Abstract
This Energy Insights report provides a detailed description of Energy Insights' industry and technology taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for the Worldwide Oil and Gas Industry IT Spending Guide (Energy Insights #EI202801, July 2006).
"Energy Insights and IDC take great care to ensure and document consistent processes and definitions. Such an approach enables us to blend the best of both worlds: Energy Insights' deep industry expertise and IDC' s quantitative and modeling strength," said Jessica Goepfert, program director, Worldwide Vertical Trackers, Industry IT Spending Guides and Vertical View programs.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Energy Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Situation Overview
- Oil and Gas Industry Definition
- Table: IDC' s U.S. Vertical Markets Definitions
- Table: Energy Insights' Oil and Gas Industry Definition
- Line-of-Business Definitions
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Shared Services and Other
- Line-of-Business Definitions
- Technology Definitions
- Hardware
- Personal Computers and Traditional Workstations
- Servers
- High-End Servers
- Other Servers
- Storage
- Printers and Multifunction Peripherals
- Smart Handheld Devices and Radio Frequency Identification
- Network Equipment
- Software
- Work and Asset Management
- Network Automation and Control
- Engineering and Design
- Plant Operations
- Energy Trading and Risk Management Applications
- Exploration and Production
- Project Management
- Health, Safety, and Environment
- Security Software
- Supply Chain Management Applications
- Enterprise Resource Management
- Channel Uplift
- IT Services
- IT Consulting
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Systems Integration
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Network Consulting and Integration Services
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Custom Application Development
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- IS Outsourcing
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Network and Desktop Outsourcing Services
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Application Management
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Software as a Service
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Hosting Infrastructure Services
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Hardware Deploy and Support
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- Software Deploy and Support
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- IT Education and Training
- Exceptions and Exclusions
- IT Consulting
- Hardware
- Methodology
- IDC' s Vertical Market Model
- Energy Insights' Segmentation Model
- Survey Methodology
- Future Outlook
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis













