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Below are the market research reports currently available from the Mobile & Wireless Practice; organized by coverage segment. Our market research reports include both supply and demand analyses with detailed: market segmentations & definitions, market estimates & forecasts, technology trend analysis, end-user requirement analysis, competitive analysis, value chain analysis, distribution channel analysis and vendor profiles.
Our market research is the basis for the many ways that VDC can help our clients to grow their business. We offer a range of services designed to meet their specific corporate development, opportunity assessment and lead generation needs.
Enterprise Mobility Solutions Reports
STRATEGIC INSIGHTS 2013: ENTERPRISE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS | Learn More | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summary: | The era of mobility is here with mobile workers exceeding 1.2 billion in 2012. While mobile device penetration among mobile workers is expected to reach 50% by 2015, the lack of internal IT support capabilities will create opportunity and demand for third-party mobile managed services within the enterprise. These and other research highlights including detailed market sizing, market assessment of key vendors and customer preferences and investment plans will be covered in Strategic Insights 2013: Enterprise Mobility Solutions. This report will include coverage of mobile hardware, software and services providers and provide detailed analysis segmented by industry and solution type. |
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VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER SERIES: BRINGING MOBILITY TO ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS | Learn More | |||||
| Summary: | VDC’s Voice of the Customer Series: Bringing Mobility to Enterprise Applications will provide you with actionable information and insights to help ensure you are making the best decisions possible in every aspect of your mobile app business strategy. Get the latest information on how enterprises are approaching the big decisions of technology and vendor selection, project budgeting, solution roll-out and ramp-up, and more. Also learn about customer experience and expectations regarding their adoption of mobile enterprise applications. This service is based on extensive primary research of enterprises’ existing and planned behavior.
Take further control of your Mobile Enterprise research requirements with VDC DataBlade, our highly intuitive analytics tool that enables you to create customized crosstabs and charts on VDC end-user datasets. |
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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS 2012: ENTERPRISE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS | Learn More | |||||||||||||||||||
| Summary: | The market highlights from our ongoing coverage of the Enterprise Mobility Solutions market include: Smartphone shipments are growing at a staggering annual rate with unit shipments expected to almost reach 1 billion by 2015; Enterprises are embracing next-generation tablets for a variety of customer facing and customer engagement applications; Enterprises face unprecedented mobile device and platform options today; Although options spell opportunity managing multiple mobile platforms is a major challenge; and Global mobile workforce exceeds one billion…yet fewer than one in four benefits from enterprise mobility solutions. VDC’s Strategic Insights 2012: Enterprise Mobility Solutions Market research program will continue to analyze these emerging trends as well as provide data and insights that will help you to identify, define, prioritize, plan and attack the best market opportunities.
Take further control of your Enterprise Mobility research requirements with VDC DataBlade, our highly intuitive analytics tool that enables you to create customized crosstabs and charts on VDC end-user datasets. |
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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS 2012: ENTERPRISE MOBILITY SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS MARKET | Learn More | |||||||||
| Summary: | Some recent insights from our ongoing coverage of the Enterprise Mobility Software Solutions market include: As the HTML5 spec draws closer to ratification, we believe mobile ISVs will incorporate HTML5 capabilities into their platforms in anticipation of broader adoption. The channel for mobile software solutions is evolving and maturing and we anticipate market consolidation in the next 12-18 months and greater channel participation from mobile operator and systems integrators. Mobility ISVs that have traditionally focused on mobile device management (MDM) and enterprise application platforms (MEAPs) are developing products and formulating strategies to participate with their own vision for B2E app stores, and are broadening the depth and breadth of the solutions. VDC’s Strategic Insights 2012: Enterprise Mobility Software Solutions Market research program will continue to analyze these, and other, emerging trends as well as provide data and insights that will help you to identify, define, prioritize, and attack the best market opportunities.
