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| 5/20/2011 | Company Size Impacting SCCM Tooling Strategies |
| VDC Research Group’s recently published report on source / change / configuration management (SCCM) tools explains larger organizations with greater than 50 engineers are more likely to utilize available integrations between current software and system lifecycle management (SSLM) tools. VDC has identified the enhanced integration of SCCM tools with other SSLM tools as a critical area of growth for vendors hoping to gain and maintain business. Download View HTML | |
| 5/11/2011 | VDC Research Presents Best in Show Software “Embeddy” to Mentor Graphics at Embedded Systems Conference |
| VDC Research Group, Inc. (VDC), the market intelligence and strategy consulting firm for the embedded community, announced Mentor Graphics as the winner of the annual best in show “Embeddy” software award at the 2011 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in San Jose, California for their Embedded Sourcery System Analyzer. VDC also awarded a hardware “Embeddy” at the show. Download View HTML | |
| 5/11/2011 | VDC Research Presents Best in Show Hardware “Embeddy” to AMD at Embedded Systems Conference |
| VDC Research Group, Inc. (VDC), the market intelligence and strategy consulting firm for the embedded community, announced AMD as the winner of the annual best in show “Embeddy” hardware award at the 2011 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) for their Embedded G-Series APU product. VDC also awarded a software “Embeddy” at the show. Download View HTML | |
| 4/26/2011 | Embedded Engineers Exhibit Loyalty toward Operating System Suppliers |
| VDC Research Group’s recently published report on embedded/real-time operating systems indicates that a majority of engineers are unlikely to utilize an embedded operating system brand different from that which was deployed in their previous project. According to VDC survey results, approximately 60% of surveyed engineers indicated they plan to reselect the OS chosen for their most recent similar project. Download View HTML | |
| 3/8/2011 | Embedded Engineers Increasing Adoption of Requirements Management Technologies |
| VDC Research report indicates embedded engineers are lagging behind their IT counterparts in their broader use of formal requirements management tools across the software/system development cycle. Download View HTML | |
| 2/22/2011 | Rising Costs of Software Driving Future Growth Opportunities for Automated Test & Verification Tools |
| VDC Research Group’s recently published report on automated test and verification tools (ATVT) indicates embedded and enterprise/IT developers reported that their organizations spend nearly 50% of their total project development costs on software and engineering tools. Considering the number of other hardware and mechanical components required for embedded systems, this ratio is rather significant. Download View HTML | |
| 2/17/2011 | Cloud Connectivity Redefining Software & System Service Models |
| VDC Research Group’s recently published report on software and system modeling tools (SSMT) indicates more than 50% of surveyed engineers expect their projects to include web components in two years, an increase of 20% from similar current projects. Download View HTML | |
| 1/4/2011 | VDC Research Group: Top 5 Trends for the Industrial Networking Solutions Market in 2011 |
| VDC Research Group analysts announced today their predictions for the key trends anticipated to shape the 2011 industrial networking solutions market. Download View HTML | |
| 12/21/2010 | VDC Research Group: Top 7 Trends for the Customer Engagement Technologies Market in 2011 |
| VDC Research Group analysts announced today their predictions for the key trends anticipated to shape the 2011 customer engagement technologies market. Download View HTML | |
| 12/13/2010 | VDC Research Group: 8 Predictions for the Embedded Software & Tools Market in 2011 |
| VDC Research Group analysts announced today their predictions for the key trends anticipated to shape the 2011 embedded software & tools market. Download View HTML | |
| 12/9/2010 | VDC Research Group: Top 7 Trends for the Enterprise Mobility Solutions Market in 2011 |
| VDC Research Group analysts announced today their predictions for the key trends anticipated to shape the 2011 enterprise mobility market. The coming year 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. Download View HTML | |
| 12/8/2010 | VDC Research Group: Top 5 Trends for the RFID Solutions Market in 2011 |
| VDC Research Group analysts announced today their predictions for the key trends anticipated to shape the 2011 RFID solutions market. 2010 has been a banner year for the AIDC market, with many RFID suppliers experiencing double-digit growth. In order to maintain this momentum, VDC Analysts recommend suppliers consider the following trends as they plan for 2011. Download View HTML | |
| 12/8/2010 | VDC Research Group: Top 5 Trends for the Barcode Solutions Market in 2011 |
| VDC Research Group analysts announced today their predictions for the key trends anticipated to shape the 2011 barcode market. 2010 has been a banner year for the AIDC market, with many barcode suppliers experiencing double-digit growth. In order to maintain this momentum, VDC Analysts recommend suppliers consider the following trends as they plan for 2011. Download View HTML | |
| 12/8/2010 | VDC Research Group: Top 10 Trends for the Embedded Hardware & Systems Market in 2011 |
| VDC Research Group analysts announced today their predictions for the key trends anticipated to shape the 2011 embedded hardware market. In order to maximize near term market share and revenue growth potential, VDC Analysts recommend suppliers consider the following trends as they plan for 2011. Download View HTML | |
| 11/22/2010 | Device Complexity Driving Multicore Adoption |
| According to VDC Research Group’s recently published report on multicore components and tools, the increasing complexity of embedded devices has been a significant driver in the growing adoption of multicore solutions. As developers continue to require faster, more power efficient processors, semiconductor vendors have turned to designing and developing multicore architectures. Download View HTML | |
| 10/4/2010 | VDC Research’s Embedded Developer Surveys Reveal Current Development and Future Project Trends |
| VDC Research Group has released Track 2: Embedded System Engineering Survey Data, part of its 2010 Embedded Software & Tools Market Intelligence Service. This six-volume track includes in-depth, table-driven statistics of embedded system engineering requirements, preferences and trends across several market segments: • Operating Systems • Development Tools • Vertical Markets • Regional • Processor Architecture • Embedded System Engineering Type Download View HTML | |
| 9/23/2010 | VDC Research Presents Best in Show Hardware Embeddy to Actel at Embedded Systems Conference Boston 2010 |
| VDC Research, the market intelligence and strategy consulting firm for the embedded community, announced the winner of the annual best in show Embeddy hardware award at the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in Boston, Massachusetts. The company also awarded a software Embeddy at the show. Download View HTML | |
| 9/23/2010 | VDC Research Honors Klocwork with Embeddy Award |
| VDC Research, the market intelligence and strategy consulting firm for the embedded community, named Klocwork the winner of their annual best in show Embeddy software award at the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in Boston, Massachusetts. The company also granted a hardware award at the show. Download View HTML | |
| 8/27/2010 | Industry Foundations, Consortia and Other Open Source Initiatives Squeezing the Commercial Mobile Operating System Market |
| VDC Research Group’s recently published report on mobile operating systems indicates that today’s mobile devices are more dependent on robust, complex operating systems capable of supporting a diverse ecosystem of new software applications. However, it is no longer about a single component or components but instead about integrated solution stacks and the mobile operating systems that sit at the heart of them. Download View HTML | |
| 8/27/2010 | POS Receipt Printer Solution Suppliers Going Green |
| 2009 was a challenging year for POS receipt printer vendors and their partners. Store closings, extended refresh cycles and increased attention to the environmental impact of receipt printing have hampered growth in the trailing 18 months. While some suppliers are waiting for the market to rebound, others are innovating, creating next generation receipt printing solutions that are resonating with retailers. These solutions reduce energy consumption, media consumption and ultimately operating expenses, lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) for retailers as they migrate to next generation printing platforms. Download View HTML |
| 8/3/2010 | Price Emerges as Leading Enterprise Mobility Software Selection Criteria |
| A new study on mobile application software to be released by VDC Research indicates that organizations deploying mobile applications to their workforce are more price sensitive in 2010 than they were one year ago; where ease-of-use and integration were the topmost concerns among end-users. Download View HTML | |
| 7/15/2010 | VDC Research Group to Host Free Webcast on Software and Mobile Devices, August 4, 2010 |
| The range of mobile devices and technologies in today’s corporate environments continues to broaden beyond the c-suite. This trend has led to an expansion of the functional roles using mobile technologies and a blossoming mobile applications market. Download View HTML | |
| 7/15/2010 | VDC Research Group to Host Free Webcast on Functional Safety Solutions, August 5, 2010 |
| As much of the industrial market focuses on ‘agility’ to meet changing market requirements, safety is emerging as an evermore critical operational imperative. The speed with which industrial organizations need to shift their resources, tear-down and set-up machinery, calibrate and test new instruction sets and retrain smaller teams of operators, is making functional safety solutions increasingly critical. Download View HTML | |
| 7/15/2010 | VDC Research Group to Host Free Webcast on Retail & Transaction Automation, July 28, 2010 |
| Retailers are migrating from single dimension strategies—inventory management or out-of-stock mitigation; exclusive-experience or value-price—to inventory or lead management programs that incorporate both. And they are doing it with vision, creative teamwork and the intelligent application of traditional and next-generation retail automation technology. This webcast will present the latest data from VDC’s 2010 Retail & Transaction Automation Equipment Business Planning Service. Download View HTML | |
| 6/29/2010 | Disruptive Technologies Requiring Suppliers of POS Terminals / Workstations to Explore New Strategies |
| According to VDC Research, the POS terminal/workstation market is expected to post moderate gains despite increased competition from disruptive technologies such as self-checkout, personal shopping solutions and kiosks. Although revenues from mature markets such as North America and Western Europe have been reduced by these alternative solutions, POS terminals/workstations continue to penetrate emerging country markets,(i.e.: Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe) as well as Tier III and Tier IV retail communities. Download View HTML | |
| 6/28/2010 | End User Commitment to RFID Drives Transponder Growth |
| According to VDC Research, the market for RFID transponders will exceed 10.5 billion units by 2014, of which passive HF and EPC UHF solutions in the Retail, CPG, Government, and Transportation sectors will account for more than 80%. Primary applications for each frequency include: Download View HTML | |
| 6/25/2010 | Slot SBC Market Expected to Experience Growth through 2012 despite Potential Market Threats |
| According to VDC Research’s latest report, the Slot Single Board Computer (SBC) market, which reached over $1.4B in 2009, is poised for exponential growth over the next several years after suffering in both 2008 and 2009. Investment budget cuts led to market contraction, but VDC expects the market to return to pre-recession levels as companies across verticals begin to make investments in new infrastructure and equipment. Download View HTML | |
| 6/22/2010 | Market for Mobility Solutions for National Government Applications Expected to Reach Pre-Recession Levels by 2011 |
| According to VDC Research’s latest report, the market for mobility solutions for national government applications (in military and national/federal programs) is expected to rebound modestly through 2010, despite the growing pressures from budget cuts and restraints. Download View HTML | |
| 6/22/2010 | Slow and Steady Growth Expected for Embedded Software Development Tools Market |
| In a recently published report analyzing the markets for embedded software and system engineering solutions, VDC Research estimates that the market for software development tools in 2009 reached over $290 million. While this represents a market contraction of greater than 10% from 2008, VDC expects the embedded software development tools market will recover and grow cautiously in 2010 with incrementally higher growth rates through 2012. Download View HTML | |
| 6/10/2010 | Recession and Industry Consolidation Drive Challenges for the Embedded/Real-Time Operating Systems Market |
| VDC Research has released a report estimating that the embedded/real-time operating systems market is expected to grow about 6% in 2010 after contracting approximately 6% between 2008 and 2009. Download View HTML | |
| 6/7/2010 | VDC Research Group to Host Free Webcast on UPS and Surge Suppressor Solutions |
| Global demand for UPS and surge suppressor solutions is gaining momentum. Investment drivers for these solutions have changed since before the global recession, and are shaping new growth opportunities. The increasing complexity of these markets demands new post-recession operating and financial strategies for UPS and surge suppressor solution suppliers. This webcast will present findings from VDC’s UPS and Surge Suppressors, 2010-2014 Market Requirements and Opportunity Analysis, and will discuss end-user requirements, trends and forecasts within the power protection market. Download View HTML | |
