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Dataquest Insight: Dollar Fluctuations Impact Software Companies' Growth Rates in 2007 and 2008
4 September 2008
 
Fabrizio Biscotti   George Shiffler III   Joanne M. Correia  

The dollar's depreciation boosted global software companies' reported 2007 dollar-valued revenue growth by 4 percentage points on average, further clouding software growth trends. Reported dollar-valued revenue growth should be interpreted with caution or converted to a constant-currency equivalent.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 Top-Level Impact
    
 Impact on Regions
    
 Maturity of Technology Sold
    
 Impact on Individual Vendors

    
 Background and Context

    
 The Impact

    
 Conclusion

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Swing of Regional Currencies Versus the U.S. Dollar Affecting the Software Market, 2007
 

Table 2.  
 Regional Split of Software Revenue of Selected Vendors, 2007 (Percent)
 

Table 3.  
 Regional Split of Software Revenue of Selected Software Segments, 2007 (Percent)
 

Table 4.  
 Top Four Enterprise Software Companies: Impact of Foreign Currency Fluctuation as Reported in Financial Reports Referring to Periods Within 2007 and 1H08
 

Table 5.  
 Prevailing Annual Exchange Rates (Foreign Currency per U.S. Dollar)
 

Table 6.  
 Software Spending by Region and the Influence of Local Currencies
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Software Market Growth Rates: Reported Dollar-Valued Rates Versus Constant-Currency Rates, 2005-2008
 

Figure 2. 
 Currency Generally Used for Enterprise Software Purchases, Worldwide, 2007
 

Figure 3. 
 Software Market Growth by Region: Dollar-Valued Growth Versus Constant-Currency Growth, 2007
 



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