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Review IDC Research  / Finland, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 Publication date: 2005-03-01
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Review Finland, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 / IDC Research:

This IDC Study analyze the development of the Finnish IT market and provide the reader with an in depth understanding of the verticals IT spending. "Though the market has returned to positive growth and the outlook is the most promising in several years, there are significant differences between vertical market segments and knowledge about this is crucial to stay in business. The forecasted five-year period shows great diversification between the verticals' spending and the vendors should plan based on this knowledge" says research manager Anders Elbak.

Review IDC Research  / Norway IT Security Products & Services Vendor shares 2004 and forecast 2005-2009 Publication date: 2005-09-13
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Review IDC Research  / China Hardware and Software Support: Customer Needs and Buying Behavior Publication date: 2005-02-01
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This IDC study provides a thorough and in-depth review of support services adoption level in China. It analyzes the enterprises' key business issues, immediate and future needs on enterprise application software, and their buying behavior, vendor/product selection criteria, as well as purchase decision process. This study also provides a demand analysis by industry and geographic area. The market size and forecast from 2004 to 2008 will also be included in this report. "The support services market is a promising and large market in China. Large enterprises in telecom, financial, and manufacturing industries are paying more attention to IT systems operation when their businesses rely more on IT. We can expect the support market to grow steadily in the next few years and keep its leading position in overall services market," says Enid Du, senior analyst, Software and Services Group, IDC China.

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Review Miniset E. History of Economic Thought (Routledge Library Editions: The Economics) / Routledge:

The great names of economics feature in this set (F. A. Hayek's "Capitalism and the Historians" and Leon Walras' "Elements of Pure Economics"), as well as lesser-known but important works by Harold E. Batson, Max Beers and many others.

Review IDC Research  / Norway, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 Publication date: 2005-03-01
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Review Norway, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 / IDC Research:

This IDC Study analyze the development of the Norwegian IT market and provide the reader with an in depth understanding of the verticals IT spending. "Though the market has returned to positive growth and the outlook is the most promising in several years, there are significant differences between vertical market segments and knowledge about this is crucial to stay in business. The forecasted five-year period shows great diversification between the verticals' spending and the vendors should plan based on this knowledge" says research manager Anders Elbak.

Review IDC Research  / Sweden HR and Payroll BPO Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares Publication date: 2005-06-01
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Review Sweden HR and Payroll BPO Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares / IDC Research:

"The Swedish HR management services market grew well in 2004. The growth was about 9. 1%. In the payroll services market external payroll services providers processed about 917. 000 payslips/month, which is about 22. 5% of the total wage and salary earners in Sweden (4. 072. 000)", according to Per-Arne Sandegren, IDC Sweden, Senior Research Analyst.

Review IDC Research  / PRC Insurance Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis Publication date: 2005-05-01
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This IDC study provides an in-depth examination of the current status and future demand of insurance telecom networks, and analyzes and forecasts the insurance telecom services and equipment market in terms of various telecom solutions. Following the order from macro- to micro-context, this study first focuses on the major business development goals and challenges faced by the insurance industry, and examines the development trends and major issues in industry informatization. It then identifies the opportunities and challenges in the telecom services market through in-depth analysis of the current applications and future demands of various telecom solutions among insurance industry users. This study also analyzes the purchase behavior of end users and presents IDC's recommendations. "The PRC insurance IT market size was estimated at US$492. 6 million, the insurance telecom equipment market at US$39. 4 million, and the insurance telecom service market at US$358. 8 million in 2004, respectively accounting for 1. 8%, 2. 3%, and 2. [+]
7% of the overall PRC IT, telecom equipment, and telecom service markets. So far, Internet access solutions, LAN solutions, WAN solutions, network security solutions, data concentration/disaster backup solutions, and VoIP solution are being more widely adopted among insurance enterprise users. By order of priority of demand, increases of network bandwidth, network security, and LAN development/upgrades will be the most needed solutions in the next one to three years, followed by data concentration/disaster backup and WAN development/upgrades," says Cassie Cheng, market analyst, Telecom Group, IDC China.

Review IDC Research  / Sweden, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 Publication date: 2005-03-01
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Review Sweden, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 / IDC Research:

This IDC Study analyze the development of the Swedish IT market and provide the reader with an in depth understanding of the verticals IT spending. "Though the market has returned to positive growth and the outlook is the most promising in several years, there are significant differences between vertical market segments and knowledge about this is crucial to stay in business. The forecasted five-year period shows great diversification between the verticals' spending and the vendors should plan based on this knowledge" says research manager Anders Elbak.

Review IDC Research  / Norway, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 Publication date: 2005-03-01
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Review Norway, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 / IDC Research:

This IDC Study analyze the development of the Norwegian IT market and provide the reader with an in depth understanding of the verticals IT spending. "Though the market has returned to positive growth and the outlook is the most promising in several years, there are significant differences between vertical market segments and knowledge about this is crucial to stay in business. The forecasted five-year period shows great diversification between the verticals' spending and the vendors should plan based on this knowledge" says research manager Anders Elbak.