| 5/6/2010 | VDC Research Presents Best in Show Software “Embeddy” to Viosoft at the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference |
| VDC Research, the market intelligence and strategy consulting firm for the embedded community, announced the winner of the 6th annual best in show “Embeddy” software award at the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in San Jose, California. The company also awarded a hardware award at the show. The software award was presented to Howard Axelrod, Director of Sales at Viosoft for their Android adoption and development kits. Download View HTML | |
| 5/5/2010 | VDC Research Presents Best in Show Hardware “Embeddy” to Xilinx at the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference |
| VDC Research, the market intelligence and strategy consulting firm for the embedded community, announced the winner of the 6th annual best in show “Embeddy” hardware award at the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in San Jose, California. The company also awarded a software award at the show. Download View HTML | |
| 3/30/2010 | Position Sensor Suppliers and Users Optimistic About Market Rebound |
| The first of a two-volume study published by VDC Research analyzing global market demand for position sensors indicates that although the recession presented every position sensor industry stakeholder group with severe challenges, current market conditions and some important industry fundamentals seem to be improving. Download View HTML | |
| 3/22/2010 | VDC Research Group to Host Free Webcast on Embedded Hardware Customer Requirements, April, 7, 2010 |
| Despite the recession, OEM demand for standards-based embedded computing and communications platforms from qualified third-party suppliers remained strong. After nearly 6 quarters of weak volume commitments, reports from the 2009 fourth-quarter reveals a marginal rebound, although the recession caused changes in purchasing practices. Download View HTML | |
| 3/22/2010 | VDC Research Announces Industrial Networking Infrastructure Market Research Study |
| VDC’s Industrial Networking Infrastructure Products: 2010-1014 Market Requirements and Opportunity Analysis will focus on the end-user demand for, and the supplier/ partner community readiness to provide, industrial networking solutions that meet the technical and operational requirements of the industrial facility operator, enterprise user and partner communities. Download View HTML | |
| 3/17/2010 | Growing Demand for More Sophisticated Mobile Professional Services Delivered Through a Managed Service Model |
| VDC Research’s recently released Enterprise Mobility Managed Services: Next Generation Deployment Models report indicates that budding demand for mobile devices supporting enterprise mobility applications is creating new business opportunities for a broad cross-section of vendors, from wireless carriers to cloud computing solution providers. Download View HTML | |
| 3/10/2010 | VDC Research Expects Touch Screen Sensor & Display Market to Eclipse $7.5B in 2010 |
| A new market research study published by VDC Research analyzing the global market for touch screen sensors and displays indicates that growth in the market is expected to reach historical levels - as the technology continues to be the leading Human Machine Interface (HMI) for numerous devices. The demand for touch technologies will continue to grow largely due to the solutions’ intuitive nature and its ability to act as a platform for technological convergence and application development. Download View HTML | |
| 1/14/2010 | Accelerating Growth in Connected Factory Markets Will Require Better Channel Alignment |
| A new study published by VDC Research investigating how channel partners are working with connected factory technologies indicates that only a select few are offering the kind of higher –value software and services that are key to making faster ROI, higher performing connected factory implementations a reality. The study goes on to note that most channel partners are only offering basic hardware solutions; such as PCs, routers/switches, servers and sensors. Download View HTML | |
| 1/13/2010 | Cost Savings No Longer Primary Driver of Third-Party Development Services for Embedded Software |
| A new market research study published by VDC Research evaluating the market for third-party providers of embedded software services indicates that recession’s effect on engineering staff sizes coupled with the growing complexity and sophistication of embedded products will be primary drivers of the future growth of third-party outsourcing. Vendors of embedded software services will also experience a change in how OEMs evaluate their offerings. Download View HTML |
| 12/15/2009 | VDC Research Announces Power Protection - UPS and Surge Suppressors Market Research Study |
| VDC Research announced plans to continue coverage of the Power Protection: UPS and Surge Suppressors market, which will provide market forecasts through 2014. VDC’s UPS and Surge Suppressors, 2010-2014 Market Requirements and Opportunity Analysis will focus on the end-user community demand for, and the supplier/ partner community readiness to provide, UPS and Surge Suppressor solutions that meet the rapidly changing technical and commercial requirements of an ever-expanding user community. Download View HTML | |
| 11/30/2009 | VDC Research: Increased Outsourcing of Embedded Software Engineering Tasks Expected to Lead to Growth in Commercial Automated Test and Verification Tool Market |
| A new market research study published by VDC Research evaluating the embedded automated test and verification tools market sites software application/middleware development/test as the most frequently outsourced engineering task by embedded system engineers. Download View HTML | |
| 10/26/2009 | VDC Research: Embedded Software Engineers Seek Out New Development Tools & Methodologies to Address Complexity Wrought by Multi-core Processors |
| A new study published by VDC Research evaluating the commercial market for modeling tools used for the development of embedded software & systems finds that - despite limited overall market growth - the unrelenting growth in the level of embedded software & system complexity will compel engineering teams to adopt new solutions that can offer an efficient, repeatable means to accelerate the development of embedded systems. Download View HTML | |
| 9/28/2009 | VDC Research Announces Best in Show “Embeddie” Award at the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference |
| VDC Research announced yesterday the two winners of the Best in Show “Embeddie” Software & Hardware awards at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in Boston, Massachusetts. The winners were: ENEA for their OSE Multicore Edition and Infinite Power Solutions for their Thinergy Micro Energy Cells. Download View HTML | |
| 8/12/2009 | VDC Research Announces Top Suppliers of Process Level Measurement Device Shipments |
| A new market study by VDC Research, Inc. on the global process level measurement market finds that the top five suppliers of process level measurement devices world-wide are: Endress+Hauser, Emerson Process Management, VEGA Grieshaber, Yokogawa Electric Company, and Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments. Emerson Process Management and Siemens lead the way in shipments of the two largest product categories – hydrostatic devices and sonic/ultrasonic devices. Download View HTML | |
| 8/5/2009 | Contactless Payment & Ticketing Applications Expected to Boost Growth in RFID Smartcard Market |
| Despite the current economic climate; the future remains bright for the RFID Smartcards market. According to recently published research by VDC Research Group, RFID smartcards revenues approached $700 million in 2008 and are predicted to grow more than 26% (CAGR) through 2013. ISO 14443 will continue to account for the vast majority of current and future global smartcard revenues and unit shipments because it not only supports the ‘blockbuster’ applications, but it is also able to support emerging applications with increased complexity. Download View HTML | |
| 8/4/2009 | Bar Code Scanners: Suppliers Strive to Grow the Market and Take Share During Recession |
| According to a recently published study by VDC Research Group, Inc; the total bar code scanner market (i.e., stationary and handheld scanners) exceeded $1.7 billion in 2008 and is expected to decrease 0.4% annually through 2013. The research, part of VDC Research Group’s recently published 2009 AIDC Global Industry Business Planning Service also indicates that the global stationary bar code scanner market is expected to contract by 11% in 2009, while the handheld bar code scanner market is expected to contract by more than 20%. This near-term softening in the barcode scanner market is attributed to a number of large scale deployments that have been postponed and a weakened appetite for IT investment across multiple vertical markets active in the global supply chain, where velocity is contracting and demand for automation systems is less acute. Download View HTML | |
| 8/4/2009 | RFID Professional Services: Increased Integration, Customization, and Commoditization Drive Growth |
| Demand for RFID-related professional services is expected to rise over the next 5 years as a result of the technology’s sustained penetration of brown- and green-field markets, high-levels of customization, continued scope expansion, and increased integration requirements – despite recessionary pressures. According to recently published research from VDC’s 2009 RFID Business Planning Service, RFID professional service revenues approached $1 billion in 2008 and are predicted to grow more than 24% (CAGR) through 2013. Download View HTML | |
| 7/28/2009 | 2009 AIDC Global Industry Business Planning Service |
| The total bar code printer market exceeded $2 billion in 2008 and is expected to decrease 14% annually through 2013 according to Track 2: Volume 1 of VDC Research Group’s (VDC) recently published 2009 AIDC Global Industry Business Planning Service. More specifically, VDC expects the global bar code printer market to contract by almost 17% in 2009, and is expected to return to historic growth rates by 2013. The bar code printer market’s rebound will likely be driven by the growing installed base of core customers, a strong set of mature and emerging applications, and the commercialization of emerging regional markets. Download View HTML | |
| 7/24/2009 | 2009 RFID Business Planning Service: RFID Middleware Shows Strong Growth Despite Recession |
| Middleware was the fastest growing RFID product segment in 2008, despite recessionary pressures that began impacting suppliers as early as Q2 (2008). According to recently published research from VDC’s 2009 RFID Business Planning Service, RFID middleware revenues approached $70 million last year and are expected to grow in excess of 60% (CAGR) annually over the next 5 years. Download View HTML | |
| 7/24/2009 | The WINDs of Change Reveal Embedded Linux Constants |
| A recently published report by VDC Research indicates that Wind River Systems is now the leading commercial supplier of solutions for the embedded Linux market, ranked as a percentage of total market revenue.After Wind River’s ascension to the top spot, we thought it would be fitting to take a look back at the competitive landscape when Wind first entered the market. Although the landscape has changed rather significantly over just a five year period, Wind River’s chief competitor within the space, MontaVista Software, has maintained a position of leadership within this dynamic market. Download View HTML | |
| 7/20/2009 | Enterprise Mobility Partners Ineffective In Addressing Key Requirements |
| VDC Research’s recently completed research on enterprise mobility vendor partner programs evidences the increased importance of channel programs to enterprise mobility vendors competitive strategies. With over 60% of hardware shipping through indirect distribution channels – a ratio that is expected to reach almost 80% by 2013 – the distribution model has shifted dramatically over a relatively short time-period. Download View HTML | |
| 7/10/2009 | 2009 RFID Business Planning Service |
| The total RFID hardware market (transponders, readers, & printers/encoders) exceeded $2.1 billion in 2008 and is expected to grow 7% annually (CAGR) through 2010 according to Track 1: Volumes 1-3 of VDC Research Group’s recently published 2009 RFID Business Planning Service. Although slow-going for the next 12-24 months, the pipeline of global pilots is expected to experience a high level of conversion (to deployments) over the next 5 years, driven primarily by smartcard, supply chain, ticketing, and asset tracking applications. The RFID hardware market is predicted to gradually return to historic growth rates (~30%) after the next 12-24 months. According to Drew Nathanson, Director of Research Operations, “RFID is no longer a ‘sapling’. In fact, RFID’s roots continue to branch out with more pilots and deployments across a broader range of vertical markets and applications. Sustainable, scalable and profitable growth is attainable, but currently elusive.” Download View HTML | |
| 6/19/2009 | Down 2009 Expected to Lead to Growth in 2010 Embedded/Real-time Operating System Market |
| A recently published report by VDC Research indicates that embedded system manufacturers’ requirements and end-consumers’ expectations continue to drive substantial investment in embedded software and development tools. The embedded and real-time operating system market, in particular, has faired better than many other sectors of the broader embedded market, with 2008 revenue demonstrating 9% growth over 2007. However, even this achievement is qualified with the expectation of the first industry contraction in 2009 since 2002. Download View HTML | |
| 6/16/2009 | Self-Service and Customer Interaction Management Solutions: Self-Service has the Opportunity to Remain a Bright Spot in a Dark Time |
| Self-service solution investment by North American retailers, hospitality operators, and health care providers exceeded $2.8 billion in 2008 and is expected to grow 15.3% annually through 2013, according to VDC Research Group’s recently published Self-Service and Customer Interaction Management Solutions (SS/CIM). While North American enterprises are becoming increasingly cautious regarding their adoption and investment in most IT categories, spending on SS/CIM solutions is expected to be stable for the next 6-18 months and grow rapidly soon thereafter. Download View HTML | |
