The global hardware market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 4.4% over the period 2009-2014 to reach $307.7bn in the year 2014. Security hardware and appliances is the expected to be the fastest growing segment of the market, estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% over the period 2009-2014. Western Europe is the largest hardware market in the world, followed by North America. Latin America is expected to be the fastest growing market, estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.1%.

Green IT and virtualization are the two key trends in the global hardware market. Concerns such as global warming, greenhouse effect, power and cooling costs and space constraints are driving these two trends. The market is dominated by large global players such as IBM, Intel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, NEC and Fujitsu. However, the market also comprises a large number of small vendors, including emerging hardware vendors, that primarily operate in smaller niche segments of the market. A majority of emerging vendors operate in the high growth areas of VoIP and mobile communication hardware and security hardware.

Key features of this report

• Market dynamics and trend analysis of the global hardware industry over the period 2008-2014.
• Historical analysis of the performance of emerging hardware vendors over 2004-08.
• Company analysis of the emerging ten players in the hardware market: CarrierNet, XIRING, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Immersion, Anoto Group, Sielox, Cardlink Technology, ViewCast.com, xG Technology and SCOTTY Group.

Scope of this report

1. Understand the strategies and best practices of the emerging hardware vendors.
2. Understand the major issues affecting key emerging players.
3. Study the performance of the emerging players during the global economic downturn.
4. Save time, money and resources on researching the performance and best practice strategies of the emerging players in the global hardware market using this report.

Key Market Issues

1. Focus on green IT and virtualization: Concerns such as global warming, green house effect, power and cooling costs and space constraints are driving the adoption of green technology and virtualization.
2. Focus on product innovation: Product innovation is one of the key focus areas of the emerging hardware vendors. A majority of vendors spend large amounts of their revenues on research and development.
3. Intense competition: Some of the key areas, such as the security hardware market and the telecom hardware market, where the emerging vendors operate are marked by intense competition. Intense competition is leading to price cuts and margin pressures.
4. Growth in security hardware market: The security hardware market is expected to be the fastest growing segment of the global hardware market, estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% over the period 2009-2014.

Key findings from this report

1. The global hardware market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.4% over the period 2009-2014 to reach $307.0bn at the end of 2014.
2. Security hardware and appliances is expected to be the fastest growing segment of the hardware market, estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% over the period 2009-2014 to $15.5bn.
3. Western Europe is the largest hardware market in the world, followed by North America. Latin America is expected to be the fastest growing market, estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.1%, followed by Eastern Europe, expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.0% over the period 2009-2014.

Key questions answered

1. What is the size of the global hardware market?
2. What is the market break-up of the global hardware market by segments and by geographies?
3. What are the key trends in the global hardware industry?
4. Who are the emerging players in the market?
5. Why are emerging hardware vendors growing?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Emerging Hardware Vendors

Executive Summary
Market Development
CarrierNet
XIRING
Alliance
Immersion
Anoto
Sielox
Cardlink
ViewCast
xG Technology
SCOTTY
Chapter 1 Introduction
What is this report about?
Methodology and definitions

Chapter 2 Market Development

Summary
Overview
Market size and growth
Market by segments
Client Computing and Peripherals
Sever Computing Infrastructure
Storage Infrastructure
LAN and WAN Hardware
Security Hardware and Appliances
Enterprise Telephony Equipment
Market by geographies
Key Market trends
Move towards green IT
Virtualization
Emerging hardware vendors

Chapter 3 CarrierNet

Summary
Company overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segments
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
Focus on telecommunications operations
Inorganic growth led by key strategic acquisitions
Organic growth through geographic expansion and product introductions
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 4 XIRING

Summary
Company overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by market segments
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
Plans to divest banking business
Strong emphasis on R&D and product innovation
Increase international sales
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 5 Alliance

Summary
Company Overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by product lines
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategy
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 6 Immersion

Summary
Company Overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segments
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
Business restructuring
Focus on organic growth measures
Product innovation
Expanding geographic presence
Entering new application markets
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 7 Anoto

Summary
Company overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segments
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
Move towards customer-centric business model
Focus on product innovation and strengthening of product portfolio
Strategic partnerships
Divestment of non-core activities
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 8 Sielox

Summary
Company overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by product lines
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
Strategic acquisitions and divestments
Focus on product innovation
Strategic partnerships
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 9 Cardlink

Summary
Company overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segments
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 10 ViewCast

Summary
Company overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by product lines
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
Strategic acquisitions
Two-pronged sales organization
Focus on R&D and product enhancements
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 11 xG Technology

Summary
Company overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Growth Strategies
Outsourced business model
Targeting regional carriers
Using infrastructure partners to boost sales
Shift to chip sales in the long-term
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 12 SCOTTY

Summary
Company Overview
Products
Recent financial performance
Performance by geographies
Growth Strategies
Strategic partnerships
Streamlining operations and cost reduction
Regular product enhancements
SWOT Analysis

