IDC's Compliance Infrastructure service provides a cross-disciplinary IT solutions view of the enabling technologies and services that allow companies to control four primary areas: information integrity, process integrity, controlled access, and information retention. Taking a bottom-up infrastructure approach, this service provides an in-depth analysis of the intersection of the information infrastructure, information security, and infrastructure management technologies as they pertain to regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and legal discovery. Subscribers will gain an understanding of the market opportunity, competitive landscape, market dynamics and trends, and end-user needs.

This service covers the following hardware, software, and services segments related to the compliance infrastructure market:

• Collaborative technologies (including email archiving solutions)
• IT security products and services
• Content management and infrastructure management solutions
• Electronic discovery and litigation support technologies and services
• Information and data management software
• Information access and delivery software

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

• New and emerging cross-technology solutions for managing IT-related compliance processes, such as litigation support, litigation readiness, privacy, and controlled access
• IT compliance/IT governance platforms from system infrastructure vendors
• Emerging best practices around information management for compliance and IT compliance
• Emergence of the records and information infrastructure platform
• Convergence of records and information infrastructure, information security, and infrastructure management

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

1. What are the competitive landscape and market opportunity around information infrastructure and infrastructure management in support of compliance initiatives?
2. How does the solutions approach to the emerging compliance infrastructure platform affect vendors' marketing, messaging, and partnering strategies, as well as users' buying dynamics?
3. Which vendors are forming partnerships and alliances to address the information management problem driven by compliance?
4. What types of solutions are IT managers, records managers, and chief compliance officers seeking to address compliance-related IT processes? What are current adoption/spending trends?

IDC's Compliance Infrastructure service examines how vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the compliance infrastructure market. This service reviews the strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers, including:

80-20, Autonomy, CA, Clearwell, EMC, FileNet, Fortiva, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Hummingbird, IBM, IMR, Intellireach, Interwoven, Iron Mountain, Microsoft, Mobius, Network Appliance, Omniva, Oracle, Orchestria, Permabit, Princeton Softech, Stellent, Sun, Symantec, Tower Software, Vericept, Vignette, Xerox, Zantaz, and Zylab.

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 document provides market sizing pertaining to compliance infrastructure spending, containing elements of the content management, email archiving, storage and security software, hardware, and services markets.

This document examines the opportunities and challenges of leading suppliers of email archiving software. A market sizing and forecast for the email archiving software market is also included.

This end-user case study portrays a successful implementation of an information management infrastructure to meet compliance requirements. This study also addresses the technology and business demands that drive adoption, as well as the strategies, benefits, and challenges of implementation.

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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