Plunkett's InfoTech Industry Almanac

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PLUNKETT'SINFOTECH INDUSTRYALMANAC 2008CONTENTSA Short InfoTech Industry Glossary iIntroduction 1How To Use This Book 3Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the InfoTech Industry 71) Introduction to the InfoTech Industry 72) Hot Fields Within the InfoTech Sector 93) Memory and Storage Needs Soar While Miniaturization Lowers Prices 104) PCs for $200 May Be Distributed by the Millions in the Developing World 125) India and China PC Markets Targeted by Manufacturers 146) Supercomputing Hits 478 Teraflops 147) "Cell" Chip Technology Sizzles in PS3 158) New Chips Provide Higher Speeds and Lighter Weights/Consume Less Power 169) Open Source Systems and Software are Backed by Major Software Firms 1710) Big Software Industry Mergers Continue 1811) Web Services, XML and .NET Grow 1912) Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) Point the Way to the Future 2013) Wi-Fi Accelerates 2014) MIMO (802.11n) Is the High-Speed Wireless Wave of the Near Future 2115) WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi 2216) Bluetooth Provides Wireless Connectivity to Millions of Cell Phones and Devices 2317) Ultrawideband (UWB) Offers Sizzling Short-Range Speed 2318) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge 2419) Fiber-to-the-Home Gains Traction 2520) Services Available via Ultra-High-Speed Broadband are Imaginative, Futuristic 2521) U.S. Broadband Rankings Fraught with Controversy 2622) Many Industry Sectors Seek Consulting and Outsourcing Income, Competing with PureConsultancies 2723) The Future: Pervasive Computing, Complete Mobility Will Be Standard 2724) Nanotechnology Will Create Powerful Semiconductors in the Near Future 2825) Nanotechnology Holds the Key to the Ultra-dense Digital Memory of the Future 2926) Virtualization of Servers Leads to Data Center Efficiency 2927) Breakthrough Achieved in Quantum Computing 30Chapter 2: InfoTech Industry Statistics 31InfoTech Industry Overview 32U.S. InfoTech Industry Quarterly Revenue: 2006-2007 33Data Processing, Hosting & Related Services, U.S.: Estimated Revenue & Expenses, 2004-2006 34Software Publishing Industry, U.S.: Estimated Revenue, 2002-2007 35Software Publishing Industry, U.S.: Estimated Operating Expenses, 2004-2007 36Computer Systems Design & Related Services, U.S.: Estimated Revenue & Expenses: 1999-2006 37Internet Publishing & Broadcasting: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 38Internet Service Providers Estimated Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 39Wholesale & Retail Trade in Computer Hardware & Software, U.S.: 1995-2007 40Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total & E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2001-3rd Quarter 2007 41Top Ten Suppliers & Destinations of U.S. Computers & Electronic Products: 2001-2007 42Exports, Imports & Trade Balance of Computers & Electronic Products, U.S.: 2001-2007 43Value of Computers & Electronic Products Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories & Orders byIndustry, U.S.: 1992-2007 44Value of Shipments of Computers & Peripheral Equipment by Product Class, U.S.: 2001-2006 45Quantity & Value of Shipments of Computers & Peripheral Equipment by Product Class, U.S.:First Two Quarters, 2006 46Quantity & Value of Exports & Imports of Computers & Peripheral Equipment, U.S.: SecondQuarter 2007 47Quantity & Value of Quarterly Shipments of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2nd Quarter2006-2nd Quarter 2007 48Internet Access Technologies Compared 50Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2000-2006 51Number of Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2000-2006 52Computer Industry Employment by Business Type, U.S.: 2002-2007 53InfoTech Employment, U.S.: 1995-2007 54Chapter 3: Important InfoTech Industry Contacts 55Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web SitesChapter 4: THE INFOTECH 500:Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 86Industry List, With Codes 87Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 89Alphabetical Index 101Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State 105Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 110Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 111Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S. 125Individual Profiles on each of THE INFOTECH 500 130Additional IndexesIndex of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 627Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 629