| 6/11/2009 | Following a Difficult 2008 Enterprise Mobility Device Vendors Face Further Market Contraction |
| According to VDC Research’s newest report measuring the market for rugged mobile devices supporting enterprise applications overall shipments reached $5.38 billion in 2008. While the overall market was essentially flat over 2007, performance by large form factors – notebooks, tablets and vehicle mounts – differed substantially from small form factors – handhelds/PDAs and wearable devices. More specifically, in 2008 the market for large form factor devices increased by 11% while small form factor shipments contracted by 9%. In 2009 VDC Research expects the overall rugged market to contract by 10%. Download View HTML | |
| 6/10/2009 | VDC Research Reacts to Intel/ Wind River Systems Announcement |
| In a mammoth, $884 million deal, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced on June 4, 2009 its intent to acquire Wind River Systems (NASDAQ: WIND). The aggregate price tag puts approximately a 44% premium over the June 3rd closing price of $8.00 per share for WRS common stock. After this acquisition, which is expected to close this summer, Wind River would operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel and report into its Software and Services Group. Download View HTML | |
| 6/1/2009 | Show Report: 2009 KioskCom – Las Vegas, NV |
| Last month, representatives from VDC Research attended KioskCom and the Digital Signage show to meet with industry leaders, walk the show floor, and present findings from their analysis into Self-Service and Customer Interaction Management Solutions (SS/CIM) Although VDC analysts previewed several new solutions, there was noticeably less sizzle to KioskCom 2009 in comparison to previous years. When compared to the 2008 conference, attendance at the show was reportedly down 12-15%. Download View HTML | |
| 5/11/2009 | RFID Market Approaches $4B, Expect a Tough 2009 |
| According to the latest results from VDC Research Group’s 6th edition of its RFID Business Planning Service, the RFID market is expected to grow approximately 11% this year, after reaching nearly $4 billion in 2008. Demand for RFID solutions softened in the fourth quarter of 2008, and continued to contract in the first quarter of 2009. Based on current opportunity pipelines and sales cycles, the next two quarters will continue to present challenges to suppliers and their channel partners. Download View HTML | |
| 5/7/2009 | Embedded Systems Bulletin – April 2009 |
| VDC attended the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose in early April. This bulletin presents our observations of that event. Download View HTML |
| 5/6/2009 | Show Report: 2009 RFID Journal Live! – Orlando, FL |
| As an analyst that has not only attended but also presented at this show for the past four years, I’ve seen this show evolve from a product showcase to an exhibition of applications, installations, and most importantly, solutions to end-user problems. Supported by a diversity of case studies, end-user representatives, relevant lectures, and panels that focused on experiences with RFID (as opposed to hopes for it), this show provided more value to the end user than ever before, and from what I was hearing from the exhibitors … much higher quality leads. Download View HTML | |
| 5/4/2009 | VDC Awards CriticalBlue the “Embeddie” Best of Show Award for the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley |
| VDC Research recently attended the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley in San Jose, CA and awarded the Best of Show Award or “Embeddie” to CriticalBlue. VDC awards the Embeddie to the company whose product announcement offers the most compelling opportunity for software engineers to meet the challenges of complexity, productivity, quality, and schedule management. Download View HTML | |
| 4/17/2009 | Variable Capacitance Sensing Technology Most Used for Pressure Transmitters |
| Electronic pressure-sensing devices that employed variable capacitance-sensing technology continue to dominate process applications. According to recent research from VDC Research Group, in 2008 45.7% of electronic pressure-sensing devices were of variable capacitance-sensing technology, and this percentage share is expected to continue to grow steadily at a rate of 2.6% per year through 2013. Download View HTML | |
| 4/13/2009 | Industrial Temperature Controllers Selection Driven More By Commercial Factors Than Technical |
| There is no single overriding factor cited by users when selecting industrial temperature controllers. In a recent study conducted by VDC Research Group, Industrial Electronic Temperature Controllers: Global Market Demand Analysis, Tenth Edition, users (end users, OEMs, system integrators, etc.) identified their most important criteria (features, performance) in their selection of these products. Download View HTML | |
| 3/23/2009 | AMC Boards Driven by ATCA Today, MicroTCA in 2011 |
| Merchant AMC boards revenues are expected to nearly double during the next three years according to a recent research report released on the xTCA market by VDC Research Group. Growth of the merchant AMC board market is projected to be relatively flat through 2010, before significant growth is expected in 2011 and 2012. Download View HTML | |
| 3/5/2009 | Mobile Software Stack Opportunity to Reach $2 Billion by 2013 |
| The market for commercial embedded mobile software exceeded $1.3 billion in 2008 and is expected to reach almost $2 billion by 2013, according to a market study recently released by market intelligence firm VDC Research. Download View HTML | |
| 3/4/2009 | ATCA Integrated Systems Market Fueled by Tier II Neps and Military Primes |
| The worldwide market for merchant ATCA integrated systems reached US$ 114.9 million in 2008, according to market intelligence firm VDC Research Group. The market is projected to reach US$ 301.2 million by 2012. Download View HTML | |
| 2/19/2009 | Embedded Processors Top 10 Billion Units in 2008 |
| Embedded processor unit shipments were over 10 billion in the year ended 2008, according to recently released research from VDC’s Embedded Systems Practice. Embedded processor categories included in this market forecast included embedded CPUs, DSPs, FPGAs, and MCUs. Download View HTML | |
| 2/18/2009 | Over $25 Billion: VDC Research Releases New Metric Measuring the Total Size of the Embedded Software Engineering Market |
| VDC Research recently released a series of Embedded Systems Market Statistics reports providing a detailed, vertical-by-vertical analysis of key embedded industries. Within these reports, VDC provides estimates for the Total Market for Embedded Software Engineering (TMESE), which VDC believes represents more than $25 billion worldwide. Download View HTML | |
| 2/18/2009 | Communications Vertical Tops Us$45 Billion in 2008 for Embedded Integrated Computer Systems |
| Embedded computer systems revenue in the communications vertical segment was responsible for the largest share of the total embedded integrated computer systems market according to a research study recently released by VDC Research Group. VDC’s 2008 Embedded Integrated Computer Systems (EICS) research covers the market for embedded computer systems sold as integrated system-level products across vertical market segments. Download View HTML | |
| 2/13/2009 | Electronic Pressure-Sensing Device Market: Slow but Consistent Growth |
| Global shipments of electronic pressure transmitters and transducers are forecast to increase from $US 5.6 billion in 2008 to $US 7.1 billion in 2013, according to recent research from VDC Research Group, covering process pressure transmitters and non-process pressure transducers and transmitters. Download View HTML | |
| 2/9/2009 | Temperature Controller Market Growing Only in Asia-Pacific Region |
| The worldwide market for temperature controllers is in decline. Of the major geographic regions (Americas, Asia-Pacific, and EMEA), VDC Research Group found that the only temperature controller markets experiencing growth are those in the Asia-Pacific region with forecasted growth of 0.7% though 2013. Download View HTML | |
| 2/4/2009 | Pushing the Back to Basics Strategy Forward at NRF 2009 |
| The challenges of selling retail automation solutions during a recession were apparent at the 2009 National Retail Federation conference in New York City. Product development and marketing strategies were clearly in recession-response mode, with most companies exhibiting installed base-extending upgrades, rapid ROI subsystems and few unproven, large-scale solutions. Download View HTML | |
| 1/30/2009 | PC/104 Market Shows Healthy Growth Through the End of 2008 |
| The market for PC/104 family boards was US$ 248.4 million in 2007 and projected at US$ 262.7 million in 2008 according to the latest embedded stackables research from VDC Research Group, released last month. Download View HTML | |
| 1/20/2009 | VDC Unveils 2008 Platinum and Gold Embedded Board Vendor Awards |
| VDC Research Group has completed its 2008 “Platinum and Gold” embedded board vendor rating awards, recognizing the top vendors of merchant computer boards among users. The awards are done as part of VDC’s annual Merchant Computer Boards for Real-time and Embedded Applications: 2008 Market Intelligence Service, a research report that focuses on the core embedded markets for slot single board computers, embedded motherboards, mezzanine cards, computer-on-modules (COMs), and PC/104 stackables. Download View HTML | |
| 1/20/2009 | Wireless Ethernet Dominant in Rapidly-Growing Industrial Market for Wireless Networking Infrastructure Products |
| In recently released Supply-Side Analysis Reports, which are part of the firm’s annual Industrial Networking Global Market Intelligence Service, VDC Research finds the worldwide market for industrial infrastructure wireless networking products exceeded $US 299 million in 2007. Despite current economic conditions, VDC forecasts this market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.4% through 2012, reaching $US 928 million. Download View HTML | |
| 1/16/2009 | Outlook Varied for North American Industrial Electronic Operator Interface Market |
| A recent study by VDC Research Group, North American Markets for Industrial Electronic Monitors, Operator Interface Terminals, and Associated Software, 7th Edition, found the 2008 North American industrial electronic operator interface terminal market totaled $727.9 million, with the application software revenues for these totaling $261.1 million. Download View HTML | |
| 1/12/2009 | White Paper Identifies Inventory Cost Savings and Cash-Flow Improvement Opportunities for Retailers Implementing Real-Time Inventory Visibility |
Data from VDC Research Reveals Need for Retailers to Embrace Complete Enterprise Inventory Visibility Solution to Drive Operational Efficiencies and Profitability Natick, Massachusetts – January 12, 2009 – A white paper recently drafted by VDC Research Group, Chaos in The Retail Cosmos, details the acute requirement for better inventory visibility and management on the retail floor. The paper also details the benefits that retailers realize by investing in item-level inventory management solutions, and the requirements for achieving the highest possible ROI. Download | |
| 12/29/2008 | Code Base Growth, Safety-Critical Requirements Driving Static Analysis Market |
| Natick, Massachusetts – December 29, 2008 – Recently published research by VDC Research indicates that embedded software engineers using a static analysis tool are working on projects with significantly larger average numbers of in-house developed lines of software code than developers not using a static analysis tool. Download | |
| 12/29/2008 | Retail-Based Kiosks: A State of the Industry |
| Natick, Massachusetts – December 29, 2008 – Given the economic malaise gripping the global retail vertical market, immediate investments in retail automation technology are falling victim to enterprise-wide budget cuts/holds. Retailers are finding themselves under increased pressure to reduce costs, improve operational efficiencies, and enhance the customer experience. These objectives are consistent with the benefits provided by self-service solutions, which are fast becoming a center of convergence for transaction automation, branding, and customer support. Download |
| 12/18/2008 | Healthy Growth for Operator Interface Terminals |
| Natick, Massachusetts – December 18, 2008 –In a newly released study on industrial electronic operator interface terminals in North America, VDC Research Group found the market continues to show relatively healthy growth in an otherwise soft economy and continues to be a top investment option for manufacturers. Several major trends emerged, regarding product characteristics, features and performance. The study estimates the 2008 North American electronic operator interface market at $728 million and forecasts that it will increase to over $1079 million in 2013 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2%. Download | |
| 12/5/2008 | High Growth Markets for Distributed/Remote I/O in Asia-Pacific and Latin America |
| A recently completed market study from VDC Research, Industrial Distributed/Remote I/O: Global Market Demand and User Requirements Analysis, Fifth Edition, forecasts markets in Latin America and Asia-Pacific countries to have the highest market growth rates. Download | |
| 12/4/2008 | Stationary Pos Bar Code Scanners: Convergence is Key |
| As the current economic climate continues to place added pressure on retailers to reduce costs and streamline operational efficiencies, stationary POS scanners are quickly becoming one of the centers of convergence amongst POS peripheral equipment. Download | |
| 12/4/2008 | Ethernet: Driving Growth in Industrial Networking |
| In the newly released Supply Side Analysis Reports, which are part of VDC’s annual Industrial Networking Global Market Intelligence Service, VDC Research finds the worldwide market for industrial infrastructure wireline networking products exceeded $1.8 billion in 2007, and forecasts it will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.6% through 2012, reaching over $5.6 billion. Download | |
| 11/25/2008 | Com Express: Type 2 is Defacto Standard |
