KVM AND CONSOLE SWITCH SOLUTIONS: GLOBAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS, 4TH EDITION - VOLUME 02: CONSOLE SWITCH SOLUTIONS

Table of Contents

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• OVERVIEW
• INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
• FACTORS DRIVING OR INHIBITING GROWTH
• COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES
• MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST
• END-USER ANALYSIS
• COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
• KEY PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS

II. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

• SCOPE
• Base Year and Forecast Period
• Product Segmentation
• Channel Segmentations
• Geographic Segmentation
• Vendor Analysis
• Strategies & Recommendations
• Vendor Profiles
• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• Primary Research
• Secondary Research
• Experienced Team of Analysts
• Client Involvement

III. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND TRENDS

• INTRODUCTION
• DESCRIPTION
• DATA CENTER TRENDS
• TECHNICAL FEATURES
• Platform Support
• Security
• Open Source
• COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Pricing
• Cost Savings
• COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES
• KVM Switches
• Service Processors
• Terminal Servers
• Embedded Solutions

IV. MARKET ANALYSIS

• INTRODUCTION
• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Industry Structure and Value Chain
• GROWTH DRIVERS AND INHIBITORS
• Drivers
• Inhibitors
• MARKET SEGMENTATIONS AND FORECASTS
• Segmentations
• Forecasts

V. END USER ANALYSIS

• CURRENT USE.
• PURCHASE PLANS
• ADOPTION DRIVERS AND INHIBITORS
• APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT
• SOFTWARE
• PORT AND SERVER SUPPORT
• COST
• PURCHASE DECISIONS
• PRODUCT EDUCATION

VI. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS AND POSITION

• INTRODUCTION
• GLOBAL
• AMERICAS
• EMEA
• APAC
• ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., ATEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
• AVOCENT CORPORATION
• Distribution Strategies
• DIGI INTERNATIONAL
• FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, FUJITSU COMPONENTS AMERICA INC.
• HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
• LANTRONIX
• MRV COMMUNICATIONS
• RARITAN COMPUTER, INC.
• STARTECH.COM, STARTECH.COM USA LLP
• THINKLOGICAL, INC

VII. KEY SUCCESS REQUIREMENTS

• KEY PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL FEATURES
• Scalability
• Flexibility
• Simplicity
• High Availability, Reliability, and Redundancy
• Total Cost Reduction
• Graphical User Interfaces
• NEAR-TERM MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
• Adoption of Embedded Solutions
• Shifting Technology
• Open Source
• Marketing
• PARTNERSHIP STRATEGIES

APPENDIX: VENDOR LIST

• I-1 Industry Structure
• I-2 Worldwide Shipments of Serial Console Servers Segmented by Ports for 2006-2011 (Millions of Dollars)
• I-3 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Product Categories 2006-2011 (Units)
• I-4 Enterprise applications supported with Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• I-5 2006 Worldwide Shipments of Serial Console Servers, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)

• III-1 Serial Console Server Product Selection Considerations
• III-2 Serial Console Server Features
• III-3 Average Factory Selling Price of Serial Console Servers Segmented by Product Categories 2006 (US Dollars)
• III-4 Serial Console Servers vs. KVM Switches

• IV-1 Industry Structure
• IV-2 Serial Console Server Market Segmentation Cube.
• IV-3 Worldwide Shipments of Serial Console Servers Segmented by Ports for 2006- 2011 (Millions of Dollars)
• IV-4 Worldwide Shipments of Serial Console Servers Segmented Ports for 2006-2011 (Units)
• IV-5 Worldwide Shipments of Serial Console Servers Segmented by Region, 2006-2011 (Millions of Dollars)
• IV-6 Worldwide Shipments of Serial Console Servers Segmented by Region, 2006-2011 (Units)
• IV-7 Serial Console Server Channels
• IV-8 Worldwide Shipments of Serial Console Servers Segmented by Customer Channel for 2006 (Percent of Revenues)

• V-1 Serial Console Server Current Usage Rate (Percent of Respondents)
• V-2 Enterprise Purchase plans for Serial Console Servers 2007-2009
• V-3 Top reasons enterprises are not using Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• V-4 Key enterprise drivers for purchase of Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• V-5 Problems or deficiencies encountered by enterprises when utilizing Serial Console or KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
• V-6 Enterprise applications supported with Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• V-7 System platforms managed by enterprise Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• V-8 Software used in conjunction with Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• V-9 Impact of remote management software on enterprise Serial Console Server purchase decisions (Percent of Respondents)
• V-10 Adoption of centralized remote management tools for control of enterprise Serial Console Server ports (Percent of Respondents)
• V-11 Average number of ports for Enterprise Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• V-12 Average number of servers supported by Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents)
• V-13 Average Enterprise spending for Serial Console Servers - US Dollars (Percent of Respondents)
• V-14 Enterprise channel selection for Serial Console Server purchases (Percent of Respondents)
• V-15 Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing Serial Console Servers (Percent of Respondents Indicating Criteria is a Selection Consideration)
• V-16 Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing Serial Console Servers (1=Least Important, 5=Very Important) (Average Level of Importance to Respondents Indicating Concern of Selected Criteria).
• V-17 Enterprise Selection Criteria for Selecting a Serial Console Server Vendor (Average Reponses, 1=Least Important, 5=Very Important)
• V-18 Sources enterprises are utilizing to educate themselves on Serial Console Technologies (Percent of Respondents)

• VI-1 2006 Worldwide Shipments Serial Console Servers, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
• VI-2 2006 Americas Shipments Serial Console Servers, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
• VI-3 2006 EMEA Shipments Serial Console Servers (Percent of Revenues)
• VI-4 2006 APAC Shipments Serial Console Servers (Percent of Revenues)