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Event Name: The State of the Pressure & Temperature Sensor and Switch MarketsListen Now!
Overview:During this QuickCast, VDC’s Chris Rezendes discusses the state of the pressure and temperature sensor and switch markets.
Date/Time:10/24/2011 N/A  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:11
Event Name: Market for Data Acquisition Solutions Showing Greater PromiseListen Now!
Overview:During this QuickCast, Senior Analyst Tim Shea will discuss the changes impacting the data acquisition solution market in the coming years.
Date/Time:9/27/2011 N/A  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:12
Event Name: 2011 Process Level Sensing Report Demand-Side InsightsListen Now!
Overview:During this QuickCast, VDC’s David Laing discusses some demand-side insights for the process level sensing solutions market.
Date/Time:8/26/2011 N/A  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:10
Event Name: Functional Safety Market Changes Go Beyond Recession ForcesListen Now!
Overview:During this QuickCast, VDC’s Program Manager David Laing discusses the current and future outlook of the functional safety solutions market including: the trends impacting functional safety planning, implementation and verification; which methods and integrations of functional safety are being employed and how government regulation is impacting market growth.
Date/Time:5/17/2011 ON DEMAND  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:10 minutes
Event Name: Need for RealTime Data Driving Demand for Data Acquisition SolutionsListen Now!
Overview:During this QuickCast, VDC’s Senior Analyst Tim Shea discusses the key factors driving demand for data acquisitions solutions in 2011 including: how changes in customer deployments is impacting market growth; the effect of increasing demand for accessing more data in real-time on applications and which technological advancements to data acquisition solutions is encouraging demand.
Date/Time:5/11/2011 ON DEMAND  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:12
Event Name: What's Driving the Process Level Measurement & Inventory Tank Gauging Markets?Listen Now!
Overview:During this QuickCast, Program Manager and Senior Analyst David Laing discusses the multiple driving forces behind the process level measurement and inventory tank gauging markets.
Date/Time:3/16/2011 N/A  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:12
Event Name: Industrial Networking: The Bridge to Competitive Industrial OperationsListen Now!
Overview:During this QuickCast, VDC Senior Analyst Tim Shea discusses how the demand for visibility and the influence of IT is shaping a healthy but fragmented industrial networking market.
Date/Time:2/14/2011 N/A  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:12 min
Event Name: The Top UPS Vendors and How & Why They’re ChosenListen Now!
Overview:Please note, registration is required to view this recording. During this webcast, David Laing, Program Manager/Senior Analyst, VDC Research – Industrial Automation and Control Practice, presented selected end-user and channel data from our April and May 2010 UPS surveys. Specifically, he discussed: the who’s who of UPS manufacturers as cited by the UPS reseller community; the top-rated UPS suppliers in selected markets based on our 2008 report and a 2010 update; the top 10 vendor selection criteria for UPS manufacturers by end-users; the product service and support elements most/least valued by end-users; and the implications of these findings for UPS suppliers.
Date/Time:8/26/2010 1:00 p.m. EST  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:30
Event Name: Functional Safety Solutions: Protecting Assets and Preventing DisastersListen Now!
Overview:Please note, registration is required to view this recording. During this webcast, Chris Rezendes, Executive Vice President of VDC Research, discussed: how the importance of Functional Safety has been elevated recently; who is driving the awareness of/demand for safety; if this demand will translate into now- or near-term growth in demand; the latest, most powerful drivers of investment in Functional Safety Solutions across the largest, fastest growing and recently emerging applications; and the traditional and emerging key success requirements functional safety suppliers should consider core to the 2010-2014 market development playbook.
Date/Time:8/5/2010 Recorded  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:35
Event Name: Changing Requirements Power Growth in UPS and Surge Suppressor MarketsListen Now!
Overview:Please note that registration is required to view this recording. During this webcast, Chris Rezendes, Executive Vice President, VDC Research, presented the end-user data from our UPS and Surge Suppressors, 2010-2014 Market Requirements and Opportunity Analysis. Specifically, he discussed: the user view of growth opportunities for power protection products; historic trends and future estimates for user spending on power protection product— including the effects tighter credit markets and capital budgets had on user’s IT budgets; significant drivers for increased and/or decreased user spending on UPS and surge suppression products—including the potential impact of alternative deployment methods, such as managed services; technical and commercial trends—including potential disruptions to predictable demand for specific UPS topology types and energy storage technologies; and key success requirements for a number of key stakeholder groups.
Date/Time:6/30/2010 1:00 p.m. EST  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:60
Event Name: Position Sensor Market ‘Positioned’ for RecoveryListen Now!
