This document presents analysis of the leading hardware vendors in Western Europe alongside five-year forecasts for the hardware markets: disk storage systems, PCs, printers, servers, and workstations.

"It is no surprise that the Western Europe hardware market is one of the most mature and competitive IT markets in the world, and although growth is limited primarily to infrastructure renewals, there remain pockets of growth for vendors to target," said Fung-Yee Tang, research analyst, the EMEA Systems Group. "For example, the SMB segment continues to be an area of growth and needs to be suitably targeted by vendors through effective channel partnering and selection."