| According to a study recently published by VDC Research Group, Type 2 COM Express has become the flavor of choice for COM Express modules. This research on the Computer-On-Modules (COMs) market, part of VDC’s annual Merchant Computer Boards Research service, found that 82% of all COM Express modules were Type 2 in 2007. The COM Express specification allows for five “types,” differing in connectors and pin-outs. Download | |
| 11/25/2008 | Handheld Pos Bar Code Scanners: Redefining Their Role in Retail and Empowering Consumers in the Process |
| An essential peripheral to any enterprise’s POS infrastructure, handheld POS scanners are continuing to leverage their core value propositions to address applications not only at the point-of-sale (POS), but at the point-of-decision (POD) as well. Download | |
| 11/18/2008 | FOR CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES, UPS REQUIREMENTS DIFFERENT, AND THE SAME |
| Natick, Massachusetts – November 18, 2008 – Survey results from VDC Research’s 2008 Power Protection Market Intelligence Program revealed that while there were some obvious differences in the requirements of business and consumers of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), there were also some areas where the two groups had similar requirements. Download | |
| 11/10/2008 | Embedded Systems Bulletin – October 2008 |
VDC attended the 2008 Embedded Systems Conference in Boston on October 28 and 29. This bulletin presents a summary of the event. Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) – Boston 2008 In these times of economic uncertainty, the fifteenth installment of the East Coast’s Embedded System Conference exceeded our expectations. Although some prominent embedded vendors did not participate in the show and many exhibitors seemed to have scaled down booth size and staff, show floor attendance did not drop off as much we might have expected. In fact, attendance on Tuesday in particular seemed fairly comparable to last year in Boston. Discussions with exhibiting vendors also suggested that the number of quality leads generated by attendees seemed promising as well as consistent year-over-year. | |
| 10/29/2008 | Belkin and EFI Lead $US 860 Million American Market for Surge Protection |
Natick, Massachusetts – October 29, 2008 – In 2007, Belkin International was the leading vendor in the $US 549 million American market for plug-in surge suppressors (Exhibit 1). These devices are primarily sold in outlet strip form factors for use in home and office environments. Belkin’s leadership can be attributed in large part to its well-established brand name in the consumer electronics space. “By investing in the same level of industrial design in the development of its surge protectors as it does with other product lines, Belkin is able to offer models with unique features and functions,” said Brian Greenberg, lead analyst for VDC’s Power Conversion and Control Practice. | |
| 10/22/2008 | Software Content and Interconnectivity Driving Demand for Software & System Modeling Tools |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 22, 2008 – Recently published research by VDC Research Group indicates that the automotive industry will represent the largest vertical market, as a percentage of total market revenue, for software and system modeling tools by 2010. VDC defines the software and system modeling tool market to include both standard (UML, SysML, SDL, etc.) and proprietary (MATLAB, SCADE, LabVIEW, etc.) language-based modeling solutions intended to facilitate the process of developing embedded software and systems. Download | |
| 10/21/2008 | Bar Code Printers: Is Bar Code Printing Showing its Age? |
Natick, Massachusetts – October 21, 2008 – Bar code printing may finally be showing its age. As evidence, consider the following market trends that dramatically influenced the market last year:
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| 10/20/2008 | Planning to Fail? Current Project Management and System Architecture Specification Activities Causing Delays in Software Engineering and System Integration |
Natick, Massachusetts – October 20, 2008 – A recently released study from VDC Research reveals that failures in system architecture design and specification may, in many cases, be the underlying causes of failures in software engineering and system integration. VDC’s survey of embedded engineers (based on a mix of various project types including hardware, software, and system designs) suggests that system integration, along with firmware and application development/test, are typically key areas of delay among late projects. Meanwhile, project management/planning and system architecture design and specification are most commonly cited as significant contributors to project delay. | |
| 10/17/2008 | POS Receipt Printers: Improving Customer Interaction One Transaction at a Time |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 17, 2008 – The economic malaise currently impacting the retail market is forcing retailers to place a heightened level of importance on their ability to effectively manage and capitalize on each individual customer interaction. Retailers are investing and leveraging automation technologies capable of providing insights regarding their customers purchase patterns, preferences, and requirements. Used in virtually every transaction, POS receipt and coupon printers offer retailers a venue for marketing and promotional activity that can lead to increased sales and customer loyalty. Download | |
| 10/14/2008 | Medium and Large Uninterruptible Power Supplies Fastest-Growing Power Protection Segment |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 14, 2008 – In the recently published multi-volume study 2008 Power Protection: Global Market Demand Analysis, VDC Research Group estimates that growth of worldwide shipments of medium and large uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) outpaced shipments of smaller UPSs by more than 2 to 1 (Exhibit 1) over the last two years. Download | |
| 10/7/2008 | INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTED/REMOTE I/O MARKETS SHIFTING TO PRODUCTS WITH ETHERNET AND SAFETY BUS/NETWORK CONNECTIVITY |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 7, 2008 – A new market study from VDC Research Group, Industrial Distributed/Remote I/O: Global Market Demand and User Requirements Analysis, Fifth Edition, finds significant shipment growth expectations for distributed/remote I/O products using Ethernet-based and safety bus/network connectivity. Download | |
| 10/6/2008 | GOVERNMENT SUPPORT DRIVES SMARTCARD DEMAND IN HOT APAC MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 6, 2008 – Lead analysts at VDC are in agreement that the economies of Asia-Pacific are ripe to support a smartcard revolution. Despite narrow installed bases of related and required host/enabling technology. APAC governments have stepped in to fund trials and rollouts that put smartcards into the hands of the masses. Large-scale government initiatives such as the National Card Programs in China and Malaysia are already underway, and VDC expects such programs to spark demand for the technology across a number of private sector vertical markets. Download | |
| 10/3/2008 | WORLDWIDE SHIPMENTS OF LOW-POWER UPSS TO EXCEED $US 6 BILLION IN 2012 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 3, 2008 – In the recently published multi-volume study 2008 Power Protection: Global Market Demand Analysis, VDC Research Group found that worldwide shipments of 20 kVA and under UPSs were $US 4.0 billion in 2007 and will reach $US 6.1 billion in 2012. Download | |
| 9/26/2008 | RAPID CHANGE IN THE MOBILE SOFTWARE MARKET DRIVING OPPORTUNITY |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 26, 2008 – 2007 marked a strong year of growth for the mobile software market. In VDC’s newly published report on mobile computing software for enterprise mobility applications, the global opportunity exceeded $5.4 billion in 2007 and is expected to grow 13.7% annually through 2012. Download | |
| 9/26/2008 | AVAILABLE NOW: VDC RELEASES EMBEDDED ENGINEERING SURVEY DATA FOR 2008 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 26, 2008 – With the increasing complexity of embedded software and hardware designs, VDC’s 2008 survey of Embedded Engineering professionals provides insight into the behavior, opinions, and demographics of embedded engineers, the degree to which embedded system engineering tasks are converging, and key system engineering trends likely to impact embedded systems manufacturers and solution providers over the short and long term. Download | |
| 9/23/2008 | UMPCs: HANDHELD MOBILE COMPUTER KILLER? |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 23, 2008 – According to research recently completed by VDC Research Group (VDC), the market for UMPCs (Ultra-Mobile PCs) is expected to exceed $300 million in 2008 and grow by almost 35% annually to reach $1 billion by 2012. Download |
| 9/18/2008 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS RAPIDLY PROLIFERATE ON EMBEDDED MOTHERBOARDS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 18, 2008 – Multi-core processors have rapidly gained traction in the embedded motherboard market and will soon dominate the processor sockets on many of these boards according to recent research completed by VDC Research Group’s Embedded Hardware & Systems Practice. Download | |
| 9/5/2008 | PAYMENT/TRANSACTION TERMINALS: ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES CONTINUE TO RESHAPE MARKETPLACE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 5, 2008 – Although it is said that ‘the whole Download | |
| 8/22/2008 | EMBEDDED ENGINEERS EXPECT SOFTWARE CODE BASE TO CONTINUE TO GROW AT NEARLY 10% PER YEAR |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 22, 2008 – Recently released data from Venture Development Corporation’s (VDC) Embedded/Real-time and Mobile Application Operating Systems study leads to the conclusion that the overall embedded software code base may be growing at a rate of approximately 9% per year. Download | |
| 8/19/2008 | COMPETITION IN THE DATA ACQUISITION MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 19, 2008 – A recent market study from Venture Development Corporation (VDC), Data Acquisition Products: Global Market Demand Analysis, 2nd Edition, found the worldwide market for external chassis and modules and plug-in analog I/O boards totaled about $880 million in 2007, and is expected to exceed $1.1 billion in 2012. Download | |
| 8/6/2008 | MULTI-CORE AND MULTIPROCESSING SUPPORT REMAIN LOW PRIORITIES IN SELECTION OF EMBEDDED OS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 6, 2008 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that many embedded developers still do not yet consider multiprocessing and multi-core architecture support a critical factor influencing their selection of embedded operating systems for current projects. Download | |
| 7/30/2008 | TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION TRENDS IN MACHINE AUTOMATIC SAFEGUARDING - RESEARCH NOTE |
| A recent market study from Venture Development Corporation, Machine Automatic Safeguarding Components and Equipment, Global Market Analysis, 3rd Edition, found a number of significant trends occurring in the products used for machine safeguarding. The worldwide market for the products under study totaled over $1.6 billion in 2007, and is forecast to exceed $2.5 billion in 2012. The study covered 27 product types segmented into six major categories. Download | |
| 7/30/2008 | TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION TRENDS IN MACHINE AUTOMATIC SAFEGUARDING |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 30, 2008 – A recent market study from Venture Development Corporation, Machine Automatic Safeguarding Components and Equipment, Global Market Analysis, 3rd Edition, found a number of significant trends occurring in the products used for machine safeguarding. The worldwide market for the products under study totaled over $1.6 billion in 2007, and is forecast to exceed $2.5 billion in 2012. Download | |
| 7/23/2008 | EXPECT STEADY RFID TRANSPONDER GROWTH – EVEN FOR EPC UHF |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 23, 2008 – According to recent research from VDC, all RFID transponders – every frequency, every form factor – are expected to undergo steady, rapid growth over the next five years. The majority of RFID revenues in 2007 continued to stem from leading and more mature applications such as security/access control, toll collection, and asset tracking within vertical markets such as transportation, automotive, and government. Download | |
| 7/22/2008 | SELF-CHECKOUT: “GENERATION NEXT” READY TO ADDRESS ADOPTION ISSUES |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 22, 2008 – Historically, investment and integration of self-checkout solutions have been limited to the top Tier 1 enterprises operating in select retail vertical markets. In 2007, the vast majority of global revenues for self-checkout solutions continued to stem from grocery stores/supermarkets and department stores/mass merchants due to their overwhelming customer volumes, extensive product portfolios, and high inventory turnover rates. Download | |
| 7/17/2008 | NORTH AMERICAN ENTERPRISE WIRELESS DATA SERVICE REVENUES TO EXCEED $10.9 BILLION IN 2008 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 17, 2008 – A landmark study on North America Enterprise Wireless Data Services conducted by VDC reveals that almost 23 million enterprise users are expected to drive $10.9 billion in wireless service revenues. Download | |
| 7/17/2008 | MICROSOFT’S CLASSIC OSs A MAJOR DRIVER OF REVENUE FOR WINDOWS EMBEDDED |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 17, 2008 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that embedded systems manufacturers and their suppliers are driving Windows Embedded revenue by incorporating Microsoft’s Classic OSs under embedded restricted licenses in device development. Download | |
| 7/16/2008 | ENTERPRISE MOBILITY DEVICE MARKET FACING CHALLENGES FOLLOWING BLOCKBUSTER 2007 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 16, 2008 – 2007 marked a tremendous year for the mobile computer market supporting enterprise mobility applications with double-digit growth across most form factors. In VDC’s newly published report on mobile computing hardware for enterprise mobility applications, the global opportunity exceeded $23 billion in 2007 on unit shipments of almost 25 million and is expected to grow 10.1% annually through 2012. Download | |