Overview:Please note that registration is required to view this recording. PLEASE NOTE: The data on slide 13 for top 3 Rotary Manufacturers was incorrect, the correct share should be (in order): Johannes Heidenhain GMBH, Schneider Electric SA and SICK AG. We apologize for any confusion this may cause. During this webcast we discuss the effects of the downturn and the current recovery trends seen in the position sensor market based on the data from our latest study. Specifically, we will cover: A general overview of the photo and proximity sensor and limit switch markets, the linear displacement sensor market and the rotary (non-modular) position sensor market – including market estimates & forecast, competitive landscape and channel estimates; The market perspective on the economic recovery; The potential impact new product introductions will have on the market; and Product/market challenges.
Date/Time:4/28/2010 1:00 p.m. EST  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:60
Event Name: The Industrial Networking Market: What are the Keys to Post-Recession Success?Listen Now!
Overview:Please note that registration is required to view this webcast recording. During this webcast we address how industrial operators’ experiences from the latest recession are shaping the industrial markets' investment in visibility, connectivity, agility and profitability for 2010-2012.
Date/Time:3/18/2010 1:00 p.m. EST.  (Recording Available. Click Link Above to View/Listen)
Length:60
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Title of Summarized Report: FUNCTIONAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS: INTRINSICALLY SAFE DEVICES, MACHINE AUTOMATIC SAFETY & PROCESS SAFETY SYSTEMS, 2010 | | Process Safety Systems
Publication Date:December 2011
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | EXTERNAL PLATFORMS & MODULES | Americas
Publication Date:November 2011
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | EXTERNAL PLATFORMS & MODULES | Asia-Pacific
Publication Date:November 2011
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | PLUG-IN ANALOG I/O BOARDS | EMEA
Publication Date:November 2011
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Military/Aerospace
Publication Date:August 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Testing Labs
Publication Date:August 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Oil & Gas
Publication Date:August 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceutical
Publication Date:August 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: FUNCTIONAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS: INTRINSICALLY SAFE DEVICES, MACHINE AUTOMATIC SAFETY & PROCESS SAFETY SYSTEMS, 2010 | | Machine Automatic Safety
Publication Date:August 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: FUNCTIONAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS: INTRINSICALLY SAFE DEVICES, MACHINE AUTOMATIC SAFETY & PROCESS SAFETY SYSTEMS, 2010 | | Intrinsically Safe Devices
Publication Date:August 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Environmental Monitoring
Publication Date:August 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Other Discrete (semiconductor, automotive, electric products, etc.)
Publication Date:July 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Other Process (chemical, water/wastewater, etc.)
Publication Date:July 2011
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, 2011 | DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS VERTICAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS | Electric Power
Publication Date:July 2011
Page Count:12
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS, 2010 | COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS | Global Wireless Industrial Networking Products
Publication Date:April 2011
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS, 2010 | COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS | Global Wireline Industrial Networking Products
Publication Date:April 2011
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS, 2010 | USER REQUIREMENTS & CHANNEL ANALYSIS | Global Wireless Industrial Networking Products
Publication Date:January 2011
Page Count:13
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS, 2010 | USER REQUIREMENTS & CHANNEL ANALYSIS | Global Wireline Industrial Networking Products
Publication Date:January 2011
Page Count:13
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | Power Line Surge Suppressors – Americas
Publication Date:January 2011
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | Power Line Surge Suppressors – EMEA
Publication Date:January 2011
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | Power Line Surge Suppressors – APAC
Publication Date:January 2011
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | UPS Under 20kVA – Americas
Publication Date:December 2010
Page Count:6
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | UPS Under 20kVA – EMEA
Publication Date:December 2010
Page Count:6
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | UPS Under 20kVA – Asia-Pacific
Publication Date:December 2010
Page Count:6
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | UPS 20.1kVA & Over – Americas
Publication Date:December 2010
Page Count:6
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | UPS 20.1kVA & Over – EMEA
Publication Date:December 2010
Page Count:6
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS | UPS 20.1 kVA & Over – Asia-Pacific
Publication Date:December 2010
Page Count:6
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | USER REQUIREMENTS & CHANNEL ANALYSIS | UPS
Publication Date:August 2010
Page Count:7
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Title of Summarized Report: POWER PROTECTION: UPS & SURGE SUPPRESSORS, 2010 | USER REQUIREMENTS & CHANNEL ANALYSIS | Power Line Surge Suppressors
Publication Date:August 2010
Page Count:7
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Title of Summarized Report: POSITION SENSOR MARKET, 2009 | | Linear Displacement Sensors
Publication Date:April 2010
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: POSITION SENSOR MARKET, 2009 | | Rotary (Non-Modular) Position Sensors
