IDC's Leading IT Indicators service provides detailed insight into future economic and business factors expected to influence the growth of technology spending in 54 countries around the world. This service focuses on providing clients with timely and graphical information on key leading economic indicators of economic conditions and near-term investment in IT hardware, software, and services. The service also delivers comprehensive competitive analysis of leading IT suppliers along with indicators for future performance.

This service covers the following segments of the global IT market:

• Macroeconomic indicators, including GDP, corporate profits, interest rates, stock markets, business technology investment, and IT vendor revenue
• Hardware
• Software
• Services
• End-user surveys and buyer behavior

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

• Leading IT indicators
• Impact of global economic conditions on IT spending
• Economic scenario forecasts
• Current indicators for IT spending
• Competitive analysis of leading IT suppliers
• Buyer behavior

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What are the leading indicators that predict the growth of IT markets?
2. What is the current outlook for the economy and IT spending?
3. Which vendors are best positioned to capitalize on near-term IT market trends?
4. Which countries and regions offer the greatest opportunities for IT vendors?
5. How are the economy and IT spending related?
6. What could alternative economic scenarios mean for IT spending in the year ahead?
7. What do shifting patterns of IT buyer behavior mean for IT vendors?

IDC's Leading IT Indicators service examines how global IT suppliers are positioning themselves to compete in the worldwide IT market. This service reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in the worldwide IT market, including Accenture, CA, Cisco, CSC, Dell, EDS, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Sun, Symantec, and Unisys.

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 annual study covers IT spending in 54 countries as it relates to economic factors and business indicators.

These quarterly documents cover regional IT spending and its relation to economic factors and business indicators.

These quarterly surveys deliver data on end-user trends, CIO and business manager priorities, and IT budget indicators.

IDC offers a complete market intelligence solution customized to meet your business requirements. The array of products and services available to you includes:

• The opportunity to have your specific questions answered through personal interaction with industry experts who cover the topics and markets in your service
• Around-the-clock access to our market intelligence on idc.com, IDC's personalized Web experience
• 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
• Special client discount pricing on purchases of research from other services
• Complimentary admission 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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Our steady growth over the past 10-plus years reflects our commitment to investing in our customers.