ERP services not dead but enjoying solid growth, according to IDC.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 September 2001-IDC: ERP services not dead but enjoying solid growth, according to IDC (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24092001 AMSTERDAM -- According to IDC, the Western European market for services around Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications will grow from $15 billion in 2001 to $24 billion by 2005.

ERP services are services provided for consulting, implementing, supporting, training and operating an ERP application. In 2001, 61 of ERP services spending has been concentrated in Western Europe's four largest economies: Germany, UK, France and Italy. Despite various announcements in 2000 predicting the death of ERP services, IDC forecasts solid growth in this field. "Last year, there was a lot of talk by people as...