Publication Date:April 2010
Page Count:10
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Title of Summarized Report: POSITION SENSOR MARKET, 2009 | | Proximity and Photoelectric Sensors and Limit Switches
Publication Date:March 2010
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: TOUCH SCREEN SENSORS & DISPLAYS, 2009 | | Touch Screen Sensors
Publication Date:February 2010
Page Count:6
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Title of Summarized Report: THE CONNECTED FACTORY, 2009 | CONNECTED FACTORY OPPORTUNITIES | Channel Analysis and Requirements
Publication Date:January 2010
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: THE CONNECTED FACTORY, 2009 | CONNECTED FACTORY OPPORTUNITIES | Application Integration in the Connected Factory
Publication Date:October 2009
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: PROCESS LEVEL MEASUREMENT & INVENTORY TANK GAUGING, 2009 | | Process Level Measurement Technologies
Publication Date:May 2009
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: PROCESS LEVEL MEASUREMENT & INVENTORY TANK GAUGING, 2009 | | Inventory Tank Gauging Technologies
Publication Date:May 2009
Page Count:9
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Title of Summarized Report: ELECTRONIC PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS & TRANSDUCERS, 2008 | | Process Pressure Transmitters
Publication Date:December 2008
Page Count:14
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Title of Summarized Report: ELECTRONIC PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS & TRANSDUCERS, 2008 | | Non-Process Pressure Transducers & Transmitters
Publication Date:December 2008
Page Count:14
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING, 2008 | WIRELESS INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING | Americas
Publication Date:November 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING, 2008 | WIRELESS INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING | EMEA
Publication Date:November 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING, 2008 | WIRELESS INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING | Asia-Pacific
Publication Date:November 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING, 2008 | WIRELESS INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING | Global
Publication Date:November 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: RF/MICROWAVE INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS MONITORING & CONTROL PRODUCTS, 2008 | | RF/Microwave Industrial Wireless Monitoring & Control Products: For Discrete and Process Manufacturing, Third Edition, Global Market Analysis
Publication Date:October 2008
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC OPERATOR INTERFACE SOLUTIONS: MONITORS, TERMINALS & SOFTWARE, 2008 | | Operator Interface Software
Publication Date:October 2008
Page Count:13
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC OPERATOR INTERFACE SOLUTIONS: MONITORS, TERMINALS & SOFTWARE, 2008 | | Operator Interface Monitors and Terminals
Publication Date:October 2008
Page Count:7
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Title of Summarized Report: INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTED/REMOTE I/O, 2008 | | Industrial Distributed/Remote I/O: Global Market Demand & User Requirements Analysis, 5th Edition
Publication Date:September 2008
Page Count:8
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | PLUG-IN ANALOG I/O BOARDS | Asia-Pacific
Publication Date:February 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | EXTERNAL PLATFORMS & MODULES | Americas
Publication Date:February 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | PLUG-IN ANALOG I/O BOARDS | Americas
Publication Date:February 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | PLUG-IN ANALOG I/O BOARDS | EMEA
Publication Date:February 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | EXTERNAL PLATFORMS & MODULES | EMEA
Publication Date:February 2008
Page Count:11
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Title of Summarized Report: DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS, 2008 | EXTERNAL PLATFORMS & MODULES | Asia-Pacific
Publication Date:February 2008
Page Count:11
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Document Title: ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN THE DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET
Publication Date:October 2011
Excerpt:Based on our ongoing research, VDC Research found that the global market for data acquisition solutions (external chassis, plug-in analog I/O boards and data acquisition software) will exceed $1.3 billion in 2011. More importantly, VDC believes that there is an opportunity for suppliers to increase market share by successfully executing focused strategies designed to capture key cluster segment opportunities within this large, but fragmented market. A few vendors may even consider achieving growth via acquisition of their competition.
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Document Title: SOLUTIONS CAPABILITIES ARE CRITICAL TO AN EXPANDING RANGE OF LEVEL/ITG MARKET SEGMENTS
Publication Date:October 2011
Excerpt:The Level / ITG market continues to offer a number of growth opportunities. However, for suppliers in these markets, a differentiated technical approach to sensor hardware and firmware will not be enough to stimulate higher-than-average growth. World class services capabilities – across a number of disciplines and project lifecycle phases – will be the key.
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Document Title: KEYS TO CAPTURING MARKET SHARE IN THE DATA ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS MARKET
Publication Date:May 2011
Excerpt:Based on our ongoing research, VDC believes that the global market for data acquisition solutions (external chassis and plug-in analog I/O boards) may reach $1 billion in 2011. More importantly, we believe that this larger market is comprised of several serviceable available markets (SAMs), or clusters, each possessing different technical and commercial requirements and each requiring specific product and market oriented approaches in order to gain the user’s business.
