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The Joy Of Mobility: End-user Survey Of Business WLAN Adoption Trends

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: December 2002
Product Code: R97-1170
Description
"The Joy Of Mobility: End-user Survey Of Business WLAN Adoption Trends" provides primary, end-user data on the adoption and usage of WLAN technologies in companies and organizations today. Panel members represent companies and organizations of all sizes and a range of industry verticals. Data for this report was collected in December 2002, and includes information and analysis on the percentage of panel organizations that have currently deployed WLAN, and the percentage that plan to do so at some point in the future; the WLAN technologies they have deployed or are planning to deploy; their WLAN deployment budgets; the benefits they see from deploying WLAN and the concerns they have with it; as well as an analysis of those organizations in the panel who say they have no plans to deploy WLAN. Among the key findings: security was the top concern with WLAN among both organizations that have already deployed WLAN, and those that plan to do so. This report should be particularly useful to: product managers, financial analysts and consultants needing insight into end-user trends in business WLAN adoption, deployment and usage.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents



  • Executive Summary



  • Introduction


  • About The Panel



  • Methodology


  • Panel Findings




    • WLANs An Adjunct,
      Not A Replacement, For Wired LANs


    • Most That Do
      Not Have WLAN Now Plan To Get It At Some Point


    • Panel Organizations
      Shifting Away From 802.11b To Dual-Mode And Faster WLAN Technologies



    • Most Panel
      Organizations Spending Less Than $50,000 On WLAN


    • Basic Network
      Access Remains Top WLAN Use


    • Notebook PCs
      Most Widely Deployed Client Devices Within Panelists' WLANs


    • Increased Mobility
      Of Employees Top Benefit Of WLAN


    • Security Is
      Top Concern With WLAN


    • No WLAN Vendor
      Has A "Lock" On The Market


    • WLAN Being
      Deployed To Larger Percentages Of Organizations' Employees


    • Majority Of
      Those With "No Plans" To Deploy WLAN Cite "No Need"
      As Top Reason


    • Lower Cost
      And Enhanced Security Are Top Factors That Could Change Minds




List of Figures



  • Figure 1. Percentage
    of panelist organizations using wired LANs, wireless LANs, or both


  • Figure 2. Plans
    of panel organizations to deploy or not deploy WLAN


  • Figure 3. WLAN
    technologies currently deployed, and expected to be deployed, by panel
    organizations


  • Figure 4. Actual
    and expected expenditures on WLAN deployments


  • Figure 5. Current
    and expected uses for WLAN connectivity


  • Figure 6. Current
    and expected WLAN client devices


  • Figure 7. Main
    reasons for deploying WLAN among current and future WLAN-enabled organizations



  • Figure 8. Key concerns
    among current and future WLAN-enabled organizations


  • Figure 9. WLAN
    vendors used, or considered, as suppliers by current and future WLAN-enabled
    panel organizations


  • Figure 10. Percentage
    of employees who will be connected to current or future WLAN-enabled
    network


  • Figure 11. Reasons
    for not planning to deploy WLAN


  • Figure 12. Factors
    that could change the minds of panelists at organizations that currently
    do not have plans to deploy WLAN


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