| 7/9/2008 | SURGE SUPPRESSOR SHIPMENTS TO ASIA PACIFIC FORECAST TO REACH $US 94.5 MILLION IN 2012 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 9, 2008 – VDC forecasts the market for powerline surge suppressors to grow from $US 74.9 million in 2007 to $US 94.5 million in 2012, according to the recently published Volume 9: Powerline Surge Suppressors, Asia Pacific, from its 2008 Power Protection Market Intelligence Program. Download | |
| 7/8/2008 | DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCT TRENDS AND USER NEEDS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 8, 2008 – A recently completed market study from Venture Development Corporation (VDC), Data Acquisition Products Global Market Demand Analysis, 2nd Edition, explores user needs and product trends in external chassis & modules and plug-in analog I/O boards. The most significant findings were about product selection criteria, trends toward higher resolution and number of input channels, trends in operating systems being used, and trends in communication interfaces. Download | |
| 6/25/2008 | STATIONARY SCANNER GROWTH DRIVEN BY EASTERN EUROPE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 25, 2008 – Although North American sales of stationary scanners slowed in 2007, the stationary bar code scanner market was buoyed by growth in emerging regions, particularly Eastern Europe, where countries such as the Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine and Poland continued to adopt the technology in support of their increasing consumer electronics and semiconductor manufacturing efforts. Download | |
| 6/25/2008 | SURGE SUPPRESSOR SHIPMENTS TO EMEA FORECAST TO REACH $US 391 MILLION IN 2012 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 25, 2008 – VDC forecasts the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) market for powerline surge suppressors to grow from $US 320 million in 2007 to $US 391 million in 2012, according to the recently published Volume 8: Powerline Surge Suppressors, EMEA from its 2008 Power Protection Market Intelligence Program. Download | |
| 6/18/2008 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION: NOT A NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITY, BUT EXPECT TRIPLE-DIGIT GROWTH |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 18, 2008 – Near Field Communication (NFC) adoption is slow today because it is hamstrung by a lack of supporting infrastructure, technical standards, cooperation among value chain participants, and market misperceptions. There is a host of different companies involved in the NFC value chain, each with their own interest, roles and business models. There is a great deal of uncertainty as to how a globally-accepted NFC business model will be defined and implemented, as several stakeholders are “competing” for control of the ever-expanding markets for non-cash transactions. Download | |
| 6/17/2008 | POS TERMINALS REPRESENT THE CORE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 17, 2008 – According to recent research from Venture Development Corporation, POS terminals continue to represent a critical component for most retail enterprises. They serve as a centralized platform off which enterprises can track, manage, and market their business more efficiently. In 2007, the global market for POS terminals surpassed $3.3 billion, with unit shipments approaching 2 million. VDC anticipates that revenue shipments for POS terminals will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6% through 2012, with unit shipments expected to exceed 2.5 million. Download | |
| 6/17/2008 | MACHINE AUTOMATIC SAFEGUARDING SPENDING FORECAST HIGHEST FOR ASIA-PACIFIC REGION |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 17, 2008 – A new market study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC), covering 27 types of machine automatic safeguarding products, found the worldwide 2007 market for these devices to have been $US 1,647.1 million. Download | |
| 6/13/2008 | SHIPMENTS OF SURGE SUPPRESSORS TO THE AMERICAS FORECAST TO REACH $US 1.1 BILLION IN 2012 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 13, 2008 – In the recently published Volume 7: Americas Powerline Surge Suppressors from its 2008 Power Protection Market Intelligence Program, VDC forecasts the market for powerline surge suppressors to grow from $US 860 million in 2007 to $US 1.1 billion in 2012. Download |
| 6/3/2008 | GLOBAL AND PRODUCT SHIFTS IN THE DATA ACQUISITION MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 3, 2008 – A new market study from Venture Development Corporation (VDC), Data Acquisition Products: Global Market Demand Analysis, 2nd Edition, sizes and forecasts shipments of data acquisition external chassis and modules and plug-in analog I/O boards to markets in three major geographic regions: the Americas (Central, North and South America); Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and the Asia-Pacific region. Download | |
| 5/29/2008 | HANDHELD SCANNERS: SOLID GROWTH; STILL ROOM FOR MORE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 29, 2008 – Amid a turbulent world economy, the handheld bar code scanner market continued to exhibit solid growth in all vertical markets and across all regions. “While the handheld scanner, like many other AIDC technologies, continued to move toward commoditization last year, the handheld scanner industry continued to exhibit strong growth in 2007. In fact, the falling price of handheld scanner hardware actually opened opportunities among less-penetrated bar code end-user populations, compensating somewhat for an undulating global economy,” Kevin M. Permenter, Analyst of VDC’s AIDC Practice. Download | |
| 5/20/2008 | MERCHANT ATCA CPU BLADE SHIPMENTS EXCEED PREVIOUS VDC FORECAST |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 20, 2008 – VDC has released the 2008 edition of its research on Slot Single Board Computers in Volume 1 of VDC’s Merchant Computer Boards for Embedded/Real-Time Applications Intelligence Program, 2008. The base year data for 2007 from this research indicates that the actual 2007 dollar volume shipments of ATCA CPU blades exceeded VDC’s previous forecast for 2007, which was published in 2006 based on year 2005 data. Download | |
| 5/13/2008 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL (ESL) SUPPLIERS LEVERAGE NEW DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES TO BOLSTER ADOPTION |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 13, 2008 – Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) penetration remains limited due to a diversity of adoption barriers. However, ESL suppliers are targeting next-generation displays as a path to helping customers see the complete value proposition potential of ESL. Download | |
| 5/13/2008 | HEAD FOR HIGH GROUND: MARKET PRESSURES SQUEEZING VALUE UP THE LINUX SOFTWARE STACK |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 13, 2008 – A number of market forces are limiting the ability of Linux software suppliers to extract revenue growth from the freely available open source software markets. Download | |
| 5/8/2008 | MULTICORE EXPO HIGHLIGHTS SOFTWARE GAP, MARKET DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 8, 2008 – The latest version of the Multicore Expo was held in Santa Clara, CA on April 1-3. This event has become an important conference, addressing the opportunities for and challenges of deploying and optimizing multi-core computing in the embedded systems market. Given the significant numbers of attendees at the show, their growth over last year, and the tone and tenor of VDC conversations with exhibitors and visitors, it appears that the challenges are becoming more acute. Download | |
| 5/8/2008 | APPLE BUYS INTO EMBEDDED SPACE WITH P.A. SEMI DEAL |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 8, 2008 – On Tuesday April 23, Apple disclosed to
Forbes.com that it had purchased the embedded processor design firm P.A. Semi
for a reported US$ 278 million.
P.A. Semi, the ultra-ambitious and already successful fabless semiconductor startup (founded in 2003), supplies the PWRficient (PA6T-1682M) dual-core, 64-bit, PowerPC processor. This chip has been extremely well received in the embedded systems market, particularly in the Military/Aerospace segment, because of the chip’s ultra-low power design, which consumes as little as 15W at 2.0GHz. Download | |
| 5/8/2008 | SIGTRAN STACKS DISPLACING SS7 IN THE MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 8, 2008 – A recent study conducted by Venture Development Corporation, SS7 Market Opportunities and Requirements: Global Market Demand Analysis, shows shipments of SIGTRAN stacks to rise 22% between 2006 and 2012. Download | |
| 5/7/2008 | MOUNTAIN VIEW ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS ECOSYSTEM CONFERENCE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 7, 2008 – VDC attended the Mountain View Alliance Communications Ecosystem Conference in South San Francisco last month. This conference serves as a gathering for groups driving the evolution of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded platforms in the telecommunications and wireless infrastructure markets. This event is framed as a showcase for the advancement of standards-based next-generation networks and the enabling technologies supporting them. Download | |
| 5/7/2008 | EMBEDDED MARKET DEMAND FOR SMALL FORM FACTOR TECHNOLOGIES DRIVING M&A INTEREST IN SMALL FORM FACTOR SUPPLIERS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 7, 2008 – On Thursday March 20, 2008 ADLink Technology announced it will acquire a 100% stake in Ampro Computer, Inc. ADLink will acquire nearly 40 million common shares in Ampro for a total investment of $20 million. Download | |
| 5/7/2008 | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (ESC) – SILICON VALLEY 2008 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 7, 2008 – The 2008 Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose on April 15 and 16 marked the event’s 20th anniversary. Show attendance and floor traffic seemed about on par with the past couple of years. Observations and comments from VDC’s meetings with a number of exhibitors ranged from very satisfied to – in some cases – disappointed. As always, there were some very interesting displays, demonstrations, and announcements at what is the largest embedded systems conference in North America. Download | |
| 4/25/2008 | INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS MONITORING AND CONTROL MARKET SHIFTING TO USE OF STANDARD NETWORKS |
Natick, Massachusetts – April 25, 2008 – A recently completed market study from
Venture Development Corporation (VDC), RF/Microwave Industrial Wireless
Monitoring and Control Products: For Discrete and Process Manufacturing, Global
Market Analysis, focused on shipments of the following products for on-site
industrial monitoring and control:
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| 4/25/2008 | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (ESC) – SAN JOSE 2008 |
| The 2008 Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose marked the event’s 20th anniversary for the conference! As always, we were interested in show attendance and how exhibitors felt about floor traffic and how it met their expectation for quality leads. At best we observed an uneven flow of traffic on the show floor where some booths were crowded and others less so. What’s more important than VDC’s observations are the comments we received from a number of exhibitor meetings at the show. Download | |
| 4/21/2008 | PoE WIRELESS ACCESS POINT SHIPMENTS FORECAST TO EXCEED 11 MILLION UNITS IN 2012 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – April 21, 2008 – VDC’s recently completed market study, Power over Ethernet: Global Market Opportunity Analysis, Third Edition, discusses the adoption drivers of leading PoE applications – IP phones and wireless access points (WAPs), and the leading vendors of these devices. According to the research, the demand for enterprise WAPs will increase by nearly 50% per year through 2012. Download | |
| 4/8/2008 | SS7 SIGNALING STILL HAS A FUTURE: VDC RESEARCH REVEALS MARKET OPPORTUNITIES |
| Natick, Massachusetts – April 8, 2008 – Despite marketing hype focused on VoIP, IMS and the Next Generation Network (NGN) packet technologies, SS7 Signaling System is not yet facing its final curtain, according to recent trend analysis of the SS7 Signaling market from VDC’s SS7 Market Opportunities and Requirements: Global Market Demand Analysis. Download | |
| 3/28/2008 | POWER OVER ETHERNET SWITCH PORT SHIPMENTS CONTINUE TO GROW AND GAIN SHARE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 28, 2008 – Despite widespread adoption by only a handful of applications, Power over Ethernet port count continues to grow. In its recently published third edition of its Power Over Ethernet: Global Market Opportunity Analysis, VDC found that shipments of PoE-enabled switch ports totaled approximately 47 million units in 2007. VDC expects PoE-enabled port shipments to grow at almost double the rate of overall Ethernet port shipments and reach more than 130 million by 2012. Download | |
| 3/28/2008 | THE FIELD WORKFORCE SEGMENT DRIVES THE MOBILE TRANSACTION PRINTER MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 28, 2008 – While the market for mobile printers continues to be strong, growth is shifting to new market segments. In 2007 the global market for mobile printers reached $255.5 million and is expected to grow at a 9.2% CGAR over the next five years. Download | |
| 3/27/2008 | INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS MONITORING AND CONTROL PRODUCT MARKET CONTINUES RAPID GROWTH |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 27, 2008 – A recently completed market study from Venture Development Corporation (VDC), RF/Microwave Industrial Wireless Monitoring and Control Products: For Discrete and Process Manufacturing, Third Edition, Global Market Analysis, forecasts worldwide shipments of wireless (RF/microwave) products for industrial monitoring and control applications will increase nearly 20% per year from $US 629.1 million in 2007 to reach $US 1,504.3 million in 2012. Download | |
| 3/19/2008 | KONTRON MODULAR COMPUTERS COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF THALES COMPUTERS |
| The VME ‘Anchor’ Continues its Transformation into the Markets’ ‘Safe
Harbor.’
