CORPORATE SALES PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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GTDC Summit 2008
Karl Werner Vice President, Commercial
Technology, Software, and Office Supplies The NPD
Group
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Agenda

• About The NPD Group
• Translating Technology Shifts into Share Gains
• Questions

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The NPD Technology Division

• NPD covers the entire Technology spectrum from
  Distributors, Resellers, Retailers and
  E-Commerce
• Each week these outlets provide nearly one
  million transactions representing upwards of
  3 billion worth of Point of Sale data
• 1,200 different product attributes on which to
  track trends
• 39 data editors and QC specialists working daily
  to ensure the quality of our data

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Distribution Notebook Sales
Notebook Sales, in Terms of Revenue, Grew 18
Year Over Year For July
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Distribution Notebook Sales by Screen Format
Units
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Distribution Notebook Sales by Vendor Screen
Format
Units
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Distribution Notebook Sales by Operating System
A 1 Vista Share Gain in 2007 Would Increase
Revenue by 7.7 Million, How Much Can You Expect
a Share Point to Be Worth in 2008?
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Distribution Vista Notebook Sales by Vendor
Vendor As Adoption of Vista Contributed to its
2.5 Growth in Overall Notebook Share, and a 40
Share of the Vista Market
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Vendor As Notebook Share by Operating System
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Distribution Wireless Notebook Sales
802.11N Sales up 4135 Since Jan 07, While Other
Wireless Technologies Down 40
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Distribution Wireless Notebook Sales
By Not Getting in The N Game Vendor F Lost 1 in
Overall Notebook Revenue Share
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• Questions

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Distribution Notebook Sales
Notebook Unit Sales Grow 42 Year Over Year for
July