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<description>Computers and Information Technology market research products provide analysis of the latest trends, developments and market data for this industry.  Research information will help you make informed business decisions.</description>
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<title>2009 U.S. Computer Systems Designs Services Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1323.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Computer Systems Designs Services Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including custom computer programming, computer software development, software programming applications, and computer software systems ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Office Equipment Wholesales Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1375.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Office Equipment Wholesales Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including cash registers, calculators, duplicators and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Computer &amp; Software Stores Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1322.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Computer & Software Stores Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including hardware, software, monitors, modems, scanners, and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Computer &amp; Equipment Wholesale Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1321.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Computer & Equipment Wholesale Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including hardware, software, monitors, printers, and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Cable Television Networks Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1317.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Cable Television Networks Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including direct broadcast satellite and subscription television ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Radio Broadcasting Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1393.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Radio Broadcasting Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including music and non-music radio station formats such as contemporary music, classical music, talk radio, and sports ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Radio TV Broadcast Equipment Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1394.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Radio TV Broadcast Equipment report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, cellular radio telepone, pagers, cable television equipment, antennas, receivers and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Television Broadcasting Services Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1410.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Television Broadcasting Services Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including television stations and television translator ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Database &amp; Directory Publishing Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1326.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Database & Directory Publishing Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including telephone directory publishing and printing on site and computer database ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2009 U.S. Data Processing Services Industry Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R2737-1325.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Data Processing Services Industry report, published annually by Barnes Reports, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2009 current and 2010 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including computer processing services, service bureaus and computer graphics ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Security Software &amp; Security Management Market 2007-2010 - Bundled Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R677-151.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The demand for security software is growing because of increased threat perception and instances of data theft, network breach and fraud. Further, the continuous increase in the usage of internet and the sharing of secondary data storage devices has also resulted in the demand for security software.
  
Threat from hackers and suspicious internet traffic has resulted in the rising demand for firewall software. Secondly, spyware infections and Trojan horse attacks are common occurrences, which can result in loss of valuable data resulting in drastic affect on business. 
  
In addition, Identity and Access Management (IAM) has become significantly important, because of regulatory compliance requirements. For example, Sarbanes-Oxley has led many banks to deploy IAM to allow better accountability and control over their financial systems. Further, organizations also deploy IAM to provide more-consistent access control to systems and applications across the enterprise.
  
Secondly, the need for round-the-clock security ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Security Software, Hardware &amp; Management Market 2007-2010 - Bundled Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R677-152.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The demand for security software is growing because of increased threat perception and instances of data theft, network breach and fraud. Further, the continuous increase in the usage of internet and the sharing of secondary data storage devices has also resulted in the demand for security software.
  
Threat from hackers and suspicious internet traffic has resulted in the rising demand for firewall software. Secondly, spyware infections and Trojan horse attacks are common occurrences, which can result in loss of valuable data resulting in drastic affect on business. 
  
Secondly, the increase in instances of identity theft and network breaches, growth in enterprise networks and online data transfers, and the need to be connected securely 24x7 are driving the demand for security hardware.
  
Further, organizations are spending on security hardware to protect their assets and employees. Factors such as geographic expansion into new markets and increase in eCommerce ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Leading BFSI Companies of North America - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R677-143.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This is a bundle of the following company profiles and is available at a discount of 50% over the total price of individual reports: 
  Bank of America 
  JPMorgan Chase 
  America International Group (AIG) 
  Goldman Sachs 
  Citigroup 
 
Industry trends and drivers have a direct or indirect affect on IT spending of all companies operating within an industry. For example - increased threat perception and incidence of fraud would result in increase in demand for security software and hardware. Thus, we can conclude that industry spending on any particular IT product or service is an important indicator of the criticality of that product or service for the industry. Based on the IT spend information available in &lsquo;TechNavio&rsquo;, we have computed a &lsquo;criticality score&rsquo; for various IT products and services, for Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, AIG, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
  
Various company level developments and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Security Software &amp; Security Hardware Market 2007-2010 - Bundled Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R677-150.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The demand for security software is growing because of increased threat perception and instances of data theft, network breach and fraud. Further, the continuous increase in the usage of internet and the sharing of secondary data storage devices has also resulted in the demand for security software.
  