Take further control of your Enterprise Mobility research requirements with VDC DataBlade, our highly intuitive analytics tool that enables you to create customized crosstabs and charts on VDC end-user datasets. |
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ENTERPRISE & GOVERNMENT MOBILITY SOLUTIONS, 2011 | Learn More | |||||||||||||||||
| Summary: | 2011 is certain to be another exciting year for mobility with continued innovation and new capabilities occurring throughout the mobile ecosystem. 2011 will feature new upstarts, continued advancements on both the hardware and software fronts and new opportunities for businesses to empower their workforces. The 2011 Enterprise and Government Mobility Solutions Market Intelligence Service will analyze the markets for enterprise mobility hardware, software and professional services. This is an in-depth market intelligence service that will help suppliers and other stakeholders understand the key trends in the enterprise and government mobility marketplace. This research program will include market definition and segmentation maps, market estimates and forecasts for 2011 – 2015, competitive position, share and direction, customer requirements, preferences and investment plans, channel and other ecosystem participant capabilities, definition and analysis of key issues, forces and trends. |
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MANAGED SERVICES ENTERPRISE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS, 2009 | Learn More | |||||
| Summary: | VDC’s Managed Services – Enterprise Mobility Solutions, 2009 Market Requirements and Opportunity Analysis, First Edition will focus on the end-user community demand for, and the supplier/ partner community readiness to provide, enterprise mobility solutions through a hosted or managed services model. VDC will begin its work by providing clear definitions for the key technical and commercial aspects of the enterprise mobility managed services market opportunity. Each and every data collection, analysis and output tool will be geared to the goal of providing clients with accurate, granular market data and unique VDC research throughout our extensive and robust schedule. |
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Mobile Computing & Communications Reports
2011 NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM | Learn More | |||||
| Summary: | Near Field Communication (NFC) has rapidly emerged and has satisfied many broad-based requirements – from benign to mission-critical – for short distance, highly secure connectivity between devices. NFC continues to reshape a broad range of consumer and enterprise transactions and communications. This detailed market intelligence program from will help suppliers and other stakeholders sharpen their value propositions and solution development efforts in the NFC marketplace. Our 2011 Near Field Communication (NFC) Market Intelligence Program will analyze the markets for major NFC components and solutions across key economic sectors. VDC delivers the most comprehensive and accurate market research and analysis of the NFC market available from any source. |
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SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SOLUTIONS, 2010 | Learn More | |||||
| Summary: | VDC’s Situational Awareness Solutions: 2010 Market Intelligence, First Edition will focus on three application areas: military use, border control and force protection, as well as, emerging technologies for commercial use. VDC will provide standards for SA technical definitions, segmentation, etc. which currently fluctuate throughout the industry. Client insights will be provided through an extensive and robust schedule of research, which includes: i) global geographic coverage with detailed technical market definitions and segmentation; ii) supplier analysis, including conservative, granular market estimates and forecasts for all product and technology segments, coverage of leading and select emerging suppliers including: current position, market share and strategic analysis vendor profiles; iii) end-user analysis, including product and vendor selection criteria, purchasing trends, adoption barriers, budgets, and feature preferences; iv) channel analysis, including existing and planned support for situational awareness solutions, partner selection criteria, primary vertical/application markets served, and sales forecasts; and v) discussion of key issues, forces and trends driving market demand for shaping opportunities and requirements for growing share and profit. |
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MOBILE PRINTERS, 2010 | Learn More | |||||
| Summary: | Clients of Mobile Printers: Global Market Demand Analysis, Fourth Edition will be provided with information and insights through an extensive and robust schedule of research, which include: i) global geographic coverage with detailed technical market definitions and segmentation; ii) supplier analysis, including conservative, granular market estimates and forecasts for all product and technology segments, coverage of leading and emerging suppliers including: current position, market share and strategic analysis vendor profiles; iii) end-user analysis, including product and vendor selection criteria, purchasing trends, adoption barriers, budgets, and feature preferences; and iv) discussion of key issues, forces and trends driving market demand for shaping opportunities and requirements for growing share and profit. |
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TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP MODELS, 2009 | Learn More | |||||||||
| Summary: | VDC’s 2009 Mobile and Wireless: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) study will once again deliver to clients models and analysis for mobile computing platforms, with added coverage of mobile printers and mobile device management software (MDM). All TCO analyses will include: (1) Model framework development: VDC will develop and validate TCO models for the acquisition, maintenance, and support for mobile computing and communications platforms, mobile printers and mobile device management software; (2) Model application and execution: After validating the model, VDC will apply the model to execute TCO analysis for several types of mobile platform form factors, mobile printer form factors, and MDM software options, across a series of deployment environments; (3) TCO analyses will be calculated over a 3- and 5-year Net Present Value forecast; (4) Comparative analyses: The model will then be used to run comparative TCO analyses between i) rugged and commercial-grade mobile platforms within specific deployment/installation environments ii) rugged and commercial-grade mobile printers within specific deployment/installation environments iii) impact of MDM solutions on mobile computing deployments. |
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Mobile Networking and Services Reports
LAND MOBILE RADIO (LMR) SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO (SDR) & THE FUTURE OF MISSION-CRITICAL WIRELESS, 2010 | Learn More | |||||
| Summary: | The 2010 Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems, Software-Defined Radio (SDR), and the Future of Mission-Critical Wireless: 2010-2014 Global Market Demand Analysis will focus on the end-user community demand for, and the supplier/ partner community readiness to provide, LMR solutions that meet the rapidly changing technical and commercial requirements of an ever-expanding user community. VDC will begin its work by providing clear definitions for the key embedded and enterprise segments that make up the current LMR market opportunity. Developing clear definitions and segmentations will enable this research to answer a number of critical questions including: What is the market opportunity from 2010-2014 for LMR solutions? How will various economic stimulus spending bills – US, UK, China, and others – impact the global LMR and SDR market opportunities?; How will changes in national defense strategies and budgets impact the LMR and SDR military market and program opportunities?; How are LMR vendors, integrators / consultants and operators addressing interoperability from technical, commercial and operational perspectives? What impact will tri-band terminals have on the market? |
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