A User Guide To Our 2008 State of the Market Database

We spoke to nearly 800 small, medium and large solution providers about their business operations, technology choices, and plans for 2008. In our 2008 State of the Market research database, you can see how they answered 85 critical questions.

Use these questions and answers to benchmark your operations, get a 'second opinion' on your business plans, and peer into your colleagues and competitors corner offices.

Review our results question-by-question, or use the topic links below to pinpoint the specific questions and answers of most interest to you.

Solution Providers On:

• Their Business Operations
  (7 questions)
• Their Customers
  (9 questions)
• Growth Opportunities
  (12 questions)
• Sales Initiatives For 2008
  (13 questions)
• Software as a Services Risks and Opportunities
  (9 questions)
• Solution Provider Technology Choices
  (9 questions)
• Adding Vendors
  (12 questions)
• Dropping Vendors
  (4 questions)
• Solution Provider Revenue and Profit Details
  (6 questions)
• Hiring Issues
  (4 questions)