IDC's Latin America IT Spending Patterns: The Latin America Black Book service is a quarterly study on current and projected investments in IT hardware, packaged software, IT services, and telecommunication services in the region's top 7 markets: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. The data presented is consistent to facilitate cross-country and cross-regional comparisons. The information is presented by total spending in U.S. dollars, annual growth rates, and overall IT spending proportions for each of the technology areas of coverage.

• Services: Planning
• Services: Implementation
• Services: Support services
• Services: Operations
• Services: Training and education
• Software: System infrastructure software
• Software: Application development and deployment
• Software: Applications
• Hardware: High-end servers
• Hardware: Midrange servers
• Hardware: Volume servers
• Hardware: Personal computers
• Hardware: Traditional workstations
• Hardware: Disk systems
• Hardware: Tape
• Hardware: Printers and MFPs
• Hardware: Smart handheld devices
• Hardware: Networking equipment
• Telecom services: Fixed voice
• Telecom services: Fixed data
• Telecom services: Wireless voice
• Telecom services: Wireless data

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

• IT market growth per country
• IT market distribution by technology

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

1. Which country has the fastest-growing IT market?
2. Which technology market has the biggest share in Latin America and in each country?
3. What's the country's distribution per technology market?
4. Which technology market is growing most rapidly?

Note: Data is for illustrative purposes only.

IDC's Latin America IT Spending Patterns: The Latin America Black Book service examines how the technologies markets evolve in Latin America on a five-year forecast.

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.

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