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Dataquest Insight: Top 50 Software Maintenance and Support Service Providers, Business as Usual in a Highly Fragmented Market, Worldwide, 2008
20 November 2008
 
Bob Igou  

The software services market remains highly fragmented, with only the largest technology companies able to hold much more than 2% of the market. The proprietary nature of software lends itself to a monopoly support model in which there are few alternatives to vendor/partner support.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 Introduction
    
 Overall IT Services Market
    
 Platform Segmentation
    
 Software Support Services by Region
    
 The Top 50 Software Services Companies
    
 "Special" Characteristics of Software Support Providers
    
 Market Analysis

    
 Changes From 2006 to 2007

    
 Worldwide
    
 United States
    
 Market Share

    
 Worldwide
    
 United States
    
 Percentage of Revenue Growth

    
 Growth in the Top 10
    
 Support Providers With the Highest Growth Rates

    
 Background and Context

    
 Methodology
    
 Notes on Market Share Databases
    
 Definitions

    
 IT Services
    
 Software Support Services

    
 The Impact

    
 Conclusion

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Worldwide: Software Support Services Revenue by Platform (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 2.  
 Worldwide: Software Support Services by Region/Country (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 3.  
 Worldwide: Top 10 Software Support Providers, Market Share and Growth (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 4.  
 U.S.: Top 10 Software Support Providers, Market Share and Growth (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 5.  
 Worldwide: Top 10 Growth Companies in the Top 50 (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 6.  
 U.S.: Top 10 Growth Companies in the Top 50 (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 7.  
 Worldwide: Top 50 Software Support Providers (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 8.  
 U.S.: Top 50 Software Support Providers (Millions of Dollars)
 

Table 9.  
 Segmentation for Software Support Services
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Worldwide: Software Support Services Revenue by Platform
 



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