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Uncertainties of the political, economic and IT spending variety made for a sombre year in technology M&A. Deal volumes and values both suffered declines, with Semiconductor and IT Services hardest hit.A continuation of these subdued trends is expected for 2013, with the possible exception of tech divestitures of non-core assets which could provide the fuel to fire a return to headier times.

Global Technology Scorecard is a PwC analysis and benchmark of top technology companies. The Scorecard cross-compares company quarterly and annual performance and revenues. We also offer a deeper dive into data through our online charting tool allowing you to get up close to raw statistics and manipulate which companies you'd like to compare and benchmark against.

The software industry’s well-known trends –cloud, software-as-a-service (SaaS), mobile devices and consumerization of IT –are impacting how software vendors develop, market, sell, distribute and support their products. Here, PwC presents insights into where the industry is going and provides ranked lists of leading software vendors by revenue .

Uncertainties of the political, economic and IT spending variety made for a sombre year in technology M&A. Deal volumes and values both suffered declines, with Semiconductor and IT Services hardest hit.A continuation of these subdued trends is expected for 2013, with the possible exception of tech divestitures of non-core assets which could provide the fuel to fire a return to headier times.

This quarterly study of private equity investment activity is based on data provided by Venture Intelligence and serves as a reliable source of current and recent trends in PE/VC funding.

A PwC annual report that analyzes both the consumption and production of semiconductors in China, its growth and its relative share of the worldwide industry. On the consumption side, the report includes information on EMS companies, ODMs, and OEMs. On the production side, it includes data on IC design (fabless), IC manufacturing (IDMs), wafer foundries, IC packaging and testing, SATS, and O-S-D companies.

A company’s Digital IQ as a measure of how well companies understand the value of technology and weave it into the fabric of their organisation. Raising your organisation's digital IQ — by leveraging digital technology— will help you take full advantage of many of the recent changes in the global economy.

Over the past 15 years, the technology industry has experienced a high volume of M&A activity. In fact, technology M&A has exceeded any other industry, largely fueled by a constant demand for innovation and a decade-long period of consolidation

The future of software pricing excellence discusses how the shift in software sales models from product-based to portfolio-based has made pricing a critical element of business strategy and provides PwC's pricing management framework that combines analytics with formalised processes and standards to deliver improved financial results throughout the pricing lifecycle.

In this white paper, PwC outlines the benefits of quote-to-cash (Q2C) transformation, its impact on sales and revenue and an overview of the Q2C performance spectrum. It outlines a strategic process for undergoing transformation that is based on a framework that includes benchmarking and a reference architecture.

Global Technology Scorecard is a PwC analysis and benchmark of top technology companies. The Scorecard cross-compares company quarterly and annual performance and revenues. We also offer a deeper dive into data through our online charting tool allowing you to get up close to raw statistics and manipulate which companies you'd like to compare and benchmark against.

Meeting the ongoing challenge of software pricing in a market that's changing from license to services.

PwC predicts growing application processor speed likely to launch next wave of mobile innovation within the next two years. It will enable various mobile device use cases, likely to include more powerful multitasking operating systems, more immersive and natural user interfaces and more powerful graphics, including 3D.

A PwC wireless infrastructure growth forecast and its impact on mobile innovation.

Global Technology Scorecard is a PwC analysis and benchmark of top technology companies. The Scorecard cross-compares company quarterly and annual performance and revenues. We also offer a deeper dive into data through our online charting tool allowing you to get up close to raw statistics and manipulate which companies you'd like to compare and benchmark against.

PwC's Mobile Innovations Forecast a four-part framework for analyzing and understanding mobile innovation using enabling technologies, new technological capabilities, new use cases and new business models.

PwC's Mobile Technologies Index, a composite of seven enabling components that underlie the power of the mobile device including infrastructure speed; device connectivity speed; processor speed, memory; storage, image sensor and display.

A look at the first component of PwC's Mobile Technologies Index, device connectivity speed which is a combination of the modem technology inside the device (fixed) and speed capability of the infrastructure (varied) .

This publication is fully focused on venture capital investments in the IT sector, which is the most dynamic and transparent sector of the Russian market. According to the overview, this segment of Russia's innovation market attracted the absolute majority of venture capital investments in 2011.

A quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PwC and the National Venture Capital Association based upon data from Thomson Reuters, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind. A definitive source of information on emerging companies that receive financing and the venture capital firms that provide it.

PwC's CEO Survey reveals that tech CEOs are confident that innovation and growing emerging markets will bring success and that having local talent in place is critical.

This report provides an analysis of the major technological advances that will drive the semiconductor industry in the coming years.

Margin analysis as a lever is overlooked by technology companies. Margins are impacted price, volume, channel mix, product mix and sales region mix and can hide the impact of other factors. PwC has developed proprietary tools to separate the impact of these drivers.

How enterprises are planning for and adopting cloud computing as a replacement for traditional data center infrastructure - or how these plans might affect traditional IT outsourcing service providers - is unknown. Will there be a complete shift to public cloud offerings, a transition to private clouds, or a combination of both?

The digital economy is transforming all industries. How will this affect companies, and what should CEOs be doing to ensure their firms remain competitive?

Cloud services providers in Germany reveal how they're meeting current demand and what their most significant risks and opportunities are for cloud computing.

Uncertainties of the political, economic and IT spending variety made for a sombre year in technology M&A. Deal volumes and values both suffered declines, with Semiconductor and IT Services hardest hit.A continuation of these subdued trends is expected for 2013, with the possible exception of tech divestitures of non-core assets which could provide the fuel to fire a return to headier times.

Global Technology Scorecard is a PwC analysis and benchmark of top technology companies. The Scorecard cross-compares company quarterly and annual performance and revenues. We also offer a deeper dive into data through our online charting tool allowing you to get up close to raw statistics and manipulate which companies you'd like to compare and benchmark against.