Abstract
KVM and Console Switch Solutions: Global Market Demand Analysis is VDC' s fourth coverage of the KVM market and second publication on the console switch market. The two-volume report provides quantitative and qualitative analyses, with current market sizes and forecasts through 2011. Trends are identified, market requirements and opportunities analyzed, and strategies recommended.
Analysis Coverage
Product Segmentation
- Personal/desktop
- Single user/single platform
- Single user/multiple platform
- Enterprise/rackmount
- Single user/single platform
- Single user/multiple platform
- Multiple user/multiple platform
- IP-Based KVM switches
Geographic Segmentation
- Americas
- Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
- Asia-Pacific (APAC)
Channel Segmentation
- OEMs
- Distributors
- VARs/SI
- Direct
- Retail
- Catalog
Table of Contents
VOLUME 1: KVM SWITCH SOLUTIONS
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- OVERVIEW
- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- FACTORS DRIVING OR INHIBITING GROWTH
- SHIFTING TECHNOLOGY
- COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES
- MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST
- END-USER ANALYSIS
- COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
- KEY SUCCESS REQUIREMENTS
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
- KVM EVOLUTION TREND
- Disaggregated KVM
- PRODUCT FEATURES
- Security
- Single/Multiple User
- KVM Accessories
- COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Pricing
- Cost Savings
- COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES
- Service Processors
- Console Servers
- Embedded Solutions
IV. MARKET ANALYSIS
- INTRODUCTION
- OVERVIEW
- HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
- 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
- KVM OVER IP
VI. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS AND POSITION
- GLOBAL
- AMERICAS
- EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, & AFRICA (EMEA)
- ASIA-PACIFIC (APAC)
- PERSONAL/DESKTOP KVM
- ENTERPRISE KVM
- KVM OVER IP
- ADDER CORPORATION
- ADDLOGIX
- ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., ATEN TECHNOLOGY, INC
- AVOCENT CORPORATION
- BELKIN COMPONENTS
- D-LINK
- FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, FUJITSU COMPONENTS AMERICA INC
- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
- LANTRONIX
- LASTAR, INC.
- LINKSYS
- RARITAN COMPUTER, INC.
- ROSE ELECTRONICS
- STARTECH.COM, STARTECH.COM USA LLP
- THINKLOGICAL, INC
VII. KEY SUCCESS REQUIREMENTS
- KEY PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL FEATURES
- Scalability
- Flexibility
- Simplicity
- IP Connectivity
- High Availability, Reliability, and Redundancy
- Total Cost Reduction
- NEAR-TERM MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
- Adoption of Embedded Solutions
- Shifting Technology
- Open Source
- Marketing
- ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS
- Acquisitions
- Strategies with OEMs, Distributors, and Re-Sellers
APPENDIX: VENDOR LIST
LIST OF EXHIBITS
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- I-1 Industry Structure
- I-2 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Product Categories 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 KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- I-5 2006 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
III. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND TRENDS
- III-1 KVM Features and Examples
- III-2 KVM Product Type Summary
- III-3 Average Factory Selling Price of KVM Switch Solutions Segmented by Product Categories 2006 (US Dollars)
- III-4 KVM Switches vs. Serial Console Servers
IV. MARKET ANALYSIS
- IV-1 Industry Structure
- IV-2 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Product Categories 2004-2007 (Millions of Dollars)
- IV-3 KVM Switch Market Segmentation Cube
- IV-4 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Product Categories 2006-2011 (Millions of Dollars)
- IV-5 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Product Type for 2004, 2006, and 2011 (Percent of Revenues)
- IV-6 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Product Categories 2006-2011 (Units)
- IV-7 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Product Type for 2006 & 2011 (Percent of Units)
- IV-8 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Region, 2006-2011 (Millions of Dollars)
- IV-9 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switches Segmented by Region for 2006 & 2011 (Percent of Revenues)
- IV-10 KVM Switch Channels
- IV-11 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switch Product Type Segmented by Customer Channel for 2006 (Percent of Revenues)
- IV-12 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Segmented by End User Market Segment for 2006 (Percent of Revenues)
