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The electronics industry continues to grow
and make technical advancements. Researchers at Frost &
Sullivan, a global consulting firm, have identified several
growth areas, among them communication technology test
equipment, components for aerospace uses and others.
Communication technology
The phenomenal growth in the number of
next-generation communication technologies since 2002 has
generated a parallel demand for local area network/wireless area
network (LAN/WAN) test equipment.
Sophisticated technologies such as Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE), 10 GbE and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
have created lucrative markets for LAN/WAN test equipment
vendors.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan reveals
that revenues in these markets totaled $731.8 million in 2004
and projects to reach $1,155.6 million in 2011.
GbE provides a data rate of 1,000Mbits/sec
through optical fibers and its upgraded versions are 10 GbE and
40 GbE. Ten GbE is the most lucrative technology in the LAN/WAN
test equipment markets. Vendors that can provide this solution
will see tremendous growth rates.
The extraordinary benefits these technologies
provide come with several associated deployment complications
such as the number of servers the networks supporting and
covering it.
While it is difficult to sort out the issues
concerning all these new technologies, they also boost demand
for the LAN/WAN test equipment market. LAN/WAN vendors have to
take advantage of the novelty of these technologies, as their
test equipment will not be available in the gray market just
yet.
“Even with such a remarkable market growth,
demand for traditional protocols is declining,” say Frost &
Sullivan Research Analysts Sujan Sami and Ayshwarya Deepak.
“Most vendors are combining protocol analyzers with performance
analyzers and creating a single solution.”
The constant need to upgrade and expand the
existing networks has countered this decline in the demand for
traditional protocol analyzers, boosting revenues in the LAN/WAN
test...
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