Western Europe Vertical Markets, Top 5 Countries, External Disk Systems Spending Forecast, 2005–2010

This study provides an overview of external disk systems spending trends and forecasts for 11 vertical markets in the top 5 Western European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, U.K.) for 2005–2010. Detailed analysis of trends and assumptions by vertical market in Western Europe, consistent with this study, can be found in the recently published Western Europe Vertical Markets Disk Systems Spending Forecast, 2005–2010 (Doc #SS01N, July 2006)

Vertical markets covered include discrete manufacturing; process manufacturing; transport; communications; utilities; retail/wholesale; financial services; business services; government; healthcare and education; and other.

"The distribution of disk systems spending by industry varies significantly by country, due to the different relevance of vertical markets in each national economy, as well as the overall attitude to innovation, and the state of existing IT infrastructure prevailing in the industry. Spain will be by far the fastest growing among the large countries in the region, throughout the forecast period and across most industries. Financial services will generate the largest opportunities in terms of incremental revenue across all five countries," said Serena Da Rold, program manager, IDC European Vertical Views.