Threat from hackers and suspicious internet traffic has resulted in the rising demand for firewall software. Secondly, spyware infections and Trojan horse attacks are common occurrences, which can result in loss of valuable data resulting in drastic affect on business. 
  
In addition, Identity and Access Management (IAM) has become significantly important, because of regulatory compliance requirements. For example, Sarbanes-Oxley has led many banks to deploy IAM to allow better accountability and control over their financial systems. Further, organizations also deploy IAM to provide more-consistent access control to systems and applications across the enterprise.
  
Secondly, the increase in instances of ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>New Zealand Healthcare IT Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3480-6549.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[New Zealand Healthcare IT Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012   Summary   This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating to New Zealand healthcare IT market. It also offers detailed and comprehensive coverage of market revenue, distribution and company share information; and latest news, financial deals and pipeline products information of each of the key segments of thehealthcare IT in New Zealand   Scope   The report provides healthcare IT information broken down into detailed categories and segments in New Zealand.   Total revenues, end users, and company shares.  Market shares of all the key competitors.   Key pipeline products that are set to shape the market, broken down by sector.   Information on the top medical equipment companies in the sector in the country covering business description, strategic analysis, and financial information.  Healthcare structure, regulatory environment, approval process, pricing trends and reimbursement.  Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.  Key ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Israel Healthcare IT Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3480-6522.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Israel Healthcare IT Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012   Summary   This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating to Israel healthcare IT market. It also offers detailed and comprehensive coverage of market revenue, distribution and company share information; and latest news, financial deals and pipeline products information of each of the key segments of the healthcare IT in Israel   Scope   The report provides healthcare IT information broken down into detailed categories and segments in Israel.   Total revenues, end users, and company shares.  Market shares of all the key competitors.   Key pipeline products that are set to shape the market, broken down by sector.   Information on the top medical equipment companies in the sector in the country covering business description, strategic analysis, and financial information.  Healthcare structure, regulatory environment, approval process, pricing trends and reimbursement.  Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.  Key mergers and acquisitions, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Telemarketing Services</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3470-1835.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The US telemarketing industry includes 5,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $15 billion. Large companies include Convergys, Teletech, West, and Sitel. The industry is concentrated at the top: the 50 largest companies hold about 60 percent of the market. Despite the dominance of big companies, most firms are small, with annual revenue less than $1 million and fewer than 20 employees.  COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE  Demand is largely driven by consumer spending and business activity. The profitability of individual companies depends on efficiency of operations. Big companies have the scale to provide services to large corporate customers. Small companies can compete successfully for small and midsized customers because there are few economies of scale. The industry is very labor-intensive: average annual revenue per employee is just $35,000.  The industry has been sharply affected in recent years by regulatory controls on telemarketing practices and strong competition from offshore operators.   PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY  Major services ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Enhancing the Customer Experience: CRM in the US Community Bank Market</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R301-1533.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Defining customer relationship management (CRM) as a business strategy for US-based community banks is not difficult, although widespread acceptance of a standard definition by bankers has been elusive. TowerGroup predicts that community banks in the United States (those with assets of $500 million to $5 billion) will spend a total of $52.2 million (USD) implementing and maintaining CRM technology in 2012. This Research Note explores the key technology requirements, highlights the opportunties, and discusses the existing gaps in product suites facing community banks that are evaluating vendors' CRM ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Australia End-User IT Services Survey: Current and Future Use of Services by Industry</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-37017.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[
 This IDC study presents the results of an Australia IT Infrastructure Services Survey, 2008 conducted across a number of industry verticals, within Australia. About 218 respondents were asked to indicate the level of current use and planned use of services within their organisations. 
 "CIOs generally are increasingly questioning the business value of IT spending, leading to IT services players to build skills and capabilities around business-related IT consulting, as well as strengthen delivery capabilities for SI services. IDC believes players that are able to achieve this in-house will stand high in the market," says Marina Beale, senior market analyst, Software, IDC Asia/Pacific. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Alcatel-Lucent Services: Certainly No Lightweight in This Battleground Market</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-37014.html</link>
