IDC's Enterprise Thin Client QView service satisfies the growing demand for timely and accurate information on the worldwide thin client market. This service delivers a five-year forecast as well as a quarterly Excel pivot table that details the performance of the market's individual players. All of these deliverables answer important product planning and positioning questions, such as:

1. What are the worldwide, U.S., Western Europe, and Asia/Pacific quarterly market shares for the leading thin client vendors?
2. How popular are LCD-equipped and mobile thin clients?
3. How are the quarterly shipments divided among operating systems?
4. Which vendors are positioned to increase market share, and which vendors are struggling?

This service covers the following segments of the enterprise thin client market:

• Worldwide and regional quarterly unit shipments
• Worldwide and regional quarterly revenue
• Unit shipments by operating system (Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, Windows NT Embedded, Linux, and other)
• Unit shipments by form factor (standalone, LCD or CRT monitor equipped, and mobile/wireless)
• Unit shipments by sales channel (direct and two-tier distribution)

Timely delivery:

• Eight weeks after the close of each calendar quarter, clients receive an Excel pivot table delivered via email with an analysis study highlighting the quarter's results.

Annual subscription:

• IDC's Enterprise Thin Client QView monitors the worldwide quarterly shipment totals of thin clients. An annual subscription includes a five-year forecast and four quarters of data.