IDC's Product, Project, and Portfolio Management Solutions With Vertical Views service helps buyers, product managers, marketers, and strategy professionals understand the features, benefits, and market movements in the product life-cycle management (PLM) applications arena. In addition to encompassing the research provided by IDC's Product, Project, and Portfolio Management Solutions service, this service provides detailed analysis of end-user spending trends and priorities for PLM solutions by 22 industries and four company size segments, as well as the anticipated rate of adoption of new and existing technologies by industry and company size. Subscribers to this service receive direct access to IDC's top industry experts who can supply competitive analysis and positioning advice, identify strategic partnering opportunities, assist with speaking to the investment community, provide press quotes, and more. The following is a comprehensive overview of the industry-specific research elements addressed by the vertical views portion of this service.

• PLM and engineering applications
• Customer spending trends and priorities based on four company size segments and 22 industries: banking, insurance, securities and investment services, retail, wholesale, government, healthcare providers, education, professional services, consumer and recreational services, communications and media, transportation, utilities, construction, resources, aerospace and defense, automotive, high-tech equipment, high-tech other, industrial manufacturing, consumer products, and process other

• PLM, including information management for new product development (NPD)
• Market share of leading PLM applications vendors by industry
• Investment priorities for PLM applications by industry and company size
• Survey analysis of end-user spending trends
• Specific industry trends and events related to this market

1. What is the market size and five-year forecast for PLM applications by industry and company size?
2. In which industries do leading PLM applications vendors play?
3. Which industries present the best opportunities for PLM applications providers?
4. What are the key requirements to gaining share in the PLM applications market, and how do they vary by industry and company size?
5. What are the key pain points, spending priorities, and technology needs in different industry sectors?

IDC's Product, Project, and Portfolio Management Solutions with Vertical Views service keeps product, marketing, and strategic planning professionals informed on the market leaders and key market opportunities within this software market. The service arms vendors with a measurement of the IT dollar opportunities within the PLM market, as well as market segmentation and predictions that act as a guiding system for initiating rational and optimal sales and marketing decisions and strategies. IDC's insights lead to credible, unique, viable, and defensible market positioning and support the identification and prioritization of market efforts as well as successful entry, strategies, and tactics.

Throughout the year, this service will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Potential studies include:

This study discusses IDC's viewpoint on 17 industries for 2007. It includes a discussion of the key industry events of 2006, as well as predictions for 2007 and their impact on spending and IT priorities.

This document provides five-year market forecasts and market trends for worldwide PLM markets by industry and company size.

This document presents vendor revenue by industry for leading firms providing PLM applications.

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