Market dynamics and drivers behind IT consumption vary dramatically between different vertical markets and countries. IDC's Middle East and Africa Vertical Markets Database provides a detailed overview of IT spending and forecasts for 17 vertical markets (or industry sectors) and 10 product categories in the major countries of the region.

This product covers the following markets and segments:

• Geography: Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Rest of Africa, and Rest of Middle East
• Technology: hardware, software, IT services
• Verticalmarkets: agriculture, construction, mining, business services, education, banking, insurance, government, healthcare, discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, retail, wholesale, transport, communications, utilities, consumer

Throughout the year, this service will address IT spending by vertical market in major technology categories:

• High-end servers
• Midrange servers
• Volume servers
• Storage
• Personal computers and workstations
• Networking equipment
• Printers and multifunctional peripherals
• Other hardware
• Software
• IT services

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

1. How much are companies in MEA spending on IT by country and technology?
2. Which countries and industries offer the greatest opportunities in IT spending?
3. How does IT spending across major IT product areas vary by vertical market in a given country?
4. What is the relative importance of each technology in a given vertical?

IDC's Middle East and Africa Vertical Markets Database provides market sizing and forecasts for IT markets in MEA on a twice-yearly basis. It does not contain vendor market share information or competitive analysis.

Throughout the year, this product will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Available products include:

A set of Excel tables that show the latest five-year forecasts for each of the vertical markets for individual countries and technology areas.

An easy-to-use query tool (available as Excel pivot tables and as an interactive online database tool) that lets you quickly generate market data to a particular specification — with main options being country, vertical market, company size, and technology area.