eIncubator and Accelerator Program in Europe.

IDC have a new European eincubator and Accelerator research program, launched earlier this month as part of its European ebusiness Advisory Services. The program is a continuous source of information designed to support strategists in independent incubators, venture capital (VC) firms, management consultancies, and IT product and services companies within their business planning about incubators.

Incubators have come under fire recently with the failure of many B2C ecommerce dot-coms. However, IDC'8 research places the role of the incubator in a larger picture. `In fact, there is much more going on in Europe's leading incubators than building Web sites. Think of B2C as the just the tip of a really big iceberg," Ferrier said.

IDC's first European eincubator and Accelerator report with profiles and competitive analysis, Sowing the Seeds of Europe's New Economy, was available November Ist. For further information on this program, contact

ttp//emea.idc.com/Olfacts/EelneAccBOO.stm.