This IDC study offers a comprehensive analysis of the global business consulting market. Based on an analysis of consulting buyers' needs and behavior, market trends and imperatives, the competitive landscape, pricing, and talent management dynamics, IDC expects worldwide business consulting spending to increase at a CAGR of 3.9% for the period 2005-2010. This study includes fact-based forecasts that suggest the areas (geographies and service lines) in which the drivers and growth of business consulting will be over the next five years.

"Our analysis indicates that the business consulting area is becoming more and more closely linked with IT and is poised to grow with the worldwide IT industry over the next five years," says Bo Di Muccio, Ph.D., program manager for Consulting Service Research at IDC.