This IDC update summarizes key events in the European enterprise applications market, with a focus on developments by industry segment, from April to June 2008.

Relevant announcements unveiled during the second quarter of 2008, which are covered in this newsletter, include the launch of new application products and initiatives targeting specific industries, analytics software with a focus on performance management and its integration with enterprise applications, key platform developments enabling richer vertical-specific offerings, as well as alliances and agreements to strengthen presence in individual vertical markets.

This research is appropriate for those software vendors that are targeting, or intend to target, specific vertical markets across Europe, and other IT vendors that want to gain insight into key trends in the enterprise applications market by industry segment.