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Document Title: Investments in New Facilities & Machines Represent Growth Opportunities for Functional Safety Suppliers
Publication Date:May 2011
Excerpt:As the economic recovery progresses, VDC Research has observed that factory / plant owners are more comfortable making investments in new facilities and machines. This is good news for suppliers of functional safety products and services. Given some of the recent, high-profile incidents (The BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and Tepco Fukushima nuclear disaster, for example), we anticipate that factory / plant owners will look to provide protection by putting new functional safety products and systems into service – and that translates into growth opportunities for suppliers.
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Document Title: Industrial Networking Suppliers: Meet the CIO
Publication Date:March 2011
Excerpt:VDC Research Group (VDC) estimates that the overall global market for wireline and wireless industrial infrastructure products was approximately $2.5 billion in 2010. Although these networking markets are comprised of somewhat fragmented product platforms and the networks supporting these platforms, the outlook for these networking solutions is robust, particularly for wireless infrastructure products. Much of this expected explosive growth is being shaped by greater influence from Enterprise IT and its impact on best practices and in some cases, mandates as they relate to product platform selection, network migration and standards development.
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Document Title: GLOBAL ECONOMY TAKES THE ECONOMY OUT OF SCALE
Publication Date:March 2009
Excerpt:As the recession persists, and demand for so many categories of goods continues to fall, one of the most powerful cost management tools available to manufacturers disappears: economy of scale. With falling demand comes smaller order values, lower material requirements and limits to volume-based price negotiations. One can only get so much blood out of a stone; or a supplier of stones, and so many other commodities. Yet customers are forcing suppliers to find ways to lower COGS at the same time that volume pricing power is limited, or vanished, or worse – undifferentiated. When margin basements are achieved, or fast approaching, then operations executives inside manufacturing enterprises of all shapes and sizes are confronted with varying degrees of one common new reality: If the operation is not agile, one is likely to be looking for a job soon. Factory and plant operators are finding ways to take significant costs out of their operations despite having limited or no room to renegotiate lower material costs and lower volume commitments. One of the most powerful tools they are discovering is a new level of connectivity on the factory floor.
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Document Title: WIRELESS FACTORY AUTOMATION
Publication Date:March 2009
Excerpt:Global investment in wireless factory automation solutions to grow an average of 60% per year from 2004 through 2007. Venture Development Corporation tracks these markets and technologies regularly. In 2005, the firm estimated the market to be approximately $155 million in global revenues. At that time, the market was forecast to grow 40% per year, and reach nearly $420 million in revenue. VDC’s latest, soon-to-be released market models estimate 2007 shipments of nearly $630 million – a CAGR of nearly 60% from 2004 through 2007.
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Document Title: INVESTMENT IN INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY COULD BE ONE OF THE FEW BRIGHT SPOTS IN 2009
Publication Date:November 2008
Excerpt:During these unprecedented economic times, it is vital to make the right investments in the areas with the best return. Industrial Networking continues to be an area of great interest for a variety of reasons. Most economic and business reports are replete with news of companies trimming budgets and scaling back spending. However, VDC Research’s latest coverage of the global markets for industrial networking technology informs us that demand for these technologies is expected to continue to grow perhaps as much as 20% per year during the next two years. While this growth pales in comparison to our 2006 report – with 30% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) forecasts and 60% actual year-on-year growth for some categories, 20% growth will be a rare market in 2009 or 2010.
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Document Title: INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR INTERFACE SOLUTIONS
Publication Date:March 2008
Excerpt:The Industrial Operator Interface (OPI) solutions market may once again emerge as a top automation investment option for manufacturers navigating a soft economy. Most US government and NGO reporting during the past 60 days has included one or more elements of slower orders and higher prices for manufacturers in the US. In response, many industrial businesses are initiating or accelerating contingency plans for a slower growing – or stagnant – economy. And as the dollar’s weakness persists, international markets look more like a defensive requirement versus an expansion option. And with all that comes more competition. Pricing comes back as a primary means of differentiation. Customer service offerings rattle back and forth from free to bundled to a la carte. Many changes. But what remains the same are manufacturers’ requirements to meet or exceed customer expectations for better quality, lower pricing and more responsive service. In capital-constricted economies, small, safe technology investments capture larger share of smaller budgets. OPI Solutions may be one of those investments.
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Document Title: DATA ACQUISITION MARKET OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR VENDORS THAT CAN
Publication Date:August 2007
Excerpt:The data acquisition market is growing along a number of dimensions – technologies, applications, market segments, customer classes and more. A new, even more intense search for productivity and profitability is pushing a larger number and more diverse set of enterprise managers to invest in the latest generation of data acquisition systems. Traditional customers are migrating proven applications to new installation environments. New customers are moving through the final barriers to deployment of feature-rich data acquisition systems – some for the first time. The common denominator for both communities is the need for: More widely distributed monitoring and control and Higher performance real-time digital monitoring.
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