This IDC study identifies IDC's Global Services research team's top 10 predictions of the services marketplace for 2007. It highlights the major trends and critical developments that will impact the wide spectrum of the services industry, from business consulting to learning to talent management to IT and applications outsourcing.

"From consulting to outsourcing, customers have more choices than ever before, and we are at an extremely exciting time in our industry when delivery models actually enable the profitable delivery of enterprise-class services and functionality to a much broader range of customers," said Rebecca Segal, vice president, Global Services Markets and Trends. "These predictions leverage the collective wisdom of over 70 IDC analysts tracking the services marketplace worldwide."