Natick, Massachusetts – March 19, 2008 – Earlier this week, Kontron Modular Computers GmbH finalized its acquisition of Thales Group’s Thales Computers subsidiary. Thales Computers, headquartered in Toulon Cedex, France, has 100 employees that shipped approximately EUR 20 million worth of embedded computer systems in 2007. Founded in 1986, the company designs, builds, markets and services COTS-based, rugged, high performance embedded systems. Its offerings include VME, cPCI and PMC architectures utilizing PowerPC processing platforms. The primary market served by Thales is military/ aerospace. Download | |
| 3/13/2008 | AUSA SHOW REPORT: SHIFTING MARKET CONDITIONS FOR RUGGED MOBILE COMPUTER VENDORS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 13, 2008 – During our briefings with rugged mobile computing vendors at the AUSA Winter Symposium held in Ft. Lauderdale from February 27 through 29, two – somewhat contrasting – themes consistently emerged: the continued evolution toward network-centric warfare in the face of anticipated pressures from a slowdown in military spending. Download |
| 3/11/2008 | MOBILE COMPUTING VENDORS SHOW OFF HEALTHCARE-SPECIFIC DEVICES AT HIMSS 2008 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 11, 2008 – The healthcare industry has gone as far as it can go with horizontally-based mobile computing solutions, and vendors are turning to healthcare-specific devices to achieve new sales growth. VDC attended the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) annual conference in Orlando, Florida to research mobility in healthcare and were treated to briefings on a wide variety of new healthcare-specific mobile offerings. If the software and services can be created to take advantage of these platforms, new healthcare-specific solutions could significantly expand the healthcare mobility market and reshuffle share. Download | |
| 3/7/2008 | EMBEDDED HARDWARE MARKET DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES… |
| VDC believes that current economic conditions will provide accelerant to the development of the standards-based embedded computing and communications platform markets. Download | |
| 2/20/2008 | GREEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRANDING |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 20, 2008 – Electricity usage and cost is top of mind for many communities, from datacenters and telecommunications facilities to homes and hospitals, from Federal agencies to town halls. Demand is going up, rates are climbing and capacity concerns have some people wondering when the next brownout or blackout is going to occur. Brownouts result in flickering lights and PC resets, mostly just nuisances, while blackouts can mean no lights, phones or corrupted databases. Download | |
| 2/20/2008 | LXE’S ACQUISITION OF AKERSTROMS TRUX AB |
| This research note presents VDC’s analysis and opinion of LXE’s recently announced acquisition of Akrestroms Trux AB. VDC is not a shareholder or a market maker in either of the entities discussed in this Research Note. Download | |
| 2/14/2008 | SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS: A PRACTICAL PLATFORM FOR GROWTH |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 14, 2008 – Retailers are increasingly using Kiosks to move past the constraints of ‘traditional’ transactional management standards and procedures in attempts to provide more value to the consumer throughout their in-store experience. Download | |
| 2/14/2008 | EMBEDDED COTS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS PROLIFERATE IN MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 14, 2008 – Demand for standards-based, merchant, embedded COTS computer boards and systems in military/aerospace/defense applications continues to grow across a wide range of missions, applications and platforms. These products are showing strength in both North America and Europe over the next two years according to a new research report on the market released by VDC. Download | |
| 2/8/2008 | ACCELERATING OEM TIME-TO-MARKET THE KEY TO DRIVING MicroTCA ADOPTION |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 8, 2008 – Equipment OEMs in a number of vertical markets are prepared to migrate to MicroTCA – if migration to MicroTCA can materially accelerate time-to-market for their solutions. This finding came from VDC’s recently completed probe of nearly 80 Tier 1 and Tier 2 equipment OEMs from four vertical markets – datacom/ telecom, military/aerospace, industrial automation and medical imaging. Download | |
| 2/7/2008 | CHINA: A CATALYST FOR THE RFID INDUSTRY |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 7, 2008 – RFID solutions are being deployed in China at an unprecedented rate – approximately 475 million transponders in 2007 – and the early success of these installations are providing the market with significant momentum. Download | |
| 2/5/2008 | STATIC ANALYSIS DEMAND TO DRIVE THE MARKET FOR TEST AUTOMATION TOOLS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 5, 2008 – Software development teams continue to look toward automated testing technology as a means to improve code quality and reliability while also reducing time to market and backend debugging. Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that the demand for static analysis tools will drive growth within the market for test automation tools used in the development of embedded software. Download | |
| 2/1/2008 | IMPROVING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TAKES CENTER STAGE AT NRF 2008 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 1, 2008 – VDC attended the 2008 National Retail Federation conference in New York City to observe vendors’ new strategies toward mobile solutions for retailers. Following a sluggish 2007 holiday shopping season, retailers are clearly focused on maximizing the customer experience and improving overall customer service. Download | |
| 1/16/2008 | POWER MANAGEMENT ICs MARKET DRIVEN BY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SEGMENT |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 16, 2008 – In a recently completed study, Power Supply and Power Management Integrated Circuits: Global Market Demand Analysis, 6th Edition, Venture Development Corporation (VDC) found that consumer electronics accounted for the largest share of shipments of power supply and power management ICs in 2007. Download | |
| 1/15/2008 | REGIONAL MILITARY EMBEDDED COTS COMPUTER BOARD MARKETS PROJECTED TO GROW IN DEMAND |
| Massachusetts – January 15, 2008 – The market for merchant embedded COTS computer boards in military/aerospace/defense applications is projected to grow in North America and Europe over the next two years according to a new research report on the market released by VDC. Download | |
| 1/11/2008 | KIOSK GROWTH A TESTAMENT TO INCREASED ADOPTION OF SELF-SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 11, 2007 – Self-service technologies, in particular kiosks, are continuing to experience significant growth across multiple vertical markets due to their ability to enhance customer service, improve operational efficiencies, create new marketing platforms, and generate additional revenue streams. Download | |
| 1/10/2008 | MicroTCA EVALUATION GROWING IN MILITARY MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 10, 2008 – VDC recently released research on the MicroTCA embedded computing architecture that shows investment in MicroTCA evaluation growing in the military/aerospace/defense computing market. Download | |
| 1/9/2008 | INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO FURTHER STIMULATE ADOPTION OF DYNAMIC SYSTEM DESIGN TOOLS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 9, 2008 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that embedded software design methodologies will continue to shift toward model-based approaches in order to address the growing complexity associated with embedded systems development. Download | |
| 12/27/2007 | SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO: REDEFINITION |
| Natick, Massachusetts – December 27, 2007 – In a recently completed study, VDC found that the defined market for software defined radio (SDR) is expanding. This expansion is based largely on how the value propositions of certain SDR components or features resonate with each market segment. Download | |
| 12/27/2007 | MANUFACTURERS SHIPPED OVER 4 BILLION EMBEDDED SYSTEMS/DEVICES IN 2006 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – December 27, 2007 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) concludes that over 4 billion embedded systems/devices were shipped worldwide in 2006. According to VDC’s 2007 Embedded Systems Market Statistics report, significant growth in the number of embedded shipments is expected to continue over the coming years. Download | |
| 12/6/2007 | GLOBAL PSICS MARKET GROWING NEARLY 11% PER YEAR |
| Natick, Massachusetts – December 6, 2007 – A recent market study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) forecasts the worldwide market for ten major types of power supply and power management integrated circuits (PSICs) will grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9% from $US 10.4 billion in 2007 to $US 17.5 billion in 2012. Download | |
| 12/4/2007 | SMART FABRICS LED BY TRANSPORTATION MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – December 4, 2007 – New research by Venture Development Corporation estimates that demand for global smart fabrics and interactive textiles (SFIT) products and solutions totaled $369.2 million for 2006 and will reach $1,129 million by 2010, representing a four-year compound annual growth rate of 32%. Download | |
| 11/28/2007 | OPPORTUNITY IN SMB SEGMENT OPENING UP FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY SOLUTIONS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – November 28, 2007 – The global market for enterprise mobility solutions for transportation – comprised of mobile hardware, software, and professional services – was estimated at $2.2 billion in 2006 and is expected to grow 10.7% from 2007 through 2011. Overall, the marketplace for mobile solutions in the transportation industry is mature and healthy. It consists of well-established leaders and solution designs that largely meet end-user needs. In today’s market, the biggest challenges for vendors entail keeping up on new product innovations, maintaining market share and most importantly finding new areas of opportunity to grow. Download |
| 11/8/2007 | FEATURE-RICH, LOW-COST SOFTWARE MODELING SOLUTIONS DRIVING ADOPTION, CREATING PRICING PRESSURE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – November 8, 2007 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that the availability of low-cost and free modeling tools is contributing to the growing use of standards-based modeling tools. Just as software programming evolved from the use of machine code level to more formal languages, software modeling tools allow developers to further abstract design and more easily address issues central to program’s architecture while insulated from the numerous details necessary to implement the system. Download | |
| 10/30/2007 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL SMARTCARDS ARE ON THE RISE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 30, 2007 – The smartcard market continues to blossom. Long considered to be a ‘bright spot’ in the RFID industry, smartcards are expected to experience significant growth in both brown- and green-field applications over the next 5 years. Download | |
| 10/19/2007 | NEW RFID MIDDLEWARE MITIGATES RISK, EXPANDS VALUE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 19, 2007 – RFID Middleware has evolved. No longer just a required interface between the physical and logical worlds, middleware has become a robust tool that provides the flexibility and scalability required by end users of an emerging technology. Download | |
| 10/11/2007 | OPTICAL ENCODER GROWTH SLOWER, NEW TECHNOLOGIES EMERGE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 11, 2007 – A recent market study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) reveals that the North American market for linear displacement sensors including encoders, linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs), laser systems, magnetostrictive, potentiometric, capacitive, inductive, and ultrasonic products totaled $338.7 million in 2006. Displacements are occurring in many applications, as evidenced by the varying and changing growth rates for all primary technologies. Download | |
| 10/9/2007 | BAR CODE OUTPUT PER PRINTER IS DOWN, BUT TOTAL OUTPUT IS UP |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 9, 2007 – Although bar code ticket/ tag/ label/ receipt output per printer unit decreased over the past 5 years, new research from Venture Development Corporation indicates that the bar code printer consumables market will grow nearly 10% annually through 2011. Download | |
| 10/5/2007 | EMERSON ACQUIRES MOTOROLA EMBEDDED COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTING GROUP |
| Emerson Electric Company (NYSE: EMR) agreed to acquire the Motorola Embedded Communications Computing (MECC) business from Motorola Corporation (NYSE: MOT) for $350 million US. MECC is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, has 1,100 employees and reported approximately $520 million US in sales in 2006. Founded in 1980, MECC supplies high-availability embedded communications and computing platforms for a wide range of equipment and system OEMs in communications, industrial, defense/aerospace and medical markets. Emerson plans to integrate MECC into the Embedded Computing Division of its Network Power Unit. The deal, which is expected to close by year-end, follows years of speculation as to when Motorola would sell MECC, and months of chatter about the odds that Emerson would be the buyer. Download | |
| 10/3/2007 | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS MANUFACTURERS INDICATE FUTURE COMMITMENT TO THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM |
| Natick, Massachusetts – October 3, 2007 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that a significant portion of embedded software and systems engineering teams continue to adopt Linux as their primary target operating system. Furthermore, the research also suggests that this migration may be lasting, as the majority of current Linux users surveyed plan to use Linux again as their primary operating system on future projects. Download | |
| 10/1/2007 | RADISYS TAKES THE LEAD IN ATCA MERCHANT BOARD MARKET |
| RadiSys Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS) agreed to purchase Intel Corporation’s (NASDAQ: INTC) modular communications platform business for US $25 million along with US $6.75 million of inventory and other considerations. The modular communications platform unit includes Intel’s CompactPCI, Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA), and Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) boards for embedded communications. Download | |
| 9/28/2007 | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS BULLETIN – SEPTEMBER 2007 |
| The ESC Boston event certainly seemed to draw a crowd of interested engineers, as the exhibitors that we spoke with generally expressed a level of satisfaction with show-floor booth traffic; however, some expressed dissatisfaction with the later opening of exhibit floor hours on Wednesday at 2PM rather than earlier in the day. This year’s TechMash 2007 combined the Embedded Systems Conference, Software Development Best Practices, and RFID World, in an effort to expand the level of attendee participation and collaboration amongst these technology areas. CMP officials confirmed preliminary figures suggested an increase in attendance of about 14% from last year’s ESC show. Download | |
| 9/26/2007 | COMPLEX HEALTH CARE MOBILITY MARKET OFFERS HUGE OPPORTUNITY |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 26, 2007 – VDC estimates the global market for enterprise mobility solutions for health care will reach $2.1 billion in 2007 and expects the market to grow 18.8% through 2011. Health care presents one of the fastest-growing market opportunities for mobile solutions yet at the same time one of the most complex. To be successful in this market, a vendor must be knowledgeable about the macro-issues driving investment and offer solutions that meet the unique needs of the health care workforce. Below are three key trends discussed in VDC’s newly released report, Enterprise Mobility Solutions: Health Care Vertical Market Analysis. Download | |
| 9/17/2007 | RFID PRINTER/ENCODERS – NOT JUST FOR SUPPLY CHAIN |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 17, 2007 – Applications outside CPG supply chain management accounted for more than 1/3 of the total RFID printer/encoder market in 2006 and are expected to experience growth in excess of 60% through 2011. Adoption of RFID printer/encoders for supply chain applications has been slower than expected over the past few years, a result of few commercial-scale deployments and an overall low adoption rate. Download | |
