IDC's Worldwide Services Market Forecaster - Quarterly Updates to Annual Forecasts pivot table product allows clients to save time by quickly comparing individual market segments and evaluating performance spending in the worldwide services market by geographic region. This tool allows easily segmented, customized views of IT and business services market segments and provides timely updates for each quarter of annual market forecast data for 2008-2012, including an analysis of what has changed since the last quarterly update.

IDC's Worldwide Services Market Forecaster - Quarterly Updates to Annual Forecasts Data can help you:

• Understand what has changed since the last quarterly forecast
• Understand which markets are growing fastest across the entire services industry
• Identify emerging markets, maturing markets, and growth rates
• Support strategic planning by tracking aggregate trends in growth over time
• Benchmark individual performance against the market
• Evaluate entry into new markets by analyzing services spending by geography
• Understand the logic behind the forecasts with key forecast assumptions

Pivot table data elements that can be displayed include:

• Quarterly updates to annual market forecasts
• Services market segment spending
• Fourteen foundation markets
• Two services categories (IT, business)
• Three macromarkets (project oriented, outsourcing, support/training)
• Eight engagement types
• Geography: Worldwide and three macroregions (Americas, EMEA, Asia/Pacific)
• Geography: Regional detail available on a custom basis for Asia/Pacific excluding Japan, Canada, Central Europe/Middle East and Africa, Japan, Latin America, United States, and Western Europe
• Five years of forecast data (2008-2012)

Alternative views by solution services markets include:

• Content Management and Retrieval Services
• Corporate eLearning
• Customer Relationship Management
• Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) Services
• Finance Application Solution Services
• HR Application Solution Services
• Other ERM Application Solution Services
• Security Services
• Supply Chain Management
• Additional views by business services and other services markets include: Application Infrastructure Provider Service Oriented Architecture Professional Services
• Storage Services
• Web Services Professional Services Wireless Infrastructure and Application Services
• Customer Care Services
• Human Resources Management Services

Worldwide Services Market Forecaster - Quarterly Updates to Annual Forecasts subscribers receive four updates to IDC's services forecast data. Delivered via email, the Worldwide Services Market Forecaster - Quarterly Updates to Annual Forecasts offers subscribers the convenience of IDC's services market sizing and forecasts, reviewed quarterly, all in one place.

IDC's Worldwide Services Market Forecaster - Quarterly Updates to Annual Forecasts was developed to help you quickly and accurately identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities in the rapidly evolving services market. With its five-year annual forecast (2008-2012), this product is uniquely designed to provide you with the data and intelligence necessary for long-term strategic planning and success.

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