| A Short
InfoTech Industry Glossary |
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| Introduction |
1 |
| How
To Use This Book |
3 |
| Chapter
1: Major Trends Affecting the InfoTech Industry |
7 |
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1)
Introduction to the Infotech Industry |
7 |
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2) The Technology Sector Recovers |
10 |
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3)
Memory and Storage Needs Soar While Miniaturization
Lowers Prices |
10 |
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4) PCs Go Down Market |
11 |
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5) Dell Seems Unstoppable |
11 |
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6) Supercomputing Sets Records |
12 |
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7)
Grid Computing Accelerates |
13 |
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8) Open-Source Systems Soar |
14 |
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9) Software Industry Mergers
and Consolidation Evolve |
15 |
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10)
Web Services, XML and .NET Grow |
16 |
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11) Wi-Fi and Other Wireless
Technologies Accelerate |
17 |
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12) Last Mile Challenges Tumble;
Mass Broadband Markets Emerge |
18 |
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13) Fiber-to-the-Home Gains Traction |
19 |
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14) Services Available via Ultra-High-Speed
Broadband are Imaginative,
Futuristic |
20 |
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15) The U.S. Remains Far Behind
in Broadband Deployment and Access
Speeds |
20 |
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16)
IMany Industry Sectors, Especially Computer and Software Makers,
Focus on Consulting and Outsourcing Income |
21 |
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17)
The Future: Pervasive Computing Will Be Standard |
21 |
| Chapter
2: InfoTech Industry Statistics |
23 |
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Infotech Industry
Overview: 1992-2002 |
24 |
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Internet Access Technologies
Compared |
25 |
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Cable Modem and E-MTA
Unit Shipments, 2nd Quarter 2004 |
26 |
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North American Cable
Modem Subscribers by Multiple System Operator,
June 2004 |
27 |
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Number of High Speed
Internet Lines, U.S.: June 2000-2004 |
28 |
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High Speed Internet
Lines by Technology, U.S.: Dec. 1999 and Jun. 2004 |
29 |
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U.S. Online Information
Services Revenue: 2001-2003 |
30 |
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U.S. Software Publishing
Industry Estimated Revenue & Inventories: 2001-2004 |
31 |
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U.S. Data Processing
Services Industry Estimated Revenues: 2001-2004 |
32 |
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U.S. Database and
Directory Publishers Revenue & Inventories: 2001-2003 |
33 |
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U.S. Wired Communications
Carriers, Estimated Revenue and Expenses:
2001-2004 |
34 |
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U.S. Wireless Telecommunications
Carriers (Except Satellite), Revenue and Expenses: 2001-2004 |
35 |
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Average Annual Household
Telecommunications Expenditures by Type of Provider, U.S.
1995-2004 |
36 |
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Telecommunications
Equipment Trade, U.S., 2003 |
37 |
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U.S. Telecommunications
Equipment Trade, Selected Trading Partners:
2001-2003 |
38 |
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U.S. Computer Industry
Indicators: 1997-2004 |
39 |
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U.S. Business and
Consumer Investment in Computers and Peripheral Equipment:
1997-2004 |
40 |
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U.S. Computer Equipment
Industry New and Unfilled Orders: 1997-2004 |
41 |
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U.S. Computer Equipment
Industry Shipments and Inventories: 1997-2004 |
42 |
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U.S. Computer Trade:
2000-2004 (Est.) |
43 |
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U.S. Computer Exports,
Imports and Deficits: First Half, 2002-2004 |
44 |
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Top Five Destinations
of U.S. Computer Exports and Top Five Suppliers of Imports:
Jan.-Jun. 2004
|
45 |
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Computer Industry,
Total Employment and Production Workers, U.S.: 1997-2004 |
46 |
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InfoTech Employment,
U.S.: 1995-2005 |
47 |
| Chapter
3: InfoTech Industry Contacts |
49 |
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Addresses,
Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites |
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| Chapter
4: THE INFOTECH 500: |
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Who They Are and
How They Were Chosen |
73 |
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Industry List With
Codes |
74 |
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Index of Rankings
Within Industry Groups |
76 |
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Alphabetical index |
89 |
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Geographic Indexes |
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Index of Headquarters
Location by State |
94 |
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Index of Non-U.S.
Headquarters Location by Country |
99 |
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Index by Regions
of the U.S. Where THE INFOTECH 500 Have Locations |
100 |
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Index by Firms
with Operations Outside the U.S. |
115 |
| Individual
Profiles on each of THE INFOTECH 500 |
119 |
| Additional
Indexes |
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Index
of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities |
646 |
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Index
by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations |
647 |
