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After uneven gains in 2010, our market research points to an improving landscape for the global IT industry in 2011. We project industry growth of four percent, with upside potential of slightly over six percent. This equates to approximately $1.5 trillion in global sales of IT hardware, software and services, according to the research firm IDC. Add in the telecommunications sector to cover the full breadth of information technology, and the industry scales to a $3 trillion economic and innovation giant.

A number of factors will help drive IT industry growth in 2011, including pent-up demand for a range of IT products and services, a desire to adopt emerging technologies, robust sales in emerging markets such as the BRIC countries and industries transitioning to digital processes such as healthcare

Our research team conducts 15-20 comprehensive market research studies annually to help our members better understand technology trends, business opportunities and the factors driving or inhibiting product adoption.

We have unique research on many of the top emerging areas such as healthcare IT, cloud computing, managed IT services and cybersecurity, among others.  You can read our research highlights online or check out our new series of seven research videocasts covering IT channel growth, the pulse of healthcare IT, cloud adoption and the human factors impacting IT security.