Abstract
This IDC study examines the market opportunity for networking in
home office households and compares the attitudes, interests, and experiences
with choosing, purchasing, installing, and maintaining wired and wireless LANs
in households with and without home offices.
"Home office households continue
to represent an important opportunity for vendors of networking products,"
says Justin Jaffe, senior research analyst in IDC' s Home Office
Market program. "The increasing number of networked home office households
will be of interest to manufacturers of network-enabled devices and
next-generation networking equipment and infrastructure providers."
Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Home Office Networking Penetration and Market Opportunity
- Network-Connected Devices and Network Applications in Home Office and Non–Home Office Households
- Importance of Different Factors in Choice of Network Equipment: Home Office Versus Non–Home Office Households
- Home Office Household Satisfaction with Installation and Use of Wired and Wireless Networks
- Home Office and Non–Home Office Household Satisfaction with Different Sources for LAN Equipment
- Home Office Household Attitudes Toward Purchase of 802.11n Wireless Equipment
- Recent Networking News and Vendor Announcements
- Future Outlook
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Methodology
- Synopsis
- Table: Length of Time LANs in Use by U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Devices Connected to LANs in U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: LAN Applications in Use by U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Important Factors in Choice of Networking Equipment by U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Level of Satisfaction with Retail Store Where LAN Equipment Was Purchased by U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Level of Satisfaction with Online Store Where LAN Equipment Was Purchased by U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Level of Satisfaction with Internet Service Provider From Which LAN Equipment Was Purchased by U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Interest in Purchasing 802.11n Wireless Networking Equipment by U.S. Home Office and Non–Home Office Households, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Reasons for Interest in 802.11n Wireless Networking Equipment in U.S. Home Office Households by Home Office Type, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Table: Reasons for Lack of Interest in 802.11n Wireless Networking Equipment in U.S. Home Office Households by Home Office Type, 2008 (% of Respondents)
- Figure: Number of U.S. Home Office Households with PCs, LANs, and Wireless Networks, 2009
- Figure: LAN Installer in U.S. Home Office Households, 2008
- Figure: Level of Satisfaction with Network Installation and Maintenance in U.S. Home Office Households, 2008
- Figure: Wireless Network Capabilities That Need Improvement in U.S. Home Office Households, 2008
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