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 This IDC Flash examines and reviews the annual Alcatel-Lucent Analyst Event that was held in Florida on September 2008. At this event, the Alcatel-Lucent executive team provided an update on its business for both its enterprise and carrier division. This Flash will focus almost entirely on its professional services divisions, particularly its managed services business performance over the last 12 months. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Outsourcing Satisfaction 2008: An Update on the Pulse of the Market</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-37021.html</link>
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 This IDC study analyzes our annual survey of more than 500 businesses about their satisfaction with outsourcing arrangements. This year's survey results show a rise in outsourcing satisfaction. Most encouraging was the improvement in the level of satisfaction with the attributes that IDC has identified as contributing most to customer satisfaction, such as relationship management, contract management, adherence to commitments, and consistent cost savings. This may come as a surprise to some in the industry, especially after the challenges experienced by vendors over the past few years. 
 "The accepted wisdom is that customer satisfaction means good business," says Mark Schrutt, IDC Canada research manager for Outsourcing Services. "IDC's analysis shows that the adage is true - satisfied customers are good customers, deliver a higher return on investment, and are generally more profitable than accounts where expectations are not well balanced or properly managed." 
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Croatia Vertical Markets 20080-2012 Forecast</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-37028.html</link>
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 This IDC study provides a detailed overview of IT spending trends and forecasts for 17 vertical markets (or sectors) and 10 product categories, including hardware, packaged software, and services in Croatia. The study features overviews of key industry developments, industry challenges, and vertical-specific IT drivers and trends and includes tables detailing IT spending by vertical market for each product for the 2008-2012 period. Analysis is based on continuous research, the monitoring of users' IT spending and emerging purchasing patterns, and supply- and demand-side research. 
 "Vendors have an opportunity to capitalize on growing potential in the SMB segment by educating potential clients of the value proposition IT offers, rather than simply waiting for businesses to draw such a conclusion. Vendors should bear in mind the sectors in which SMBs are most common in Croatia, namely retail, hospitality, construction, and business services, when tailoring their offerings." - Senior Research Analyst Nikolina ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Czech Republic Vertical Markets 2008-2012 Forecast</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-37029.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[
 This IDC study provides a detailed overview of IT spending trends and forecasts for 17 vertical markets (or sectors) and 10 product categories, including hardware, packaged software, and services in the Czech Republic. The study features overviews of key industry developments, industry challenges, and vertical-specific IT drivers and trends and includes tables detailing IT spending by vertical market for each product for the 2008-2012 period. Analysis is based on continuous research, the monitoring of users' IT spending and emerging purchasing patterns, and supply- and demand-side research. 
 "IT vendors in the Czech Republic already consider vertical orientation to be an obligation, as customers are demanding vertical expertise from their vendors. To pinpoint the best opportunities, vendors need to research market segments at the most specific levels in order to identify new sources of revenue or to be able to deliver new IT systems and solutions to their existing client bases." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Global &amp; North American Print Production Workflow Software Market Forecast: 2007-2012</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R290-557.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The print industry is undergoing a major transformation. As print volumes are threatened by alternative media, print service providers must revisit their fundamental business models and operations to adapt to the changing business climate. Revenue growth will be dependent on cost reduction via the introduction of new workflow efficiencies as well as new revenue sources from higher margin, value-added services. Although better/faster/cheaper presses, digital printers, and pre- and post-printing devices will certainly play a significant role in advancing these objectives, it will be the software driving these devices, as well as other software solutions throughout the value chain, that will provide differentiation to print service providers and solution vendors. InfoTrends&rsquo; Print Production Workflow Software Market Forecast is designed to provide an overview of the print production software market as it exists today and the analysis necessary to understand the directions in this market. We update it each year to reflect ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Latin American Contact Center Solutions Markets</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R1-6664.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The market for contact center solutions in Latin America has already reached a level of relative maturity, composed mostly by international and regional participants. However, there is an increase in the number of local participants and international new entrants in the region. In this research service, pricing, competitive and technology trends are analyzed, as well as detailed profiles of competitors and their offerings. Current market status and forecasts for 2013 are provided by revenue and application, including ACD, CTI, IVR, Outbound Solutions, IP contact centers and advanced ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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