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www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ba6ae6/masco_corporation) has announced the addition of the "Masco Corporation - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008" report to their offering.

Masco Corporation manufactures, distributes and installs home improvement and building products. The company operates in five segments: Cabinets and Related Products, which includes assembled and ready-to-assemble kitchen and bath

cabinets, home office workstations, storage products, bookcases, and kitchen utility products; Plumbing Products, constitutes faucets plumbing fittings and valves, showerheads and hand showers, and spas; Installation and Other Services includes the sale, installation and distribution of insulation and other building products; Decorative Architectural Products, includes paints and stains, and door, window and other hardware, and Other Specialty Products includes windows, window frame components and patio doors, staple gun tackers, staples and other fastening tools, and hydronic radiators and heat convectors.

Industry trends and drivers have a direct or indirect affect on IT spending of all companies operating within an industry. For example - increase in sourcing from low cost countries might influence Masco to relook at their supply chains, resulting in selling opportunities for SCM solutions, collaboration tools etc. 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 Masco.

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 Masco 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 Masco. 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 Masco will buy these products and services. Level II opportunity areas have lower scores and hence, lower probability to sell to Masco Level III opportunities have the lowest scores and hence, unlikely to sell to Masco .

The report is meant for IT vendors and intends to help them identify selling opportunities within the company. Furthermore, the identified sales drivers can be used to penetrate these accounts or increase current share of the customers wallet. Also, the report lists key IT spending decision makers, which enables the 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 the authors in deep dive custom research and consulting for over 30 Fortune 500 companies and numerous large and mid-sized companies.

Key Topics Covered:

-Company Overview

-IT Spending and Deployments

-IT Sales Opportunities

-Sales Drivers

-Conclusion

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