Security Is Paramount: Analysis of Business WLAN Customer Requirements : Industry

Security Is Paramount: Analysis of Business WLAN Customer Requirements

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: November 2004
Product Code: R97-1814

Description

This report analyzes the data collected from a survey of 589 IT administrators and IT purchase influencers (i.e. company managers and executives), in August 2004, in order to examine trends in business customer adoption of WLAN. In addition, five-year forecasts are provided for both business WLAN access point and NIC (removable and embedded) shipments and revenue, for the period from 2003 to 2008. Among the issues examined are: WLAN adoption, 802.11 air standards being selected, top WLAN equipment vendors, applications with which WLAN is used in business settings, business environments in which WLAN is used, key concerns respondents have with WLAN, use of Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN), and respondents' budgets for business WLAN deployment. This report is suitable for product managers at WLAN equipment and WLAN IC vendor companies, financial/stock analysts covering WLAN-related markets, and management consultants advising on WLAN-related topics.

Table of Contents

Table
of Contents

Executive Summary

Methodology

WLAN Market
Overview
- A Brief History
  Of WLAN
- WLAN Architectural
  Overview
- Key WLAN Standards
  - Core Standards
  - Supplementary
    Standards

Business WLAN
Customer Analysis
- Respondents
  Who Do NOT Want WLAN
- 802.11 Air
  Standards Being Deployed
- Top WLAN Vendors
  Selected By Respondents
- Number Of Access
  Points Deployed Per Customer
- Percentage
  Of Employees With Access To WLAN
- What Wi-Fi
  Is Used For
- Environments
  In Which WLANs Are Deployed
- WLAN Client
  Devices Used
- Respondent
  Problems And Concerns With WLAN
- WLAN Security
  Measures Used By Panelists
- Use Of Voice
  Over WLAN
- Respondents'
  Budget For WLAN Deployments

Business WLAN
Equipment Forecast

Business WLAN
Equipment Vendors

List
of Tables

Table 1. Which
of the following LAN technologies are currently being used in your organization?
(Single select)

Table 2. Core 802.11
Standards

Table 3. Supplementary
802.11 Standards

Table 4. Which
of the following LAN technologies are currently being used in your organization?
(Single select)

Table 5. Which
of the following best describes your organization's plans to implement
wireless LAN technology in the future? (Single select)

Table 6. What vendor(s)
is your organization currently using for its wireless LAN equipment/solution?
(Multiple select)

Table 7. What vendor
(or vendors) is your organization considering as suppliers of its wireless
LAN equipment/solution? (Multiple select)

Table 8. What types
of client devices are used within your organization's WLAN? (Multiple
select)

Table 9. Which,
if any, of the following are the main problems or concerns that your
organization has experienced with its WLAN technology? (Please select
no more than 3)

Table 10. Which,
if any, of the following security measures does your organization employ
on its WLAN? (Multiple select)

Table 11. Does
your organization run Voice over the WLAN? (Single select)

Table 12. What
was your organization's budget for the implementation (i.e., the initial
equipment purchase and set-up costs) of the WLAN solution? (Single select)

Table 13. What
is your organization's planned budget for the implementation (i.e.,
the initial equipment purchase and set-up costs) of the wireless LAN
solution? (Single select)

Table 14. Total
Business WLAN Shipment Forecast (Units in Thousands)

Table 15. Total
WLAN Revenue Forecast (US$ in Millions)

Table 16. Business
AP Shipment Forecast (Units in Thousands)

Table 17. Business
AP Revenue Forecast (US$ in Millions)

Table 18. Business
NIC Shipment Forecast (Units in Thousands)

Table 19. Business
NIC Revenue Forecast (US$ in Millions)

Table 20. Enterprise-focused
WLAN Equipment Vendors

Table 21. WLAN
Switch Equipment Vendors

Table 22. SOHO/SMB-focused
WLAN Equipment Vendors

List
of Figures

Figure 1. Typical
Wi-Fi Architecture

Figure 2. You've
indicated that your organization is NOT planning to implement wireless
LAN technology. Which, if any, of the following are the top reasons
why your organization is not planning to implement this technology?
(Select up to 3)

Figure 3. Which,
if any, of the following might cause your organization to consider implementing
wireless LAN technology in the future? (Select up to 3)

Figure 4. What
type of wireless LAN technology is your organization currently using?
(Single select)

Figure 5. What
wireless LAN technology (or technologies) is your organization considering?
(Multiple select)

Figure 6. How many
WLAN APs have you deployed in your organization? (Single select)

Figure 7. How many
WLAN APs do you plan to deploy in your organization? (Single select)

Figure 8. Approximately
what percent of your organization's employees have access to the WLAN?
(Single select)

Figure 9. Approximately
what percent of your organization's employees will have access to the
WLAN? (Single select)

Figure 10. For
which applications do your organization's employees use the WLAN? (Multiple
select)

Figure 11. What
applications does your organization plan to use with the wireless LAN?
(Multiple select)

Figure 12. In what
type of locations/environments in your organization have you deployed
a WLAN? (Multiple select)

Figure 13. In what
type of locations/environments in your organization do you plan to deploy
a WLAN? (Multiple select)

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