Growth in the U.S. remote access hardware (RAHW) market is robust, and strong expansion rates are expected through 2005. This Frost & Sullivan report initiates a detailed discussion of the trends in virtual private networks (VPN) and IP telephony, focusing on their impact on the RAHW makret. This study encompasses fixed-port remote access servers (RAS), remote access concentrators (RAC), and server-based remote access servers (SBRAS). It provides key market information, competitive data, and includes profiles of key industry participants.