Chapter 13 Other emerging players

Ambient Corporation (Ambient)
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Advanced Card Systems (ACS)
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
Sangoma Technologies (Sangoma)
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
e.Digital Corporation (e.Digital)
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
GigOptix
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
iSECUREtrac
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
Icron Technologies (Icron)
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
ICOP Digital (ICOP)
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
China VoIP & Digital Telecom (China VoIP)
Company Description
Recent Financial Performance
Gigamon
Company Description
KACE 1
Company Description
Smartfish Technologies (Smartfish)
Company Description

Index

List of Figures

Figure 2.1: Global hardware market size and growth ($bn), 2008–2014
Figure 2.2: Global hardware market size break-up ($bn), 2008–2014
Figure 2.3: Global hardware market by geographies ($bn), 2008–2014
Figure 3.4: CarrierNet’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 3.5: CarrierNet’s SWOT analysis
Figure 4.6: XIRING’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 4.7: XIRING’s SWOT analysis
Figure 5.8: Alliance’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 5.9: Alliance Fiber Optic Products’ SWOT analysis
Figure 6.10: Immersion’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 6.11: Immersion’s SWOT analysis
Figure 7.12: Anoto’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 7.13: Anoto’s SWOT analysis
Figure 8.14: Sielox’s financial performance ($m), 2006-2008
Figure 8.15: Sielox’s SWOT analysis
Figure 9.16: Cardlink’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 9.17: Cardlink’s SWOT analysis
Figure 10.18: ViewCast’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 10.19: ViewCast’s SWOT analysis
Figure 11.20: xG Technology’s SWOT analysis
Figure 12.21: SCOTTY’s financial performance ($m), 2006-2008
Figure 12.22: SCOTTY’s SWOT analysis
Figure 13.23: Ambient’s financial performance ($m), 2005-2008
Figure 13.24: ACS’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 13.25: Sangoma’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 13.26: e.Digital’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 13.27: iSECUREtrac’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 13.28: Icron’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 13.29: ICOP’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Figure 13.30: China VoIP’s financial performance ($m), 2006-2008

List of Tables

Table 2.1: Global hardware market size and growth ($bn), 2009–2014
Table 2.2: Global hardware market size break-up ($bn), 2009–2014
Table 2.3: Global hardware market size by geographies ($bn), 2009–2014
Table 2.4: Emerging hardware vendors, 2009
Table 3.5: CarrierNet’s snapshot
Table 3.6: CarrierNet’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 3.7: CarrierNet’s business segment performance ($m), 2008
Table 3.8: CarrierNet’s geographic performance ($m), 2008
Table 4.9: XIRING’s snapshot
Table 4.10: XIRING’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 4.11: XIRING’s market segment performance ($m), 2008
Table 4.12: XIRING’s geographic performance ($m), 2008
Table 5.13: Alliance’s snapshot
Table 5.14: Alliance’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 5.15: Alliance’s product segment performance ($m), 2008
Table 5.16: Alliance’s geographic performance ($m), 2008
Table 6.17: Immersion’s snapshot
Table 6.18: Immersion’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 6.19: Immersion’s business segment performance ($m), 2008
Table 7.20: Anoto’s snapshot
Table 7.21: Anoto’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 7.22: Anoto’s business segment performance ($m), 2008
Table 7.23: Anoto’s geographic performance ($m), 2008
Table 8.24: Sielox’s snapshot
Table 8.25: Sielox’s financial performance ($m), 2006-2008
Table 8.26: Sielox’s product line performance ($m), 2008
Table 8.27: Sielox’s geographic performance ($m), 2008
Table 9.28: Cardlink’s snapshot
Table 9.29: Cardlink’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 9.30: Cardlink’s business segment performance ($m), 2008
Table 9.31: Cardlink’s geographic performance ($m), 2008
Table 10.32: ViewCast’s snapshot
Table 10.33: ViewCast’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 10.34: ViewCast’s product line performance ($m), 2008
Table 11.35: xG Technology’s snapshot
Table 12.36: SCOTTY’s snapshot
Table 12.37: SCOTTY’s financial performance ($m), 2006-2008*
Table 12.38: SCOTTY’s geographic performance ($m), 2008
Table 13.39: Ambient’s snapshot
Table 13.40: Ambient’s financial performance ($m), 2005-2008
Table 13.41: ACS’s snapshot
Table 13.42: ACS’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 13.43: Sangoma’s snapshot
Table 13.44: Sangoma’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 13.45: e.Digital’s snapshot
Table 13.46: e.Digital’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 13.47: GigOptix’s snapshot
Table 13.48: GigOptix’s financial performance ($m), 2007-2008
Table 13.49: iSECUREtrac’s snapshot
Table 13.50: iSECUREtrac’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 13.51: Icron’s snapshot
Table 13.52: Icron’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 13.53: ICOP’s snapshot
Table 13.54: ICOP’s financial performance ($m), 2004-2008
Table 13.55: China VoIP’s snapshot
Table 13.56: China VoIP’s financial performance ($m), 2006-2008
Table 13.57: Gigamon’s snapshot
Table 13.58: KACE’s snapshot
Table 13.59: Smartfish’s snapshot