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High Technology: According to The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), High Technology companies today face immense pressure to leverage corporate alliances to achieve greater results, as opposed to doing everything themselves. The trend is for greater use of alliances - 92% of U.S technology companies say that alliances are important to present and future growth, 77% claim they are already involved with alliances; surprisingly, these firms demonstrate 43% greater revenue than their non-aligned counterparts, 82% of Fortune 1000 CEOs believe that alliances will be responsible for more than 26% of their companies' revenues. Silicon & Telecommunications: According to the Semiconductor Industry Associations (SIA), compared to each and every domestic industry, the semiconductor industry is unique. Every year, the chipmakers dramatically increase the performance of their products while decreasing prices, making high-end technology goods increasingly productive and affordable for consumers. The benefits to the U.S. economy of this "more for less" manufacturing dynamic are dramatic. In the past five years, information technology, fueled by cheaper, faster chips, has not only reduced the U.S. inflation rate by .5% per year, but has doubled our domestic productivity growth rates. Entertainment Technology: The Media and Entertainment industry has been greatly impacted by the Internet as both an entertainment destination and catalyst for business transformation. The industry is re-evaluating the role of digital technologies - moving away from the panic to protect 'rights' through the courts; looking instead to embrace and invest in technology that eases the pains of distribution while addressing copyright protection issues. There is a clear need for the industry to collaborate closely with technology developers, i.e. Digital Rights Management, Internet, Compression technologies, Rich Media Asset Management, etc. Life Sciences: There can be no question that advances in IT will play a central role in defining the future of medicine and healthcare - from drug discovery, clinical trials, manufacturing, to sales & marketing. This rapidly growing market is estimated to grow far in excess of $150 billion by 2006. The global life science community is requiring that leading high technology solutions providers help them accelerate discovery and time to market. Successful life science companies will operate at the confluence of the global community's needs and information technology capabilities. These trends will drive the need for closer collaboration between Life Science and Technology solution providers.

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