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U.S. Home Office 2008-2012 Forecast

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: March 2008
Product Code: R104-33150
Description

This IDC study forecasts the ownership, annual shipments, and installed base of PCs, printers, MFPs, LANs, wireless LANs, and mobile phones for home offices in the United States annually through 2012, with 2007 as a base year. The estimates for penetration, shipments, and installed base for each of these technologies are presented for the end of each year in the forecast period.

"Home offices have traditionally been among the most advanced technology users of any consumer group," said Justin Jaffe, senior research analyst for small and medium-sized business and home office research at IDC. "They continue to set the pace for technology adoption in a variety of ways, from notebook computers and wireless networks to mobile telephones."

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Table of Contents

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Methodology

Situation Overview

Definitions

Income-Generating Home-Based Businesses

Corporate Home Office Households

Home Office Categories Are Not Mutually Exclusive When Defining a Household's Status

Other Terms

Future Outlook

Forecast and Assumptions

Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the U.S. Home Office Market, 2008-2012

Home Office Household Forecast

Table: U.S. Home Offices by Type, 2007-2012 (M)

Income-Generating Home Offices

Table: U.S. Income-Generating Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)

Corporate Home Offices

Table: U.S. Corporate Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)

Home Office Computing Devices: Desktop PCs and Portable PCs

Personal Computers

Table: U.S. Home Office PC Penetration by Office Type, 2007-2012 (%)

Table: U.S. Home Offices with PCs by Type, 2007-2012 (M)

Table: U.S. Home Office PC Shipments and Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)

Portable PCs

Table: U.S. Home Office Portable PC Penetration, 2007-2012

Table: U.S. Home Office Portable PC Shipments and Households, 2007-2012 (M)

Printers and Multifunction Products

Table: U.S. Home Office Printer Penetration, 2007-2012

Table: U.S. Home Office Printer Shipments by Technology, 2007-2012

Printers

Table: U.S. Home Office Printer Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)

Multifunction Products

Table: U.S. Home Office MFP Penetration, Shipments, and Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)

Home Office Networking

Local Area Networks

Table: U.S. Networked Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)

Wireless Networks

Table: U.S. Wireless Networked Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)

Mobile Phones

Table: U.S. Home Office Mobile Phone Penetration, Shipments, and Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)

Market Context

Table: U.S. Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts (M)

Figure: U.S. Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005?2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts

Figure: U.S. Primary Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005?2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts

Figure: U.S. Part-Time Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005?2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts

Essential Guidance

Figure: U.S. Technology Penetration in Home Office Households, 2007 and 2012

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