Plunkettโs InfoTech Industry Almanac presents a complete analysis of the technology business, including the convergence of hardware, software, entertainment and telecommunications. The market research section includes chapters on industry trends and a sector-by-sector overview. No other source provides this bookโs easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, expenditures, occupations, technologies, imports/exports, corporations, research and other vital subjects. Whatever your purpose for researching the InfoTech field, you will find this book to be a valuable guide. The corporate profile section provides in-depth, one-page profiles on each of the top 500 InfoTech companies. We have used our massive databases to provide you with unique, objective analysis of the largest and most exciting companies in: Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Internet Services, E-Commerce, Networking, Semiconductors, Memory, Storage, Information Management and Data Processing. We've been working harder than ever to gather data on all the latest trends in information technology. Our research effort includes an exhaustive study of new technologies on display at the annual Comdex trade show and conference (the largest InfoTech trade show in the world), and discussions with the CEOs of dozens of leading tech companies. Purchasers of the printed book or PDF version may receive a free CD-ROM database of the corporate profiles, enabling export of vital corporate data for mail merge and other uses. 770 pages.