global Production Software Market Growing at 9.9% Compound Annual Growth Rate

InfoTrends:The global production software market to demonstrate a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.9%, moving from $6.2 billion in 2004 to $10 billion in 2009. At the same time, we believe that this 9.9% CAGR does not tell the whole story about a market that has a combination of mature categories that depress overall growth and other segments with strong growth. We expect to see those segments that contribute to service provider super-efficiency or value-added services to grow the most quickly, . And new categories, such as hybrid offset-digital workflow, are projected to grow extremely fast, albeit from a very small base.

Figure 1: global Production Software Market Comparative Growth Rates (CAGR 2004-2009)

North America represented the largest geographical market for print production workflow software in 2004, accounting for almost half (46%, $2.8 billion) of all revenues. Western Europe accounted for over one-third of revenues (34%, $2.1 billion). Japan was the next largest market, although it represented only 10% of the market with a value of just over $0.6 billion.

Figure 2: 2004 global Print Production Workflow Software Market by Geography

Production Workflow Software Market Forecast and global & Western European Print Production Workflow Software Market Forecast.

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