Research and Markets: Study the 'IT Selling Opportunities Map' For Hardware, Software and IT Services For Goldman Sachs For 2008

Business Wire,  July 9, 2008  

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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/069fc3/goldman_sachs_grou) has announced the addition of the "Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008" company profile to their offering.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) is a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a range of services worldwide to a client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. Its activities are divided into three segments: Investment Banking, Trading and Principal Investments, and Asset Management and Securities Services. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

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 'TechNavio', we have computed a 'criticality score' for various IT products and services, for Goldman Sachs.

Various company level developments and events are important indicators of selling opportunities and drive the sales of IT products and services. For example - an acquisition by Goldman Sachs might result in opportunities for IT migration and integration services. By tracking these sales drivers (using 'TechNavio'), we have arrived at a demand score for each product and service.

Through an in-depth analysis of industry trends and drivers and company level developments and events, we have made the 'IT Selling Opportunities Map' for hardware, software and IT services for Goldman Sachs. These maps have been divided into four zones representing Level I, Level II and Level III opportunity areas. Level I opportunity areas have the highest scores and hence, there is a high probability that Goldman Sachs will buy these products and services. Level II opportunity areas have lower scores and hence, lower probability to sell to Goldman Sachs. Level III opportunities have the lowest scores and hence, unlikely to sell to Goldman Sachs.

The report is meant for IT vendors and intends to help them identify selling opportunities within the company. Further, the identified sales drivers can be used to penetrate these accounts or increase current share of the customer's wallet. Also, the report lists key IT spending decision makers, which will enable salesperson to directly contact the key executives within the company.

TechNavio Insights is a set of reports based on TechNavio - a market intelligence platform for the IT industry. It builds on the intelligence available within TechNavio, and leverages on the custom research experience of the 'Technology Navigators'. TechNavio is built on years of experience of Infiniti Research in deep dive custom research and consulting for over 30 Fortune 500 companies and numerous large and mid-sized companies.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Company Overview

1.1 Business Overview

1.2 Key Figures

1.3 Corporate Headquarters

2. IT Spending and Deployments

3. IT Sales Opportunities

3.1 IT Sales Opportunities - Software

3.2 IT Sales Opportunities - Hardware

3.3 IT Sales Opportunities - Services

4. Sales Drivers

4.1 Business Portfolio Management

4.2 Business Risk Management

4.3 Cutting Costs & Gaining Efficiency

4.4 Electronic & Algorithmic Trade Execution

4.5 Facilities Expansion

4.6 Increasing Employee Productivity

4.7 Mergers & Acquisitions

4.8 Partnerships & Alliances

4.9 Rapid Product Configuration & Time-to-Market

4.10 Understanding Customer Needs

5. Conclusion

Appendix A: Key IT Spending Decision Makers

UK

USA

Appendix B: Definitions

B.1 Software

B.2 Hardware

B.3 Services

Appendix C: Methodology

C.1 Evaluating Criticality Score

C.2 Evaluating Demand Score

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List of Exhibits

Exhibit 2.1: IT Deployment Details

Exhibit 3.1: Software Sales Opportunities Map

Exhibit 3.2: Opportunities and Related Sales Drivers for Software

Exhibit 3.3: Hardware Sales Opportunities Map

Exhibit 3.4: Opportunities and Related Sales Drivers for Hardware

Exhibit 3.5: IT Services Sales Opportunities Map

Exhibit 3.6: Opportunities and Related Sales Drivers for IT Services

Exhibit C1: Calculations for Estimating Criticality Score

Exhibit C2: Criticality Scores for Various Software Applications

Exhibit C3: Criticality Scores for Various Hardware Products

Exhibit C4: Criticality Scores for Various IT Services

Exhibit C5: Calculations for Estimating Demand Score

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/069fc3/goldman_sachs_grou.

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