Abstract
This IDC study highlights the top 10 predictions for growth opportunities in
the 2008 product life-cycle management (PLM) applications market. These growth
opportunities include vertical industries, the small and medium-sized business
(SMB) market, application delivery - software as a service (SaaS) or
appliances, and project and portfolio management for new product development
and introduction. Beyond that, this study explores the role of environmental
compliance and of unstructured information management in growing the demand for
product information management and, lastly, the opportunities of best-of-breed
vendors and of content, marketplaces, and communities to create customer
loyalty and larger shares of customer wallets.
Gisela Wilson, director of IDC' s Product, Project, and Portfolio Management
Solutions program, says, "The PLM applications market in 2008 is expected to
increase in complexity with the addition of regulatory requirements and
unstructured data management and to reach out to new user groups such as global
SMB manufacturers through SaaS applications delivery and through deeper
vertical industry offerings from best-of-breed application providers using SOA."
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