Review IDC Research  / WLAN and Hotspots Markets: Nordic Leading the Game Publication date: 2005-02-01
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"Wireless is moving away from the hype and into a position as one of several technologies supporting the mobile enterprises" says Nordic Research Manager Karsten Fogh Ho-Lanng, IDC.

Review IDC Research  / China Government Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis Publication date: 2005-06-01
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This IDC study provides an in-depth examination of the current status and future demand of government telecom networks, and analyzes and forecasts the government telecom service and equipment market in terms of various telecom solutions. Following the order from macro- to micro-context, the study first focuses on the major business development goals and challenges faced by the government industry, and examines the development trends and major issues in industry informatization, and then identifies the opportunities and challenges in the telecom services market through in-depth analysis of the current application and future demand of various telecom solutions among government industry users. The study also analyzes the purchase behavior of end users and presents IDC's recommendations. "China's government IT market was estimated at US$4,115. 8 million; the government telecom equipment market was found at US$414. 5 million; and the telecom services market at US$2,483. 7 million in 2004, respectively accounting for 13. 0%, 23. 9%, and 18. 4% of the overall market," says Jane Wang, senior analyst, Telecom Research, IDC China. [+]
"Internet access, network security, and LAN development will exhibit relatively strong growth in the next one to three years. For telecom operators and equipment vendors, providing higher-quality solutions, realizing closer alignment with egovernment project development, and ensuring business continuity and security will be essential to win the market. ".

Review IDC Research  / Denmark, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 Publication date: 2005-03-01
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Review Denmark, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008 / IDC Research:

This IDC Study analyze the development of the Danish IT market and provide the reader with an in depth understanding of the verticals IT spending. "Though the market has returned to positive growth and the outlook is the most promising in several years, there are significant differences between vertical market segments and knowledge about this is crucial to stay in business. The forecasted five-year period shows great diversification between the verticals' spending and the vendors should plan based on this knowledge" says research manager Anders Elbak.

Review IDC Research  / China Education Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis Publication date: 2005-06-01
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This IDC study provides an in-depth examination of the current status and future demand of education telecom networks, and analyzes and forecasts the education telecom services and equipment markets in terms of various telecom solutions. Following the order from macro- to micro-context, this study first focuses on the major business development goals and challenges faced by the education sector, and examines the development trends and major issues in industry informatization. It then identifies the opportunities and challenges in the telecom services market through in-depth analysis of the current application and future demand of various telecom solutions among education industry users. This study also analyzes the purchase behavior of end users and presents IDC's professional recommendations. "China's overall education IT market was estimated at US$2,196. 2 million in 2004. Of this figure, the education telecom equipment market was calculated at US$342. 2 million, and the telecom services market at US$1,228. 2 million in 2004," says Milly Xiang, senior analyst, Telecom Group, IDC China. "Bandwidth increases, network security, and campus network development/upgrades are common and urgent demands among education industry users. [+]
Remote education, mobile education, teaching resource systems, education MANs, and all-in-one card system will also be priorities in the future. For operators and equipment vendors, provision of targeted solutions with high price/performance ratios and service quality will be necessary to win the market. ".

Review IDC Research  / Finland HR and Payroll BPO Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares Publication date: 2005-06-01
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Review Finland HR and Payroll BPO Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares / IDC Research:

"The Finnish HR management services market grew well in 2004. The growth was about 11%. In the payroll services market external payroll services providers processed about 481. 000 payslips/month, which is about 24% of the total wage and salary earners in Finland (2. 044. 000)", according to Esa Peltonen, IDC Finland Research Manager.

Review IDC Research  / Finland IT Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares Publication date: 2005-06-01
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Review Finland IT Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares / IDC Research:

The Finnish market for IT-services has grown strongly in 2004. A 10% growth made the market reach almost 2. 2 B Euro. Growth has been largest in outsourcing, 18%. "We will be experiencing slowdown from now on", Research Manager Esa Peltonen, IDC Finland, says. "We expect a growth of 3. 8% in 2005 and continued growth of about 5% a year throughout our 5 year forecast period. The utility services, automation, standard applications and components, and offshore are offering challenges for the players in the market and they need to adopt new business models. ".

Review IDC Research  / China Enterprise Application Software: Customer Needs and Buying Behavior Publication date: 2005-01-01
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Review China Enterprise Application Software: Customer Needs and Buying Behavior / IDC Research:

This IDC study provides an overview of market dynamics, development trends, customers' need and buying behaviors in China's EA software market for the period of 2004–2009. It covers the competitive positioning of the leading vendors in the overall 2004 EA software market in China and provides a software revenue breakdown by segment software market, industry, region, and enterprise size as well as the future outlook for China's EA software market. "The government policy and economic environment provide good conditions for the EA software market to grow rapidly in the next few years. However, the mature phase of this market has not yet come. Vendors need to analyze the customers' real needs and buying behaviors to provide suitable products to help these enterprises to improve," says Danielle Li, analyst in IDC China's software and services group.

