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Highlight: New Market Research Sources on Dialog Profound Focus on Technology

Access to global information trends and competitor activity in a wide variety of industries is significantly enhanced by content from premier information providers recently added to Dialog Profound. This brings the total of market research reports on Dialog Profound to over 200,000. The new sources either provide global coverage for their respective markets or write industry reports directly from the region they represent. Two examples of the latter are Asia Pulse Research, which writes about industries and business opportunities in the Pacific Rim and Lafis, which covers 27 industries and 100 markets in South America. All of the new reports are provided in PDF format. Twenty of the twenty-one new sources accommodate purchasing segments of the reports, as well as purchase of the entire report.

Though the new reports cover a variety of industries and markets, one particular area of emphasis is the technology arena. The new collection includes more than 4,000 reports from nine technology-focused sources. For example, Gartner, Inc. is one of the world's foremost providers of research on information technology (IT) topics, such as semiconductors, computer systems, interactive information systems and corporate networks. Over 3,000 reports from Gartner provide integrated, worldwide market share and forecast information to help evaluate the current size and growth potential of IT markets. The reports date from January 2001 to the present and Alerts can be set for the latest reports from Gartner.

The Yankee Group specializes in telecom and IT topics, such as e-commerce, wireless computing and enterprise applications. Yankee Group research studies provide in-depth assessments of industry trends, market structures, products, services and technologies around the globe. About 250 reports from Yankee Group are available. Sample titles are "Sluggish Climb Out of the Manufacturing IT Spending Abyss, 2001-2007" and "Strategic Assessment of Fixed Satellite Services in Latin America."

The Aberdeen Group is a leading supplier of studies on information technology, user needs, technological innovations and market developments, providing up-to-the-minute global IT market insights in more than 25 IT market segments. Research practices focus on emerging market opportunities, market growth rates, important industry trends and customer buying patterns internationally. Alerts can be set for Aberdeen reports and reports may be purchased in sections. A sample report title is "Technology Forecasting Consortium: 2003 User Buying Intentions."

Recca Larson
U.S. Knowledge Center

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