The Collaborative Product Development Segment market is divided into

• Comprehensive technology suppliers

• System integrators / resellers / VARs

• Focused Application Providers

IT firms can position themselves as Comprehensive technology supplier, which is a good 50% of the cPDM segment and this segment has a market potential of $4.5 billion

There exist in this market segment a number of small PLM mindshare leaders and early innovators like Agile, MatrixOne, but based on its Global Delivery Model strengths there is ample scope that firms can penetrate the segment and establish their lead.