European Business Analytics Services,

This IDC study answers the following questions:

What are IDC's predictions and assumptions relating to market forces affecting the Western European business analytics services markets, and what impact will they have on the market forecasts?

What is the size of the opportunity for providing business analytics services in Western Europe in 2006 and for the next four years?

What are the key recommendations from IDC for maintaining and growing business solution services revenues in the coming years?

"The business analytics services market enjoyed solid growth in 2005 and this trend is expected to continue in 2006 and the rest of the forecast period," said Erik Bruin, research manager for European Services research at IDC. "The rise of pervasive business intelligence will lead to larger business analytics projects and hence to an increasingly attractive opportunity for services providers. System integrators should ensure that they develop the right skills and offerings to compose enterprisewide business intelligence platforms for their customers, who nowadays usually work with many tools and analytic applications from many vendors."