V. END USER ANALYSIS
- V-1 Analog KVM Switch Current Usage Rate (Percent of Respondents)
- V-2 KVM Over IP Switch Current Usage Rate (Percent of Respondents)
- V-3 KVM Extender Current Usage Rate (Percent of Respondents)
- V-4 Enterprise Purchase Plans for KVM Product, 2007-2009 (Percent of Respondents)
- V-5 Top Reasons Enterprises are not Using KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-6 Key Enterprise Drivers for Purchase of KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-7 Problems or deficiencies encountered by enterprises when utilizing KVM or Serial Console Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-8 Enterprise Applications Supported with KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-9 System Platforms Managed by Enterprise KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-10 Software Used in Conjunction with KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-11 Impact of Remote Management Software on Enterprise KVM Switch Purchase Decisions (Percent of Respondents)
- V-12 Average Number of Ports for Enterprise Analog KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-13 Average Number of Ports for Enterprise KVM Over IP Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-14 Average Number of Servers Supported by Enterprise Analog KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-15 Average Number of Servers Supported by Enterprise KVM over IP Switches (Percent of Respondents)
- V-16 Average Spending for Desktop KVM Switch Units (Percent of Respondents)
- V-17 Average Spending for Analog Rack-mount KVM Switch Units (Percent of Respondents)
- V-18 Average Spending for KVM over IP Switch Units (Percent of Respondents)
- V-19 Enterprise Channel Selection for KVM Switch Purchases (Percent of Respondents)
- V-20 Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents Indicating Criteria is a Selection Consideration)
- V-20a Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents Indicating Criteria is a Selection Consideration)
- V-20b Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing KVM Switches (Percent of Respondents Indicating Criteria is a Selection Consideration)
- V-21 Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing KVM Switches (1=Least Important, 5=Very Important) (Average Level of Importance to Respondents Indicating Concern of Selected Criteria)
- V-21a Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing KVM Switches (1=Least Important, 5=Very Important) (Average Level of Importance to Respondents Indicating Concern of Selected Criteria)
- V-21b Enterprise Selection Criteria for Purchasing KVM Switches (1=Least Important, 5=Very Important) (Average Level of Importance to Respondents Indicating Concern of Selected Criteria)
- V-22 Enterprise Selection Criteria for Choosing a KVM Switch Vendor (1=Least Important, 5=Very Important) (Average Reponses)
- V-23 Sources Enterprises are Utilizing to Educate Themselves on KVM Switch Technologies (Percent of Respondents)
- V-24 Enterprise KVM over IP, Planned or Current Implementation Methods (Percent of Respondents)
- V-25 Enterprise ranking for KVM over IP Switch features (1 - Least Important, 5 - Very Important) (% of Respondents Indicating High or Very High Importance).
- V-26 Enterprise selection criteria for choosing a KVM over IP Switch vendor (1 - Least Important, 5 - Very Important) (% of Respondents Indicating High or Very High Importance)
VI. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS AND POSITION
- VI-1 2006 Worldwide Shipments of KVM Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
- VI-2 Americas Shipments of KVM Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
- VI-3 EMEA Shipments of KVM Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
- VI-4 APAC Shipments of KVM Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
- VI-5 Worldwide Shipments of Personal/Desktop KVM Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
- VI-6 Worldwide Shipments of Enterprise KVM Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
- VI-7 Worldwide Shipments of KVM over IP Switch Solutions, Segmented by Vendor (Percent of Revenues)
VOLUME 2: CONSOLE SWITCH SOLUTIONS
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
LIST OF EXHIBITS
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 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. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND TRENDS
- 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. MARKET ANALYSIS
- 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. END USER ANALYSIS
- 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. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS AND POSITION
- 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)
