Abstract
This IDC study forecasts the ownership, annual shipments, and installed base of PCs, printers, MFPs, LANs, wireless LANs, and mobile phones for home offices in the United States annually through 2012, with 2007 as a base year. The estimates for penetration, shipments, and installed base for each of these technologies are presented for the end of each year in the forecast period.
"Home offices have traditionally been among the most advanced technology users of any consumer group," said Justin Jaffe, senior research analyst for small and medium-sized business and home office research at IDC. "They continue to set the pace for technology adoption in a variety of ways, from notebook computers and wireless networks to mobile telephones."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- Definitions
- Income-Generating Home-Based Businesses
- Corporate Home Office Households
- Home Office Categories Are Not Mutually Exclusive When Defining a Household' s Status
- Other Terms
- Definitions
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the U.S. Home Office Market, 2008-2012
- Home Office Household Forecast
- Table: U.S. Home Offices by Type, 2007-2012 (M)
- Income-Generating Home Offices
- Table: U.S. Income-Generating Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)
- Corporate Home Offices
- Table: U.S. Corporate Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)
- Home Office Computing Devices: Desktop PCs and Portable PCs
- Personal Computers
- Table: U.S. Home Office PC Penetration by Office Type, 2007-2012 (%)
- Table: U.S. Home Offices with PCs by Type, 2007-2012 (M)
- Table: U.S. Home Office PC Shipments and Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)
- Portable PCs
- Table: U.S. Home Office Portable PC Penetration, 2007-2012
- Table: U.S. Home Office Portable PC Shipments and Households, 2007-2012 (M)
- Printers and Multifunction Products
- Table: U.S. Home Office Printer Penetration, 2007-2012
- Table: U.S. Home Office Printer Shipments by Technology, 2007-2012
- Printers
- Table: U.S. Home Office Printer Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)
- Multifunction Products
- Table: U.S. Home Office MFP Penetration, Shipments, and Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)
- Home Office Networking
- Local Area Networks
- Table: U.S. Networked Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)
- Wireless Networks
- Table: U.S. Wireless Networked Home Offices, 2007-2012 (M)
- Mobile Phones
- Table: U.S. Home Office Mobile Phone Penetration, Shipments, and Installed Base, 2007-2012 (M)
- Market Context
- Table: U.S. Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts (M)
- Figure: U.S. Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts
- Figure: U.S. Primary Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts
- Figure: U.S. Part-Time Income-Generating Home Offices, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts
- Essential Guidance
- Figure: U.S. Technology Penetration in Home Office Households, 2007 and 2012
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Methodology
- Synopsis

