IDC's European Enterprise Communications Infrastructure service is our flagship network equipment research offering. It will keep you abreast of developments through specialized studies around unified communications and briefs that quantify enterprise network equipment segments. This research will drill down to reveal market trends, adoption, and vendor shares on a country basis. Furthermore, IDC's market analysis studies offer five-year forecasts, which are essential to any business plan.

This service covers the following segments:

• Unified communications
• LAN switches: Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet/ 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Layer 2/3/4-7, modular, fixed-managed, and fixed-unmanaged
• Routers: Residential, SOHO, low-end, midrange, high-end
• Wireless LAN: Access points, wireless switches, wireless routers/gateways, bridges, PCI cards, PC cards, and USBs
• Enterprise VoIP infrastructure: IP telephones, IP PBXs, and VoIP applications
• Datacenter network infrastructure

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

• Hot topics that are impacting the enterprise communications market, with a strong focus on unified communications
• Major trends shaping our forecast of the market
• Market shares in the network equipment market
• Changes in the market: timely comments by experts
• Trends and developments in European datacenter networks

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

1. What is the impact of new technologies such unified communications on enterprise network purchases?
2. How will unified communications develop, and which players are best positioned for growth?
3. How will mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships affect the enterprise communications market and competitive landscape?
4. How big will the market be for different network equipment segments in Western Europe and what will drive or inhibit growth in these markets?
5. Which vendors will become dominant in the European enterprise equipment market and how will this market develop over the next five years?

IDC's European Enterprise Communications Infrastructure service examines how vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the enterprise network equipment and unified communications market. This service reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in the enterprise network equipment market, including:

3Com/H3C, Aastra, Adtran, Alcatel-Lucent, Aruba, Asterisk, Avaya, Belkin, Buffalo, Cisco, Citrix, Colubris, Dell, D-Link, Digium, Draytek, Enterasys, Ericsson, Extreme, F-5, Force 10, Foundry, Fujitsu, Hirschmann, HP Procurve, Huawei, Juniper, Lancom, Linksys, Microsoft, Mitel, NEC-Philips, Netgear, Nortel, Riverstone, Samsung, ShoreTel, Siemens, Sitecom, SMC, Swyx, Snom, Thomson, Motorola, and ZyXEL.

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 study analyzes the key players driving unified communications in Europe, and forecasts the market out to 2013.

This study explores the different channels to market for equipment vendors, and reviews opportunities offered by new developments, such as the growth in managed services.

This study contains forecasts for Western European port shipments, revenue, average selling price, and installed base.

This study sizes and forecasts the wireless LAN equipment market in Western Europe.

This study sizes and forecasts the VoIP market in Western Europe.

This study provides a Western European forecast and analysis of network equipment spending in enterprise and service provider datacenters.

This study focuses on key competitive dynamics affecting the router market in Western Europe.

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• 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
• Complimentary/special admission price 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

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