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IDC: Tech Marketing and Sales Expenses to Increase 8% and 9% in 2007

In its forthcoming report on IT vendor Marketing and Sales expenses and key performance indicators (KPIs), IDC's Executive Advisory Group forecasts an 8% increase for the average marketing budget and a 9% increase for the average sales budget in 2007. These budget increases are the largest that IDC has forecast in the five years it has been tracking these trends.

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Posted to Dashboard| March 26, 2007 8:41 AM | Permalink

IDC: IT Spending in European Vertical Markets to Surpass $400 billion by 2010

Total IT spending by companies across Western European vertical markets will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.3% between 2006 and 2010, reaching a value of just over $406.5 billion in 2010, according to IDC study.

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Posted to Dashboard| February 23, 2007 10:51 AM | Permalink

ATLANTIC-ACM: Market for Business VoIP and IP VPN to Reach $15 billion by 2012

The total market for business VoIP and IP VPN services will grow from $6.4 billion in 2006 to $15 billion in 2012, according to "Business VoIP Revolution 2007-2012: The Opportunity. The Market. The Players." – a new study by ATLANTIC-ACM.

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Posted to Dashboard| February 6, 2007 2:11 PM | Permalink

Gartner: Worldwide Security Software Market to Reach $9.1 billion in 2007

Worldwide security software revenue is expected to increase 10.7% to reach $9.1 billion in 2007, compared to $8.2 billion in 2006, driven by continued growth in the antivirus software market, according to Gartner.

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Posted to Dashboard| February 2, 2007 11:21 AM | Permalink

IDC: HR Outsourcing To Small Businesses is a $44 billion Market

The estimated value of the total addressable market for comprehensive HR outsourcing to the small market is a staggering $44 billion per year in potential recurring revenue in the United States, based on 2004 employment figures, according to IDC.

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Posted to Dashboard| January 25, 2007 10:17 AM | Permalink

330 million Sub-$20 Handsets to Ship by 2011; India to Account for 116 million

The global market for sub-$20 ultra low cost handsets (ULCH) will surpass 330 million units in 2011, according to a new study from ABI Research.

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Posted to Dashboard| January 24, 2007 11:13 AM | Permalink

Insight Research: US Business Wireless Spend Surpasses $44 billion

Spending by businesses on wireless services accounted for over one-third of the corporate bill for telecommunication services in 2006, says a new market research report from Insight Research. Total US business spending on telecommunications services reached just over $132 billion at the end of 2006.

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Posted to Dashboard| January 22, 2007 11:12 AM | Permalink

ABI Research: Mobile Handset Royalty Revenues to Surpass $10.0 billion in 2011

Currently high average handset technology royalty rates - particularly for WCDMA - are potentially the most challenging barrier that is preventing these markets from reaching their full potential, according to ABI Research. While the industry norm is 5% cumulative royalty rates for consumer devices, WCDMA handset average royalty rates currently stand at 9.4%.

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Posted to Dashboard| January 10, 2007 10:24 AM | Permalink

Forrester: 40 million U.S. Households to Spend $86 billion on Online Travel in 2007

Nearly 40 million US households will book travel online, spending $86 billion on airline tickets, lodging, cars, intercity rail, cruises, and packages in 2007, according to Forrester Research.

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Posted to Dashboard| January 9, 2007 10:19 AM | Permalink

IDC: IT Consolidation to Drive the $150 billion Government IT Investments in 2007

Global IT consolidation will heavily influence the direction and magnitude of worldwide government information technology (IT) investment for 2007, according to Government Insights, an IDC company.

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Posted to Dashboard| January 5, 2007 10:28 AM | Permalink

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eMarketer: 10 Key Predictions for 2007 - January 2
McKinsey Survey: Two Key IT Trends on CIO Agendas in 2007 - January 2
iSuppli: Semiconductor Market to Hit Growth High Point in 2007; Revenues to Top $285B - January 2
Borrell Associates: Online Recruitment Advertising to Hit $10B - December 19
IDC: Mobile Enterprise Application Market to Reach $3.5 Billion by 2010 - December 15
IDC Survey: Americans Complain Mobile Data Services Too Expensive - December 13
Parks Associates: Internet Video Revenues to Exceed $7 Billion by 2010 - December 8
TNS: Internet Advertising up 17.9% in Q3; Total Ad Market up 4% - December 6
ABI Research: Mobile Advertising - Small Today, Huge Tomorrow - December 4
IDC: 783 petabytes of Disk Storage Shipped in 3Q, a 50% Jump YoY - December 1
ABI Research: Personal Locator Services to Reach 20M Consumers by 2011 - November 28
Forrester: Global IT Operating Budget to Reach 2.13 trillion in 2007 - November 27
Gartner: Nearly $2 Billion Lost in E-Commerce Sales in 2006 - November 27
20 million Small Businesses Online, Spending Billions: Jupiter - November 22
China Consumer Electronics Manufacturing to Double to $167B by 2010, says In-Stat - October 11
Wi-Fi-enabled consumer electronics devices jump 6 fold by 2011 - September 26
Tech Marketing Budgets Projected to Increase by 7.5% in 2006 - IDC Report - September 15
Network security sales top $1.1 billion in 2Q06 - Infonetics Research - September 14
HDTV set sales in US to Reach 180 million by 2010 - Kagan Research - September 14
Now Playing: China Online Gaming - An iSuppli Special Report 2006 - September 13
Business Insights - $19B US Savory Snacks & The Future of Snacks - September 12
Datamonitor - Key Trends in IT spending priorities - September 12
Digest of US Education Statistics, 2005 - National Center for Education Statistics - September 11
$400 Billion Buying Power of Asian Americans - Packaged Facts report - September 11
India Mobile Market: The Next Land Run for Mobile Vendors? - Research Report by The Diffusion Group - September 11

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