After shrinking by more than $2 billion in 2002, the CRM market will grow at more than 11% annually -- hitting $73.8 billion in 2007. During this period, users will shift from integration to continuous optimization.
by
Bob Chatham
with Bruce Temkin,
Katharine Gardiner,
Taichi Nakashima
The CRM market declines more than 5% in 2002.
CRM applications grow from $11.7 billion in 2002 to $20.6 billion in 2007.
Services represent 56.8% of the total market in 2007.
Web services will lower both user lock-in and license fees.
After mastering multichannel infrastructures, CRM users will wield analytics to tune their customer and channel mix.
Microsoft dominates the mass market for analytics.
Figure 1.
Subsegments Of CRM Market
Figure 2.
Forecast: Global CRM Sales, 2002 To 2007
Figure 3.
Forces Reshaping CRM Market
Figure 4.
Evolution Of CRM Activity At Typical Global 3,500 Firms