| 9/13/2007 | EMBEDDED MULTI-CORE CPUS: IMPRESSIVE GROWTH PROJECTED |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 13, 2007 – According to research recently released by Venture Development Corporation (VDC), revenue growth of the market for multi-core CPUs in embedded applications is projected to be strong through 2011. Multi-core CPU revenues from embedded in 2011 are projected to reach over 6 times 2007 multi-core revenues and over 44 times 2006 levels. Download | |
| 9/12/2007 | STRONG GROWTH PROJECTED FOR THIRD-PARTY MOBILE HANDSET SOFTWARE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 12, 2007 – The market for third-party mobile software (operating systems, application frameworks, middleware, platforms, and integrated stacks) is expected to grow from a little over US$ 1 billion in 2006 to just under US$ 3.4 billion in 2009, according to a recent VDC study, The Mobile Software Stack: Global Market Assessment, 2nd Edition. This represents a scant 7% of the overall opportunity for mobile software stack products and services. Mobile handset vendors continue to support in-house software development efforts. Download | |
| 9/12/2007 | PROXIMITY SENSOR MARKET IN NORTH AMERICA BEING WON BY EUROPEAN VENDORS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 12, 2007 – The North American market for proximity sensors – including capacitive, inductive, magnetic, magnetic actuated, photoelectric and ultrasonic products – totaled $718.8 million in 2006 (exclusive of another $38.4 million in photointerrupter sensors), according to a new market study by Venture Development Corporation. Download | |
| 9/11/2007 | KVM SWITCH AND SERIAL CONSOLE SERVER SHIPMENTS IN AMERICAS MARKET TO REACH $590 MILLION |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 11, 2007 – New research from Venture Development Corporation (VDC) estimates the 2007 KVM switch and serial console server shipments in North and South America will reach $590 million. The combined KVM switch and serial console server revenues in this region will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8% (2007-2010). Download | |
| 9/11/2007 | RFID HANDHELD READER MARKET TAKES OFF |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 11, 2007 – Nearly 250,000 handheld RFID reader units were shipped in 2006, accounting for nearly 20% of all reader units shipped. “The handheld reader market exploded last year,” states Louis Bianchin, Senior RFID Analyst at Venture Development Corporation. “We saw an increase in handheld unit shipments (as compared to 2005) of nearly 385% and are expecting growth rates in excess of 30% annually over the next 5 years.” Download | |
| 9/4/2007 | PROMISE OF PoE (PLUS) PERSISTS, BUT MARKET STILL WAITING FOR SOLUTIONS THAT DRIVE DEMAND |
| Rapid, smart technical innovation persists as the hallmark of the still-emerging PoE market. So too, do questions about which devices, applications and value propositions will create demand for PoE-enabled devices and their requisite enabling technologies. Download | |
| 8/31/2007 | OUT ONE DOOR AND IN THE OTHER – COMMERCIAL OSS HOLDING THEIR OWN DESPITE MIGRATION TO LINUX |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 31, 2007 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that Original Equipment Manufacturers’ (OEMs’) previous development projects using no formal or in-house developed OSs are targets for migration to commercial OS platforms. According to Stephen Balacco, Director of VDC’s Embedded Software Practice, “New development projects represent an opportunity for commercial embedded OS suppliers to capture these OEMs as they look to address increasing functionality that incorporates more powerful silicon and requires evaluation of competing alternative commercial solutions, rather than continue to use in-house developed and or no formal OS environments.” Download | |
| 8/29/2007 | OPPORTUNITIES RESTRICTED IN THE STANDALONE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 29, 2007 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that the revenue growth of the market for unbundled software development tools continues to be inhibited as developers have an increasing number of integrated offering choices from vendors participating in adjacent markets. VDC defines unbundled (or standalone) software development tools as compilers, debuggers, editors, IDEs, and other related tools sold separately from an operating system or other products. Download | |
| 8/27/2007 | BAR CODE PRINTER MARKET: ‘CLASS’ SHIFT CONTINUES |
| Natick, Massachusetts – September 10, 2007 – According to research recently released by Venture Development Corporation (VDC), demand for bar code printers continued to shift toward lower priced, higher performing models across all price classes. “In 2006, we saw market share cascade throughout the various printer classes, with the highest-priced, performance-class segments losing share to their lower-priced counterparts” stated Kevin Permenter, AIDC Analyst at Venture Development Corporation. “Entry-class – and recently ultra-entry class – printers have improved their performance and functionality enough over the past few years – without dramatically increasing price – to shift the price-performance tradeoff downward.” Download |
| 8/23/2007 | RUGGED MOBILE ACCESSORIES NEARING $1 BILLION, GROWING 12%, ATTRACTING INTEREST |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 23, 2007 – Global spending on mobile accessories for rugged mobile devices is expected to grow 12.7% over the next five years, from $880 million in 2006 to more than $1.6 billion in 2011. These numbers were developed in VDC’s recently released Mobile Device Accessories Report. Download | |
| 8/15/2007 | TRENDS IN SOLID STATE PENETRATION OF WORLDWIDE RELAY MARKETS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 15, 2007 – A new Venture Development Corporation (VDC) study on worldwide relay markets finds the total was approximately $4.4 billion in 2006. VDC forecasts the worldwide market will increase at a 6.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), reaching almost $6 billion in 2011. Download | |
| 8/10/2007 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS: A KEY INGREDIENT TO WIDESPREAD MOBILITY DEPLOYMENTS IN HEALTH CARE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 10, 2007 – VDC recently attended the 2nd Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on The Road to Interoperability in Boston, MA. The conference gathered some of the most progressive health care IT leaders in the industry to discuss the development of interoperable data exchange, namely in the form of the Electronic Health Record (EHR). Despite many substantial barriers to the implementation of EHRs, health care is, albeit slowly, adopting them. The key take-away for VDC is that widespread adoption of EHRs will open up new opportunities for mobile solutions amongst their already expanding market within the health care industry. Download | |
| 8/9/2007 | ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS: HIGH GROWTH INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR CARBON FIBER |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 9, 2007 – European and Asia-Pacific markets for 11 major types of electric heating elements are forecast to increase from approximately $US 1.8 billion in 2006 to over $2.4 billion in 2011 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) or 6.3%. This market size and forecast is from a new Venture Development Corporation (VDC) market study, Electric Heating Elements: European and Asia-Pacific Market Demand Analysis. Download | |
| 8/9/2007 | RFID TRANSPONDERS APPROACH THE $1 BILLION MARK |
| Natick, Massachusetts – August 9, 2007 – The global market for RFID transponders approached $1 billion in 2006 and is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate (CAGR) of 24% through 2008. Transponder revenue distribution was relatively uniform among the regional markets - EMEA accounted for slightly more than 35% of total revenues and the remaining market was, for the most part, equally divided between the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions. However, this revenue distribution is not expected to continue. Over the next 3-5 years, transponder revenues within the Americas and Asia-Pacific are anticipated to outpace those within the EMEA region. Download | |
| 7/26/2007 | MOBILE DEVICE DOWNTIME DESTROYS MOBILE WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 26, 2007 – Nearly 50% of the cost of operating a mobile computing and communications device in an Enterprise Mobility solution is made up of costs associated with worker productivity downtime when the device fails. Download | |
| 7/26/2007 | HANDHELD 2D SCANNERS TAKE DATA-CAPTURE MARKET TO NEW ‘DIMENSION’ |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 26, 2007 – 2D bar code scanners are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 25% over the next five years, according to research recently released by Venture Development Corporation (VDC). The overall market for handheld bar code scanners is expected to grow more than 7% over that time period, with 2D bar code imagers exhibiting the largest gains. The total global market for handheld bar code scanners approached $810 million in 2006, with approximately 4.3 million units shipped. Download | |
| 7/25/2007 | BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY PUSHES SALES OF MOBILE COMPUTER/DEVICE ACCESSORIES |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 25, 2007 – After a slow start, Bluetooth technology has finally matured to become the most widely accepted short-range wireless connectivity technology in the mobile device market. According to VDC’s Mobile Device Accessories: Global Market Demand Analysis, Bluetooth technology is one of the most aggressive catalysts for mobile accessory sales. Download | |
| 7/20/2007 | WIRELESS INTRINSICALLY SAFE DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT: EMERGING MARKETS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 19, 2007 – A recent market study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC), Intrinsic Safety Devices: Global Market Assessment, Second Edition, estimates total 2006 worldwide shipments for wireless intrinsically safe devices and equipment at $271.5 million, and forecasts shipments to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8%, reaching $432.7 million in 2011. However, the expected growth rates vary considerably by product types. Download | |
| 7/13/2007 | DEVELOPMENTS IN POWER OVER ETHERNET AND PoE PLUS |
| The standard for a higher power version of PoE, IEEE 802.3at, is moving closer to becoming finalized, but remains a work-in-progress. This standard, which would allow for PoE-enabled operation of devices requiring more than the 12.95 W permitted by the existing standard, is at least a year away from being ratified by the IEEE. Notwithstanding, vendors of PoE enabling technologies and equipment have not let this roadblock prevent them from introducing pre-at compatible products. Download | |
| 7/12/2007 | KVM OVER IP CAPABILITY, VALUE TO DRIVE GROWTH IN REMOTE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – July 12, 2007 – New research from Venture Development Corporation (VDC) estimates the worldwide markets for keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) switches will exceed $1,157.6 million by 2011, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1% (2006-2011). In addition, VDC also examined the serial console server market. VDC forecasts shipments in this market will exceed $154 million by 2011, a CAGR of 6.2% (2006-2011). Download | |
| 6/25/2007 | IBM TO ACQUIRE TELELOGIC AB |
| What’s happened? IBM (NYSE:IBM) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Telelogic AB (Nordic Exchange/MidCap/ TLOG) at an offer price of 21 Swedish Kronor per share or approximately US $745 million, subject to regulatory reviews and other customary closing conditions. Telelogic AB is a public company headquartered in Malmo, Sweden. Upon completion of the acquisition (expected to close Q3 2007), Telelogic will be a business line within the IBM Rational Software unit. Download | |
| 6/19/2007 | ACCESSORIES ASSUME A LARGER ROLE IN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 19, 2007 – Global demand for aftermarket mobile device accessories reached $5.9 billion in supplier shipment revenue in 2006 and is estimated to reach nearly $15.1 billion by 2011, according to Venture Development Corporation’s recently released report, Mobile Device Accessories: Global Market Demand Analysis. Download | |
| 6/12/2007 | THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM LEVEL (ESL) TOOLS MARKET: VIRTUAL SYSTEM PROTOTYPING/SIMULATION TOOLS PREDICTED TO GROW FASTEST |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 12, 2007 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation found that virtual system prototyping/simulation tools were the fastest growing segment of the ESL tools market. Download | |
| 6/7/2007 | RFID MIDDLEWARE OPENS UP |
| RFID middleware suppliers have been getting squeezed for the past few years – hardware suppliers are beginning to embed middleware functionality into their devices and larger software providers (i.e., SAP, Oracle) are continually populating the edge of their solutions with application support, such as RFID middleware. Competition is increasing, pricing (and margins) are decreasing, and there is poor visibility into future sales since most new accounts are won via integration channels or partners. Download | |
| 6/5/2007 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSORS: RESISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES CONTINUE TO DOMINATE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 5, 2007 – Recent research indicates that resistive sensors remained the primary touch screen technology, and VDC predicts this trend to continue through 2010. Download | |
| 6/5/2007 | MOBILE PAYMENT TERMINALS: AMERICAS AND ASIA-PACIFIC GAINING GROUND |
| Natick, Massachusetts – June 5, 2007 – The mobile payment terminal market may have been born in Europe, but it is likely to grow up in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regional markets. According to Venture Development Corporation’s recently released report, Mobile Payment Terminals: Global Market Demand Analysis, the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region represents approximately 50% of the total global market; however, the region’s share of the global market is expected to decline through 2010 as the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions increasingly adopt the technology. Download | |
| 5/24/2007 | VDC AND RFID JOURNAL LIVE! OFFER SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR ‘HAZARDOUS DUTY’ RFID INVESTING |
| Investing in RFID can be hazardous – just look around. It is not hard to count a billion or more invested in RFID businesses over the past 5 years. Were too many businesses launched? Many have failed – perhaps. And while consensus market estimates peg RFID spending at more than $2 billion in 2006/2007, the market is still underperforming. Now that the market is exhibiting signs of technical stability, supplier consolidation and sustained growth, is profitability next? Will investors reap their rewards? It depends upon what those investors and their portfolio company managers do next. Download | |
| 5/18/2007 | ATCA MARKET: INCREASING DEPLOYMENTS OF INTEGRATED PLATFORMS SIGNAL IMPROVING MOMENTUM |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 18, 2007 – Deployment of merchant AdvancedTCA (ATCA) integrated platforms, configured as full systems, is beginning to increase its growth and momentum. Venture Development Corporation discusses this improving momentum, the implications and market acceptance and forecasts, in its recently released ATCA and MicroTCA (µTCA) Market Opportunity and Requirements Analysis. Download | |
| 5/17/2007 | SMART FABRICS/INTERACTIVE TEXTILES (SFIT) 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE REVIEW |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 17, 2007 – The SFIT and Wearables markets are clearly out of the ‘viability’ stage of their development. And while neither market has achieved consistent profitability for its participants, both markets are growing and creating more opportunities for investors, developers, suppliers and their customers. Download |
| 5/11/2007 | EMERGING RETAIL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES: HIGH GROWTH EXPECTED |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 11, 2007 – Shipments of emerging technologies (electronic shelf labels, RFID, and self-checkout terminals) in the European retail automation market exceeded $157 million in 2006, according to a recent study from Venture Development Corporation. VDC’s Retail Automation Equipment Planning Service forecasts the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 23%, approaching revenues of $238 million by 2008. Download | |
