DUBLIN, Ireland, Jul 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fe2260/goldman_sachs_grou)
has announced the addition of the "Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - IT
Sales Opportunities - 2008" report to their offering.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) is a global investment
banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a
range of services worldwide to a client base that includes
corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth
individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest
investment banking firms. Its activities are divided into three
segments: Investment Banking, Trading and Principal Investments, and
Asset Management and Securities Services. The firm is headquartered in
New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong
and other major financial centers around the world.

Industry trends and drivers have a direct or indirect affect on IT
spending of all companies operating within an industry. For example -
increased threat perception and incidence of fraud would result in
increase in demand for security software and hardware. 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 Goldman Sachs.

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

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 customer's 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 Overview:

-Corporate Headquarters

-IT Spending and Deployments

-IT Sales Opportunities

-Sales Drivers

-Conclusion

-Appendix A: Key IT Spending Decision Makers

--UK

--USA

-Appendix B: Definitions

--Software

--Hardware

--Services

-Appendix C: Methodology

--Evaluating Criticality Score

--Evaluating Demand Score

-Other Reports in This Series

List of Exhibits

-IT Deployment Details

-Software Sales Opportunities Map

-Opportunities and Related Sales Drivers for Software

-Hardware Sales Opportunities Map

Exhibit 3.4: Opportunities and Related Sales Drivers for Hardware

Exhibit 3.5: IT Services Sales Opportunities Map

Exhibit 3.6: Opportunities and Related Sales Drivers for IT
Services

Exhibit C1: Calculations for Estimating Criticality Score

Exhibit C2: Criticality Scores for Various Software Applications

Exhibit C3: Criticality Scores for Various Hardware Products

Exhibit C4: Criticality Scores for Various IT Services

Exhibit C5: Calculations for Estimating Demand Score

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