Projected Software Sales - Percentage of ESD
The following is a statistical breakdown of projected
and actual software sales from 2004-2009. The data details
that electronic software delivery is a very small percentage
of overall sales.
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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All Software
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192,356
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204,873
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218,645
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233,281
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248,078
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263,447
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ESD (Electronic Software Delivery)
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19.81%
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19.81%
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19.81%
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19.81%
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19.81%
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19.81%
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The graphs show the percentage of software sales that
through the year 2009. Electronic software delivery
is the fastest growing segment but still only represents
3 percent of the market.
Total actual and projected software sales in billions.
ESD make up only a fraction of total software sales
growing to only 3% in 2009.
% of ESD sales.
ESD is still a very small piece of the pie in 2009
statistics source: IDC, 2005
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Projected Software Sales Trends
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- Software remains a huge market at $ 263 billion
by 2009
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- % of sales that are electronic software sales
is a very small percentage of total software sales
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- ESD is growing at a faster rate than retail
boxed software sales
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- ESD will see a 34% growth by 2009.
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