| 5/8/2007 | PRESSURE SWITCHES GLOBAL MARKET: HIGHLY FRAGMENTED |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 8, 2007 – Global shipments of pressure switches totaled $966 million in 2006, according to a recent market study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC). Pressure Switches: Global Market Demand Analysis found the worldwide market for these products to be very fragmented with dozens of vendors serving a broad variety of applications. Download | |
| 5/4/2007 | INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING GROWTH IN ASIA-PACIFIC DRIVEN BY ETHERNET ADOPTION |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 4, 2007 – Venture Development Corporation (VDC) finds healthy growth prospects for the worldwide $1.7 billion industrial wireline networking infrastructure market. According to the recently published research study, Industrial Networking Global Market Intelligence Service, VDC expects the global market for network infrastructure products shipped for use in industrial facilities to increase at almost a 25% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2011. Download | |
| 5/2/2007 | WIRELINE AND WIRELESS INTRINSICALLY SAFE DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT MARKET TRENDS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 2, 2007 – General wisdom about intrinsically safe devices says that the biggest market for this type of hazardous area protection is in Europe. And in general, this is true; but not always. In a new market study, Intrinsically Safe Devices: Global Market Assessment, 2nd Edition, Venture Development Corporation (VDC) found the largest geographic market for the wireless intrinsically safe devices is in the Americas. Download | |
| 5/2/2007 | DC-DC CONVERTER MERCHANT MARKET GROWTH STRONG WORLDWIDE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – May 2, 2007 – Worldwide shipments of dc-dc converters for the merchant market continue to grow, according to a recent study by Venture Development Corporation. In 2006, shipments of merchant dc-dc converters totaled US$ 2.6 billion and are forecast to reach US$ 3.9 billion in 2011. Download | |
| 4/30/2007 | VITA ANNOUNCES VENTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS MEDIA PARTNER |
| SCOTTSDALE, AZ, April 30, 2007 — VITA, the trade association dedicated to fostering ANSI accredited, open system architectures in a variety of critical embedded system applications today announced that Venture Development Corporation (VDC) has become a VITA Media Partner (VMP) focusing on the technologies, products, and trends directly associated with VITA's goals and objectives. Download | |
| 4/27/2007 | RECENT PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFER EVIDENCE THAT SUPPLIERS ARE PREPARED TO SUPPORT HYBRID NETWORKS |
| In a recently released syndicated market research study in IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems), Venture Development Corporation (VDC) identified a number of subtle trends indicating that IMS is not likely to replace traditional network infrastructure completely, but complement it. Download | |
| 4/11/2007 | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE – SAN JOSE 2007 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – April 11, 2007 – This year’s show was relatively well attended, with estimates of the number of attendees around 11,000. An accompanying keynote by Al Gore on “The Democratization of Technology” was popular and well attended. On the whole, announcements around multi-core systems development were an even bigger focus than last year, and in VDC’s estimation this should have resonated well with the many engineers that anticipate moving to a multi-core platform on their next project. Download | |
| 4/6/2007 | 2007 SPRING VON: A DOSE OF REALITY |
| Natick, Massachusetts – April 6, 2007 – Venture Development Corporation recently attended the three-day VON show in San Jose, CA. In general, the expo portion of VON as one attendee described it “felt flat.” It was as if the industry is taking a deep breath after an extended sprint of, “IP is taking over.” There are still plenty of places to find innovation, but most individuals that talked with us now believe that progress toward an IP network is measured by incremental revenue, not architectural block diagrams. Download | |
| 4/3/2007 | EMBEDDED COMPUTER SYSTEMS: PASSIVE BACKPLANES DOMINATE, ACTIVE BACKPLANES ON THE RISE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – April 3, 2007 – Passive backplane-based computer systems continue to dominate the embedded integrated computer systems market – according to VDC’s recently released Global Market Analysis of Embedded Integrated Computer Systems, which studied the market for system-level computer products sold by embedded vendors into six separate vertical markets. Download | |
| 3/30/2007 | INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS NETWORKING: STRONG GROWTH FORECAST |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 30, 2007 – According to Venture Development Corporation’s recent six-volume market study on global markets and user requirements for wireless and wireline network infrastructure products used in industrial facilities, high shipment growth rates are expected for wireless infrastructure products used in industrial facilities to markets in the major geographic regions of the world. The global market for these wireless infrastructure networking products is growing quite rapidly. VDC forecast shipments of these products will increase from $261.9 million in 2006 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34%, reaching $1,130.8 million in 2011. Download | |
| 3/29/2007 | MERCHANT MARKET FOR INTERNAL AC/DC SWITCHING POWER SUPPLIES GROWING WORLDWIDE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 29, 2007 – Worldwide shipments of internal AC/DC switching power supplies exceeded US$ 6.3 billion in 2006, according to a recent study by Venture Development Corporation. Revenues are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.7% through 2011. Download | |
| 3/27/2007 | PRESSURE SWITCH COMPETITION INTENSE IN ASIA-PACIFIC |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 27, 2007 – Global shipments of pressure switches are forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3% from $965.6 million in 2006 to $1,121.8 million in 2011, according to a recent market study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC). Download | |
| 3/22/2007 | VENTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RELEASES NEW METRICS ESTIMATING THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 22, 2007 – Venture Development Corporation (VDC) recently released its report on the Total Market for Embedded Software Development (TMESD). While previously published reports have sized the opportunity for commercial embedded operating systems, tools, and other software; this new report also includes other costs associated with embedded software design and test and offers subscribers new data on the total size of the embedded development market. Download | |
| 3/22/2007 | MOBILE PAYMENT TERMINAL DEPLOYMENT DRIVEN BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 22, 2007 – According to research recently released by Venture Development Corporation (VDC), mobility and portability of equipment is a key selection criterion for most end-user institutions that conduct electronic payments. In fact, small form factor mobile terminal growth is expected to outpace the larger mobile and stationary terminals by nearly 50% over the next 3-5 years. Download | |
| 3/22/2007 | TOUCH SCREENS TO GROW FASTEST AT THE ‘EXTREMES’ |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 22, 2007 – The fastest growth for touch screen sensors and displays will be seen at the two opposite extremes of the display size marketplace: Less than 8” and Greater than 15”. According to Venture Development Corporation’s recently released study, Touch Screen and Touch Screen Sensors – Global Market Demand Analysis, the worldwide market approached $5 billion in 2006 and is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate (CAGR) of nearly 11% through 2010. Download | |
| 3/16/2007 | LINUX ADOPTION IN THE EMBEDDED MARKET PRESENTS CHALLENGES TO COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 16, 2007 – Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates increasing adoption of Linux in embedded system development projects. However, suppliers of branded commercial embedded Linux solutions will continue to be challenged in differentiating their Linux solutions from what is publicly available and demonstrating real value in order to maintain a premium for their products and support. Download | |
| 3/15/2007 | IMS RUNNING TWO YEARS BEHIND |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 15, 2007 – When comparing an earlier forecast from VDC’s first edition of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Global Market Analysis to the just published 2nd edition, fully compliant and operational IMS deployments are 24 months behind the original forecast. Download | |
| 3/13/2007 | EMERGING RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES POISED TO TAKE OFF IN NORTH AMERICA |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 13, 2007 – Due to outdated systems, additional functionality requirements, and legislative or industry mandates, retailers are expected to purchase traditional systems before investing in new solutions; however, several technologies, whose ROI has been field-proven, are poised for takeoff. Download | |
| 3/13/2007 | PC/104-PLUS CPU MODULES EDGE CLOSER TO LEADERSHIP OF THE PC/104 FAMILY |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 13, 2007 – The PC/104-Plus architecture, which incorporates a faster stackable PCI connector in addition to the standard ISA connectors of original PC/104 boards, has seen steady growth in CPU module boards since its introduction. Now, after periods of incremental gains on share of the PC/104 family CPU module market, PC/104-Plus is projected to rapidly acquire share as it challenges standard PC/104 for the leadership position. Download |
| 3/8/2007 | GOVERNMENT MOBILITY SOLUTIONS: NETWORK INTEROPERABILITY IS MOST PRESSING ISSUE |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 8, 2007 – Eight in ten surveyed government organizations – including public safety/first responders, military, federal civilian and state/local programs – listed mobility as one of their ‘top ten’ IT investments in 2006/07. Download | |
| 3/7/2007 | APEC 2007- EFFICIENCY ANYONE? |
| Natick, Massachusetts – March 7, 2007 - Among the exhibitors at this years’ APEC conference in Anaheim, CA, efficiency was the theme. From FETs to digital controllers, attendees were presented with a slew of products that can improve the efficiency and decrease the size and cost of power supplies and power systems. Some of the notable exhibitors and their latest products are described below. Download | |
| 2/22/2007 | HEALTH CARE MOBILITY: A MARKET OF UNMET POTENTIAL |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 22, 2007 – The health care market represents one of the fastest-growing opportunities for mobility solutions, according to research recently released by Venture Development Corporation. In Enterprise Mobility Solutions: Vertical Market Analyses, VDC estimates that the enterprise mobility market for health care reached approximately $1.6 billion USD in 2006 and is projected to exceed $3.3 billion USD by 2010, denoting a compound growth rate of 20 percent. Download | |
| 2/21/2007 | VDC UNVEILS 2006 PLATINUM AND GOLD EMBEDDED BOARD VENDOR AWARDS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 21, 2007 – Venture Development Corporation has completed its year 2006 “Platinum and Gold” embedded board vendor rating awards, recognizing the top vendors of merchant computer boards among users. Download | |
| 2/20/2007 | WIRELESS ETHERNET GAINING GROUND IN EXPLOSIVE INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 20, 2007 – In a recently completed six-volume market study on global markets and user requirements for wireless and wireline network infrastructure products used in industrial facilities, Venture Development Corporation (VDC) finds extensive deployment of wireless Ethernet (Wi-Fi) networking, with an increasing trend toward even greater usage. Download | |
| 2/20/2007 | MERCHANT EMBEDDED COMPUTER SYSTEMS GROWS CONSIDERABLY ON INCREMENTAL MARKET SHARE GAIN |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 20, 2007 – In the market for embedded computer systems, merchant suppliers are grabbing incremental market share away from the captive market, which is fueling significant growth of the merchant market. Download | |
| 2/16/2007 | MEZZANINE CARD MARKET GROWS ON STRENGTHS OF NEW FORM FACTORS |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 16, 2007 – The global market for merchant mezzanine/daughter cards will grow 13.3% annually through 2010 off the strength of several new form factors, according to VDC’s recently released volume of its Merchant Computer Boards for Embedded/Real-Time Applications (MCBREA), 14th Edition. Download | |
| 2/15/2007 | SOLID-STATE PRESSURE SWITCHES CONTINUE FAST GROWTH |
| Natick, Massachusetts – February 15, 2007 – Global shipments of pressure switches are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.0%, reaching $1.1 billion in 2011, according to Venture Development Corporation’s recently completed market study, Pressure Switches: Global Market Demand Analysis. Download | |
| 2/14/2007 | ZEBRA KNOWS WHERE IT’S GOING WITH WHERENET |
| Zebra Technologies, the global leader in bar code printing systems and a major supplier of passive RFID and mobile transaction printing systems, recently completed its acquisition of WhereNet Corporation. WhereNet is one of the largest and most recognized suppliers of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), offering a complete RTLS portfolio that includes hardware, software, and services. Download | |
| 1/29/2007 | BUS&BOARD 2007 – OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 29, 2007 – The 2007 Bus&Board (B&B) Conference was a combination of old traditions and new beginnings. The event continued its tradition of providing the bus and board industry with a formalized event (even while being VME focused) at the beginning of the new year to look back on the industry developments of the previous year and to plan for what lies ahead. Download | |
| 1/26/2007 | A SPARK OF REVOLUTION FOR HEADSETS AT CES |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 26, 2007 – VDC attended the 2007 International CES conference in Las Vegas in order to conduct research for VDC’s first Mobile Device Accessories Study. This bulletin presents a summary of the event’s showcase of new developments within the mobile accessories industry. Download | |
| 1/25/2007 | THE ROAD TO xTCA WORLDWIDE PRODUCT DEPLOYMENT |
| This white paper discusses early research results for the evaluation, adoption, design and utilization of new blade and mezzanine architectures. The white paper is the first in a series of 2007 publications by the Venture Development Corporation (VDC) Embedded Hardware & Systems group to present and discuss these results. The findings discussed here relate to the architectures: Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA or ATCA), Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMC), Micro Telecom Computing Architecture (MicroTCA or ìTCA). Download | |
| 1/24/2007 | OPEN STANDARD ARCHITECTURES DOMINATE COMS MARKET |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 24, 2007 – The major open standard architectures are dominating the Computer-On-Modules (COMs) market, according to VDC’s recently released Third Volume of its Global Market Analysis of Merchant Computer Boards for Embedded & Real-Time Applications. Download | |
| 1/22/2007 | EUROPEAN AFTERMARKET FOR COMPUTER ACCESSORIES EXPECTED TO APPROACH $3.7 BILLION BY 2010 |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 22, 2007 – The European aftermarket for computer accessories exceeded $2.5 billion in 2006, according to Venture Development Corporation’s recently released Computer Accessories for Desktop and Notebook Computers research program. VDC anticipates nearly a 10% growth rate through 2010, with revenue shipments projected to approach $3.7 billion. Download | |
| 1/18/2007 | RFID IN 2006: STRIDES MADE BUT REVENUES STILL LAG |
| Natick, Massachusetts – January 18, 2007 – 2006 was a challenging year for the RFID industry – sales expectations fell short, a high-profile IPO did not materialize, and the market continued to be “commoditized before it is commercialized.” Nevertheless, investment in RFID remained strong and the industry made significant strides toward resolving standards-related issues. Download |