IDC's Storage Systems with Vertical Views service encompasses all of the research within IDC's Storage Systems service and provides additional forecasts and analysis of end-user spending trends and priorities within 17 industries and four company size categories for disk storage systems, segmented by operating system and installation environment. Coverage includes storage area networks (SANs), network-attached storage (NAS), and direct-attached storage (DAS). Additionally, this service provides the anticipated rate of adoption of new and existing technology by industry. 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.

• External disk storage systems hardware by installation environment (DAS, NAS, and SAN)
• Customer spending trends and priorities within four company size segments and 17 industries: banking, insurance, securities and investment services, discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, retail, wholesale, government, healthcare providers, education, professional services, consumer and recreational services, communications and media, transportation, utilities, construction, and resources

• Storage system spending in very large, large, medium-sized, and small businesses
• New technology adoption rates
• Customer purchasing strategies analyzed by industry and company size
• Market share for leading vendors by industry and company size
• Industry-specific profiles of vendor solutions

1. How does the storage systems market opportunity vary within different industries and company size segments?
2. What is the market share of leading vendors by industry?
3. What are key requirements to gaining market share within different industries?
4. What are the key pain points, spending trends, priorities, and technology needs in various industries?

IDC's Storage Systems with Vertical Views service keeps product, marketing, and strategic planning professionals informed on the market leaders, emerging vendors, and key market opportunities within the storage market. It delivers ongoing insight into vendor performance and comprehensive periodic reviews of vendor rankings in key dimensions of measurement such as revenue and units. Market segmentation and predictions that act as a guiding system for initiating rational and optimal sales and marketing decisions and strategies are also provided. 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 2008. Additionally, it details industry events of 2007, as well as predictions for 2008 and their impact on spending and IT priorities.

This study provides the worldwide and U.S. market opportunity for disk storage systems by installation environment in 17 industries and four company size segments.

This study provides a midyear update to the worldwide and U.S. market opportunity for disk storage systems by installation environment within 17 industries and four company size segments.

This study analyzes the results of a survey of 4,500 end users in the United States. The study homes in on key findings as they relate to variations in responses by industry and company size. This annual survey also details the industry forces driving the adoption of storage systems technologies and budgets and the use of and demand for storage solutions. Analysis and resulting recommendations are provided based on survey results.

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