IDC's Enterprise Applications (EA) service examines the competitive landscape, key trends, and differentiating factors of enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM), and procurement vendors. Relying on a database of 3,000 EA vendors and the quarterly AppStats survey, this service delivers quantitative and qualitative market data and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses as well as product portfolios of suite vendors and best-of-breed solution providers. In addition, it spotlights key factors that contribute to the staying power of vendors by evaluating their go-to-market, maintenance, and customer support strategies. Subscribers to this service receive direct access to IDC's top industry experts who can supply competitive analysis and positioning advice; identify vertical industry opportunities; assist with speaking to business partners, prospective customers, and stakeholders in the investment community; provide quotes to media outlets; and more.

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

• Extended enterprise applications targeting the 1,000-5,000 employee enterprise
• Strategic human capital management applications, including core HR, erecruiting, incentive, performance, and workforce management
• Supplier relationship management applications, including procurement, sourcing, supplier collaboration, and Net services
• ERP and best-of-breed applications such as treasury and risk management

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

• EA vendors' quarterly customer wins by company size, geography, industry, and additional metrics
• Strengths and weaknesses of ERP vendors
• Proliferation of shared services in ERP implementations
• Role of supplier enablement, global trade management, and service parts management in B2B ecommerce activities
• Multienterprise collaboration strategies among ERP and supplier relationship management vendors

1. What is the growth potential of midsize enterprises for best-of-breed and ERP vendors?
2. How can HCM applications vendors better position themselves amid trends like global outsourcing, performance and compensation assessment, and market consolidation?
3. How do HCM applications vendors address growing opportunities in such areas as task-based workforce optimization, talent management system, and succession planning?
4. What are the biggest enterprise applications opportunities in discrete and process manufacturing, green energy, healthcare, public services, and retail/distribution industries?

IDC's Enterprise Applications service reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in the enterprise applications market, including:

1Sync, Accruent, Activant, Adexa, Advent, Agresso, Algorithmics, API Software, Ariba, Ascentis, ATG, AT&T/Sterling Commerce, Authoria, Autodesk, Blackbaud, Blackboard, Bond International, Callidus, Calypso, Centive, Chase Cooper, ClearOrbit, ClickCommerce, Compiere, Cornerstone Ondemand, Coupa, Deltek, Demandtec, Emptoris, Epicor, Everest Software, Exact, Exigis, Fidelity National, Fiserv, Goalkeeper, GSI, GXS, Halogen, IFS, Infor, Inovis, Intuit, Intuitive Manufacturing, IQNavigator, IRIS Integrated Risk Management, IT2, Jack Henry, JDA Software, Jenzabar, Kamakura, Kenexa, Kirchman, Kronos, Lawson, Maconomy, Manhattan Associates, Meta4, Microsoft, Mincom, Misys, ModelN, Murex, NetSuite, Newgistics, nuBridges, One Network, OpenMFG, Oracle, Perfect Commerce, Plexus Online, Polaris, PROS, QAD, Rearden Commerce, RedPrairie, Revionics, Sage, SAP, SAS, Softscape, Sophis, StepStone, SuccessFactors, Succession Wizard, SunGard, Synygy, Syspro, Taleo, TEMENOS, Tradebeam, Ultimate Software, Ventyx, Wall Street Systems, Workday, Workscape, and Xactly.

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 includes the latest forecast of application suites that support seamless master data management and access from a consistent user interface and a global instance.

This study provides a review and analysis of the leading HCM vendors that are extending beyond personnel and compensation administration.

This document examines the impact of globalization on supply management functions, such as strategic sourcing, contract management, supplier collaboration, and Net services (such as services procurement and emarketplaces) to create a demand-driven model for effective multienterprise collaboration to facilitate scalable network-to-network transactions.

This annual directory examines the major revenue trends that help shape different components of the $110-billion-plus market. It provides a complete breakdown of software revenues of over 1,000 software companies in applications market categories, such as authoring and content management, collaborative, consumer, CRM, engineering, and enterprise resource management by region and operating environment.

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