service delivers two products on a quarterly basis via email or CD-ROM:

This comes in the form of Excel tables that show the latest five-year forecasts on each of the equipment areas in 16 European countries. The forecasts are broken down into several individual components depending on the nature of each market. Full equipment definitions are also provided in the deliverable.

This is an easy-to-use query tool based on Excel pivot tables. The tool enables users to quickly generate market data to a particular specification - the main options being country, product area, type of measurement, and type of user.

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