While IT managers struggle as their chief financial officers (CFOs) continue to slash and burn IT budgets, the software industry continues to contract as new revenue opportunities become scarce in most market segments. These common challenges across the technology industry are causing the majority of software vendors to adjust their marketing, sales and product lines to fit into the new demands of the market.   Read more		Joanne M. Correia Vice President Gartner Dataquest

			Prediction 2003: Continued Challenges for Software Industry 20 November 2002 Joanne M. Correia  Thomas Topolinski  Across the software industry, vendors are struggling with deeply rooted challenges. Changes in buyer behavior have drastically reduced the opportunities for revenue and the next year or so will continue to be depressed.

	Prediction 2003: Supply Chain Management Realigning 12 November 2002 Chad Eschinger  The supply chain management market is deep in the throes of change. This transition has required a change in our forecast and will come with risk and hardships for application providers.		Prediction 2003: NSM Makes Only Modest Gains 13 November 2002 Norma Schroder  The network and systems market will attain only low single-digit growth in 2003 as prospects for a strong uptick in IT spending recede into 2004.
	Prediction 2003: CRM Software Market Faces Tough Times 13 November 2002 Thomas Topolinski  The customer relationship management software market falls from its pinnacle, and downward license revenue challenges vendors and end users. What is the short- and long-term effect on vendors and end users?		Prediction 2003: Security Software Growth Slows 13 November 2002 Norma Schroder  Colleen Graham  Fabrizio Biscotti  The security software market will decline from 10 percent growth in 2001 to only 6.7 percent growth in 2002 as prospects for a surge in IT spending won't occur until mid-2003.
	Prediction 2003: The AIM Market Consolidates 13 November 2002 Joanne M. Correia  The application integration middleware and portal markets are crowded with major software vendors. New license revenue growth will be slower than projected and more vendor shakeout is imminent.		Prediction 2003: DBMS Market to Remain Slow, Top-Heavy 15 November 2002 Colleen Graham  Database management systems in 2003 through 2006 will see low growth, continued vendor consolidation and increased activity around Linux on the mainframe.
	Prediction 2003: The ERP Market Readies for a Rebound 18 November 2002 Chad Eschinger  The ERP market will experience its second straight year of double-digit decline as the market bottoms out. Once rested, it will attempt growth resurgence in an equally difficult environment.		Prediction 2003: CSKMT Market Faces Slow Growth 13 November 2002 Burke Oppenheimer  Slower growth in the collaboration software and knowledge management tools market sector means vendors must learn how to prosper in the face of difficult economic conditions and changing market demands.
	Prediction 2003: SPO Software Market Sees a Glimmer of Hope 20 November 2002 Daniel B. Stang  Ted Kempf  Nicole France  Hams El-Gabri  Matt Light  At 31 percent growth, SPO/PSA was the fastest growing software application in 2001. The need for resource management is expected to continue driving growth while confusion continues to inhibit it.