IDC's European Quarterly PC Essentials service is a timely and essential PC dataset for those non-PC hardware vendors (peripheral, component, storage, networking, telcos) that need to follow the PC market in relation to their business to better assess their own market potential and growth opportunities, as well as adjust their business plans. This service offers an essential package of key top-level PC market sizes and shares, as well as market forecasts by segment and product category. It is an essential quantitative and qualitative data package for time-critical and strategic decisions.

This service covers the following markets and segments:

• Western Europe and key European markets (U.K., France, Germany)
• All major international, regional, and local PC vendors
• Desktops, notebooks, x86 servers
• User segments: home, business (SMB, corporate), education, government

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

• Market sizing by region and country
• Vendor performance and shares
• Key desktop, mobile, and x86 server trends
• Key market forecasts (five-year forecasts and five to eight rolling quarter forecasts)
• Installed base by segment and product category

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

1. How is the PC market evolving in relation to my business?
2. What is the size of the desktop and notebook markets, and what are the growth opportunities in the consumer and business markets?
3. How do PC market trends affect the printer, storage, networking, and software markets?
4. How do the major international, regional, and local PC vendors perform in Europe?
5. What are the OEM and partnership opportunities?

IDC's European Quarterly PC Essentials service examines how the PC market and all major international, regional, and local PC vendors are performing, and how the trends affecting the desktop, notebook, and x86 server markets impact the other hardware, software, and services-related markets. This service provides market sizing and forecasts, as well as reviewing strategies, market positioning, and future direction of the key suppliers in this market, including over 250 vendors and more than 150 separate brand names tracked across 35 countries in EMEA.

Throughout the year, this service will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Quarterly studies include:

• Key vendor shares and market sizing by form factor.
• Key market forecasts for 2008-2012 (five-year forecasts and five to eight rolling quarter forecasts).
• Key market trends and outlook (qualitative market highlights).
• Quarterly Webcast held in week four after quarter close.

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