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IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For more than 44 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com.

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IDGIDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. Founded in 1964, IDG had 2006 revenues of $2.84 billion and has more than 13,000 employees worldwide. IDG offers the widest range of media options which reach more than 120 million technology buyers in 85 countries representing 95% of worldwide IT spending. IDG's diverse product and services portfolio spans six key areas including: print publishing, online publishing, events and conferences, market research, education and training, and global marketing solutions. Additional information can be found at www.idg.com.

IDC Companies
Energy Insights

Through Energy Insights, an IDC Company, we provide energy industry executives with research-based advisory and consulting services that enable energy companies to maximize the business value of their technology investments. Energy Insights provides full coverage of the energy industry value chain from upstream to retail activities. Staffed by senior analysts with significant technology experience in the energy industry, Energy Insights provides a portfolio of offerings that are relevant to both IT and business needs.

Financial Insights

Financial Insights provides extensive ongoing research and consulting services to users and providers of financial industry technology. Financial Insights covers retail and corporate banking, capital markets, and the insurance segments of financial services both on a global and regional basis.

Global Retail Insights

Global Retail Insights, an IDC company, is a worldwide advisory services and market research firm focused on assisting retail industry executives and vendors serving retailers, to achieve competitive differentiation and market success through business-driven technology investments. Global Retail Insights provides fact-based research and merchant-centric strategies to enable better offerings from vendors and more effective technology investment by retailers.

Financial Insights

Through Government Insights, an IDC company, we provide research-based advisory and consulting services that enable government executives and the vendors who serve them to develop and employ strategies that leverage IT investments and maximize organizational performance. Staffed by senior analysts with significant technology experience in government, Government Insights provides full coverage of the government value change and a portfolio of research and advisory services that are relevant to the needs of both the government and IT vendor communities.

Health Industry Insights

Health Industry Insights, an IDC company, provides health and life sciences industry executives, and the suppliers who serve them, with market research and advisory services. The company's integrated coverage spans the entire health industry value chain and closely follows the payer, provider and life sciences markets with special emphasis on developing and employing strategies that leverage IT investments to maximize organizational performance.

Manufacturing Insights

Through Manufacturing Insights, an IDC Company, we provide business and IT decision-makers with fact-based research and analysis to inform and support critical business decisions. The global independent research and advisory firm closely follows processes associated with the design, development and distribution of goods across markets including Discrete Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, High Tech/Electronics Manufacturing, Consumer Package Goods and Retail.

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