Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Kalorama Information
Published: January 1997
Product Code: R566-258Description This Kalorama Information study looks at how the growing corporate demand for laptop, notebook, and sub-notebook computers will be affected by demands for wireless connectivity. It shows how old software applications are getting a new look as remote-access features supported by a new generation of wireless networking services are rolled out to the corporate market. The report examines how early adopters are using packaged products and services to be more competitive.Table of Contents Chapter 1: Executive Summary
- The Overall Market
- Converging Forces: Technological, Economic, and Social
- New Product and Service Introductions
- International Analysis
- Hardware Products
- Software Products
- Mobile Computing Networks
- Applications in Industry
- The Healthcare Industry
- The Financial Services Industry
- The Transportation Industry
- Company Profiles
- Scope and Methodology
- Scope
- Methodology
Chapter 2: Introduction
- Background
- Converging Forces: Technological, Economic, and Social
- Technological Forces
- Economic Forces
- Social and Political Forces
- New Product and Service Introductions
- International Analysis
- Conclusion
Chapter 3: Hardware Products
- Summary
- Market Projections
- Notebooks and Subnotebooks
- Niche Products
- Lackluster Debuts
- White and Gray Collar Niches
- The Blue Collar Niche
- Personal Communications Systems
- Full-Function Portable PCs
- Market Projections
- Notebooks Hold Lion's Share
- Market Dynamics
- Sales Force Automation
- Knowledge Workers
- Telecommuting
- Major Players
- Technological Development
- Microprocessors
- Memory
- Screens
- Battery Technology
- Enterprise Network Management Ramifications
- On the Physical LAN
- Remote LAN Access
- Vendor Strategies
- Multifunction Personal Computing Devices (Palmtops and PDAs)
- Market Projections
- Major Players
- Technological Development
- Personal Productivity Debut
- Vendor Strategies
- Productivity Features
- Handheld Industrial Portable Computing Devices
- Market Projections
- Product Description
- Major Players
- Networking Pioneer
- Personal Communication System Devices (PCSs)
- Market Projections
- Product Description
- Vendor Strategies
- Voice Applications the Primary Market at First
- Phase Two: Enhanced Data Communications
- Phase Three: Broadband Data Transmissions
- Major Players
Chapter 4: Software Products
- Summary
- Market Projections
- Separate Categories of Software
- Remote Access and Control Software
- Mobile Database Management Software
- Mobile Software Agents
- Remote Access and Control Software
- Remote Control Programs
- Remote Network Access Programs
- Bandwidth Constraints
- Synchronization
- Security Issues
- Major Players
- Vendor Strategies and Market Dynamics
- Products
- Major Vendors
- Other Products
- Other Vendors
- Mobile Database Software
- Market Projections
- Vendor Strategies
- Major Players
- Product Descriptions
- Access for Windows 95
- Approach 96
- FileMaker Pro 3.0
- Paradox 5.0 for Windows 3.1
- Mobile Software Agents
- Market Projections
- Major Players
- Product Descriptions
- MobileWare
- Mobile Agents
- Openview
- Magic Cap
- Electronic Workforce Agent Trainer
- Open Sesame
- Agent Object System
- Safe Tcl
- Mobile Sales Automation Software
- Background
- Vendor Strategies
- Major Players
- Product Descriptions
- Leads! 2.6
- Market Master Manager 3.5
- MATRIX Information Technology 2.6
- Marketing & Sales Management (MSM)
- Pen on the Road
- Principia
- ProSource
- SalesEdge
- SalesKit Software
- SoftSell 3.0
- Sales Synergy
- Scan/US
- TeleMagic
- Unitrac
- Visual MATRIX for Windows 1.0
Chapter 5: Networks
- Summary
- Wireless Wide-Area Networks
- Wireless Local-Area Networks
- Infrared Networks
- Wireless WANs
- Market Projections
- Market Dynamics and Vendor Strategies
- Major Players
- Companies and Offerings
- American Mobile Satellite Corp.
- Advanced Radio Data Information Service
- AT&T Corp.
- Cadec Systems, Inc.
- Ericsson, Inc.
- IBM Corp.
- Norcom Networks Corp.
- Orbcomm
- Qualcomm, Inc.
- RAM Mobile Data Inc.
- Wireless LANs
- Market Projections
- Vendor Strategies and Market Dynamics
- Major Players
- Offerings
- AT&T Corp.
- IBM Corp.
- Motorola, Inc.
- Proxim, Incorporated
- Xircom, Inc.
- Symbol Technologies, Inc.
- Telxon/AiroNet
- Infrared (IR) Networking
- Market Projections
- Market Dynamics and Vendor Strategies
- Key Players
- Sample Offerings
Chapter 6: Applications In Industry
- Introduction
- The Healthcare Industry
- Automation Across the Board
- Beyond Transaction Processing
- Just-in-Time Inventory Management
- The Financial Services Industry
- Banking
- Wall Street
- The Transportation Industry
- Physician Sales and Service
- Austin Regional Clinic
- The Hoffman Agency
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co.
- Commercial Risk Services, Inc.
- BASF Canada, Inc.
- Health Data Sciences Corp.
- New York Stock Exchange
- Mortgage Loan Industry
- Freight Transportation Industry
- Chapter 7: Company Profiles
- Introduction
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile Incorporated
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Mobile Wireless
- Type II Standards
- Metricom, Incorporated
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Motorola Wireless Data Group
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Norand Corporation
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Omnipoint Corporation
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Strategic Relationships
- Roaming Arrangements
- Proxim, Incorporated
- Company Background
- Simware, Incorporated
- Company Background
- Symbol Technologies, Inc.
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Product Offerings
- Telxon Corporation
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- Product Offerings
- Toshiba Corporation
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
- XcelleNet, Incorporated
- Company Background
- Strategic Outlook
Appendix: Company Names And Addresses
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