DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS GLOBAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS, 2ND EDITION VOLUME 02: EXTERNAL PLATFORMS AND MODULES IN EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Product Markets
• Product Categories
• Application Classes/Industries
• Channels
• A/D Converter Resolution
• Sample Data Rates
• CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
• USER REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
• Product Selection Criteria
• Functional Applications
• Stationary vs. Portable Applications
• Communication Networks
• Microprocessors
• Software
• Input Channel Usage
• Non-Product Vendor Selection Criteria
• Information Sources
• VENDOR ANALYSIS
• Vendor Profiles
• User Perceptions of Vendors
• Key Success Factors
• Vendor List
• STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

II. SCOPE

• PRODUCT FOCUS
• GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS
• FORECAST PERIOD

III. METHODOLOGY

• PRIMARY RESEARCH
• SECONDARY RESEARCH
• Other
• INFORMATION ANALYSES

IV. PRODUCT TYPES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND TRENDS

• DEFINITION OF DATA ACQUISITION
• PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
• Data Loggers
• Paperless Chart Recorders
• PC Front Ends and Distributed/Remote I/O
• USB Modules
• Standalone Systems
• PRODUCT FEATURES
• Channels
• Converter Resolution
• Sample Data Rates
• COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
• CAN
• DeviceNet
• Ethernet Network Standards
• Fibre Channel
• Firewire (IEEE 1394)
• General Purpose Interface Bus-GPIB (IEEE 488)
• Modbus
• Parallel Port
• Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) Bus
• Profibus
• Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
• Serial RS 232, 422, 485
• Universal Serial Bus (USB)
• Wireless Networks
• IEEE 802.11 Standards
• WiMAX
• ZigBee
• UWB
• Wireless USB
• Proprietary
• PLATFORM FEATURES
• Stationary Versus Portable Applications
• Microprocessors
• SOFTWARE FEATURES
• Operating Systems
• Programming Languages

V. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
• Sales Organizations and Means
• Software
• Customer Classes
• REGULATORY INFLUENCES
• COMPETITION
• Mergers and Acquisitions

VI. MARKET SIZES, SEGMENTATIONS, FORECASTS, AND TRENDS

• PRODUCT MARKET SIZES AND FORECASTS
• Shipments
• Prices
• APPLICATION MARKET SIZES AND FORECASTS
• Overall
• For Product Types
• INDUSTRY MARKET SIZES AND FORECASTS
• Overall
• For Product Types
• PRODUCT MARKET SEGMENTATIONS AND FORECASTS
• Channels
• Converter Resolution
• Sample Data Rates
• CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
• Sales Organizations
• Customer Classes

VII. USER REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS

• FUNCTIONAL USE OF DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS
• STATIONARY VERSUS PORTABLE APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS
• PRODUCT SELECTION CRITERIA
• COMMUNICATION NETWORK REQUIREMENTS
• MICROPROCESSOR USAGE
• SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
• Operating Systems
• Programming Languages
• Bundling Versus Third-Party Sourcing of Software
• INPUT CHANNEL USAGE BY SENSOR TYPES
• Sensor Functions
• Sensor Technologies
• NON-PRODUCT VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA
• HOW USERS LEARN ABOUT PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIERS
• Trade Periodicals

VIII. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

• VENDOR SHIPMENTS
• VENDOR MARKET SHARES
• Overall
• Data Loggers
• Distributed/Remote I/O
• Paperless Chart Recorders
• PC Front Ends
• Standalone Systems
• KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
• USER PERCEPTIONS OF VENDORS

IX. STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS
• General
• Product Types
• SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS
• APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS
• INDUSTRY RECOMMENDATIONS
• MEETING CUSTOMER NEEDS
• CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
• Sales Organizations
• Customer Classes
• PROMOTION
• OTHER SUCCESS FACTORS

X. VENDOR PROFILES

• ABB LTD.
• ADVANTECH CO., LTD.
• AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC
• DATA TRANSLATION
• DEWETRON GES M.B.H.
• DRANETZ-BMI
• EUROTHERM, LTD.
• FLUKE CORPORATION
• GANTNER INSTRUMENTS TEST & MEASUREMENT GMBH
• GE FANUC
• HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
• HONEYWELL PROCESS SOLUTIONS
• HOTTINGER BALDWIN MESSTECHNIK GMBH
• IOTECH, INC.
• NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
• ONSET COMPUTER CORPORATION
• OPTO 22, INC.
• PENTEK, INC.
• SOMAT PRODUCTS DIVISION
• SONY CORPORATION.
• THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
• VXI TECHNOLOGY, INC.
• YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION

APPENDIX: VENDOR LIST

• V-1 Industry Structure for Data Acquisition Products

• VI-1 Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
• VI-2 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Major Application Classes ($US in Millions)
• VI-3 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments by Types to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Major Application Classes ($US in Millions)
• VI-4 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Segmented by Consuming Industries ($US in Millions)
• VI-5 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments by Types to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Segmented by Consuming Industries ($US in Millions)
• VI-6 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Segmented by Number of Channels ($US in Millions)
• VI-7 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Segmented by Converter Resolution ($US in Millions)
• VI-8 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Segmented by Maximum Sample Data Rates ($US in Millions)
• VI-9 Data Acquisition External Chassis & Module Sales Shares to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Segmented by Sales Organizations (Percent of Dollar Volumes)
• VI-10 Data Acquisition External Chassis & Module Sales Shares to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Segmented by Customer Classes (Percent of Dollar Volumes)

• VII-1 Expected Trend in Functional Uses of External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
• VII-2 Expected Trend in Stationary Versus Portable Applications of Purchased External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of Purchases by User Respondents)
• VII-3 Most Important External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Product Selection Criteria (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
• VII-4 Expected Trend in Communication Networks Being Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
• VII-5 Expected Trend in Microprocessors Used in External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
• VII-6 Expected Trend in Operating Systems Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
• VII-7 Expected Trend in Programming Languages Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
• VII-8 Preferences For Bundled Versus Third Party Software Sourcing For Use with External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
• VII-9 Types of Sensor Inputs Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
• VII-10 Technologies of Sensors Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents for Each)
• VII-11 Most Important Non-Product Selection Criteria for External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Vendors (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
• VII-12 How Users Learn About External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Products and Vendors (Percent of User Respondents Identifying Information Source)
• VII-13 Trade Periodicals Most Cited as Sources of Information About External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Products and Vendors (Percent of User Respondents Citing Trade Periodical)

• VIII-1 Vendor Shipments of External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ($US in Millions)
• VIII-2 Vendor Shipments of External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Percent of Dollar Volume)
• VIII-3 Vendor Shares of Data Logger Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Percent of Doller Volume)
• VIII-4 Vendor Shares of Distributed/Remote I/O Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Percent of Dollar Volume)
• VIII-5 Vendor Shares of Paperless Chart Recoder Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Percent of Dollar Volume)
• VIII-6 Vendor Shares of USB PC Front Ends Module Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Percent of Dollar Volume)
• VIII-7 Vendor Shares of Other PC Front End Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Percent of Dollar Volume)
• VIII-8 Vendor Shares of Standalone Data Acquisition System Shipments for Markes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Percent of Dollar Volume)
• VIII-9 Vendor Identified Key Success Factors As Suppliers Of External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of Vendor Respondents)