IDC's European Software Market Forecaster is an easy-to-use electronic pivot table that provides trusted market data on mutually exclusive software markets. Used by leading information technology providers, financial analysts, and consultancies, this tool allows users to cut and customize data for their specific needs. It provides two years of historical market data as well as five-year forecasts by country. Anyone involved in market opportunity assessment, strategic planning, and competitive analysis across Western Europe will find the European Software Market Forecaster invaluable.

Because you need trusted, unbiased market data to make the right decisions. Whether you currently compete in one or multiple software markets, are evaluating entry into a new software market or region, or making an investment decision, data from this service can help you:

• Enable detailed market segmentation, strategic planning, marketing, and competitive analysis
• Electronically cut and customize data supplementing your own competitive intelligence to meet your personal needs
• Identify indicators on relevant market opportunities facilitating an effective European product positioning
• Gain insight on where vendors earn software revenue across all market segments in which they participate
• Establish benchmarking for regional and country-level sales forecasts
• Measure your performance against the overall market

A European Software Market Forecaster pivot table is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that allows users to view IDC's software market revenue history and forecasts in more than two dimensions at once. This product is updated three times annually.

Historical market data:

• Packaged software revenue by vendor
• Software market segment revenue
• Two years of historical data
• 16 Western European countries

Forecast market data:

• Software market segment revenue
• Five-year forecast
• 16 Western European countries

• Option 1: All-inclusive level

This option contains all the data in all software market segments covered in the European Software Market Forecaster.

• Option 2: Secondary market level

This option contains all the data in the individual market levels that make up the secondary market level. Clients can choose from selected secondary markets (e.g., ERM, SCM, security). Please inquire about the specific markets available.

For a full list of markets, visit our Web site at www.idc.com or contact your IDC sales representative.

European Software Market Forecaster subscribers receive three updates to IDC's software market forecast data (April, July, October) and one update to historical vendor share information (July). Delivered via email, the European Software Market Forecaster offers additional market forecasts and history not covered in published IDC software research documents.

IDC's European Software Market Forecaster database serves as the basis for all IDC software supply-side studies, including market forecasts, vendor competitive analyses, and consulting projects. This database contains packaged software revenue data collected from more than 400 public and 700 private companies as well as individual software market forecasts. Revenue for 44 software markets and 16 countries are tracked and analyzed at the European level in IDC's official Software Market Forecaster database.

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