IDC's European Storage Systems with Vertical Views service combines the content of IDC's European Storage Systems service with a detailed analysis of spending trends across major storage solution areas in the different vertical industry segments of the Western European economy. In addition to the core program content, this program provides a five-year outlook on the multidimensional storage opportunity size and growth rates, with specific focus on installation environments (i.e., SAN, NAS, and DAS). IDC's storage and vertical market segmentations, which combine rigorous forecasting methodologies with standard IDC storage systems taxonomies, will help to pinpoint current and future storage investment trends of various vertical industries. The data and analysis provided in this IDC program will ensure that decision-making and market risk management efforts of storage and related technology vendors are based on sound and timely information.

This service covers the following segments:

• Total external disk storage systems sales by vertical market
• SAN-attached disk storage systems sales by vertical market
• Network-attached storage (NAS) by vertical market
• Direct-attached disk storage systems sales by vertical market

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

• Key storage requirements by vertical market
• Application-driven storage priorities by vertical market
• Storage vendor vertical market initiatives
• User views

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

1. What is the size of spending for disk storage solutions (SAN/NAS/DAS) by vertical in Western Europe?
2. What is the size of spending for disk storage solutions in total by vertical in the top 5 countries in Western Europe?
3. What are the key disk storage requirements by vertical market?
4. What strategies will specific industries use to buy, build, and implement storage solutions?
5. What are the prevailing adoption trends for financial services for SAN storage solutions in the major European countries?
6. What are the top priority applications driving demand for disk storage?

IDC's European Storage Systems with Vertical Views service provides market sizing and forecasts for disk storage systems markets in Europe by vertical industry. It does not contain market share information.

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

This study will analyze the storage solutions opportunity for SAN, NAS, and DAS in European vertical markets, including finance, manufacturing, public sector, telecommunications, transport, and utilities.

This study will analyze disk storage spending by vertical market in Western Europe and the top 5 countries.

This study will analyze survey-based trends in application-driven demand for SAN and NAS solutions by vertical market.

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• The opportunity to have your specific questions answered through personal interaction with industry experts who cover the topics and markets in your service
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• 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
• Complimentary/special admission price 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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