Review IDC Research  / China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis Publication date: 2005-06-01
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Review China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis / IDC Research:

This IDC study presents the dynamics and development trends of telecom IT applications through the analysis of the major telecom application solution markets and their competitive landscape in 2004. This study provides a forecast for the telecom IT application and solution market for the next five years and illustrates the competitive structure of the 2004 telecom solution market in China. Meanwhile, a review of telecom IT spending by solution and geography is also presented. "China's overall telecom application solution market was estimated at RMB 4. 253 billion in 2004, accounting for 60. 3% of the overall telecom software and service market. Operational analysis systems, customer relationship management (CRM)/call center systems, and business management systems will become fast-growing highlights. China's telecom industry is at a point where traditional markets face integration and new markets are yet to emerge. Telecom IT investment growth will slow sharply in 2005, due to telecom operators' organizational reshuffling and pending 3G license issuance. Nevertheless, with the emergence of new growth points, the telecom application solution market will rise steadily and rapidly in the long run with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20. [+]
0%," says Nielse Jiang, market analyst, Software and Services Group, IDC China.

Review IDC Research  / China Banking Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis Publication date: 2005-06-01
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Review China Banking Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis / IDC Research:

"China's banking IT market was estimated at US$3,584. 2 million, the banking telecom equipment market at US$249. 1 million, and the banking telecom services market US$1,873. 4 million in 2004, respectively accounting for 13. 0%, 14. 6%, and 13. 9% of the corresponding overall markets in the country," says Michael Yan, senior analyst, Telecom Research, IDC China. "Network security, data concentration/disaster backup, VoIP, LAN, and WAN solution will establish relatively strong growth in the next one to three years. For operators and equipment vendors, providing higher-quality solutions, realizing close alignment with existing banking information systems, and ensuring business continuity will be necessary to win the market. ".

Review IDC Research  / Western European Storage Software Market 2003 - Competitive Vendor Shares Publication date: 2005-01-01
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Review Western European Storage Software Market 2003 - Competitive Vendor Shares / IDC Research:

This study provides detailed historical Western European vendor revenues and market shares from 2001 to 2003. These revenues are further shown in seven geographical regions within Western Europe for 2003. "Storage software continues to be a sweet spot for suppliers," said Daniel O'Boyle Kelly, director at IDC's European Software Group. "The intelligence that storage software brings to the storage equation resonates well with organizations continually trying drive more efficiency out of their legacy systems. We see this across most management software in 2004, particularly within infrastructure. Externally, compliance issues and sheer data volume add fuel to the argument for employing a value-based hierarchy to data, smarts that storage software can provide. ".

Review IDC Research  / China Retail Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis Publication date: 2005-07-01
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Review China Retail Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis / IDC Research:

This IDC study provides an in-depth examination of the current status and future demand of retail telecom networks, and analyzes and forecasts the retail telecom services and equipment market in terms of various telecom solutions. From macrocontext to microcontext, this study first focuses on the major business development goals and challenges faced by the retail industry, and examines the development trends and major issues in industry informatization. Then, IDC identifies the opportunities and challenges in the telecom services market through an in-depth analysis of the current application and future demand of various telecom solutions among retail industry users. The study also analyzes the purchase behavior of end users and presents IDC's recommendations. "The retail IT market was estimated at US$348. 5 million, the telecom equipment market at US$39. 5 million, and telecom services market at US$211. 5 million in China in 2004," says Milly Xiang, senior analyst, Telecom Research, IDC China. "Network security, network bandwidth increases, and LAN development/upgrade are common and urgent demands among retailers. Online retail, mobile retail, inventory management, customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM), will also be future priorities in retail IT spending. [+]
For operators and equipment vendors, a further understanding of their customers and better customer positioning and provision of targeted solutions with high price/performance ratios and quality services will be necessary to win the market. ".

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Finland, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008, Norway IT Security Products & Services Vendor shares 2004 and forecast 2005-2009, China Hardware and Software Support: Customer Needs and Buying Behavior, Miniset E. History of Economic Thought (Routledge Library Editions: The Economics), Norway, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008, Sweden HR and Payroll BPO Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares, PRC Insurance Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis, Sweden, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008, Norway, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008, WLAN and Hotspots Markets: Nordic Leading the Game, China Government Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis, Denmark, IT Opportunities: Vertical Markets 2003-2008, China Education Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis, Finland HR and Payroll BPO Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares, Finland IT Services 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares, China Enterprise Application Software: Customer Needs and Buying Behavior, China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis, China Banking Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis, Western European Storage Software Market 2003 - Competitive Vendor Shares, China Retail Industry Telecom Solution 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis

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