ON World - Enterprise Wi-Fi

Enterprise Wi-Fi: The Opportunities & Challenges

Published: April 2003

Analysts:
Mareca Hatler & Kathleen Hurley

Pages: 92 (11 figures, 6 tables 90+ sources)

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Synopsis:

"Enterprise Wi-Fi: The Opportunities & Challenges" uncovers the latest competitive and market threats and opportunities for companies and investors in the growing enterprise wireless LAN market.

In addition to providing market shares and 802.11 segmentation over the next four year, this report provides an analysis of five different analysts' revenue perspectives on the business
Wi-Fi equipment market for the next four years as well as an analysis of eight different perspectives on the overall Wi-Fi equipment market for the same period.

Also included is an in-depth competitive analysis of the latest products and developments of access point and network interface card manufacturers, security, monitoring and management vendors. Covering emerging trends such as centralized switch-based architectures by Proxim and Symbol and a handful of wireless LAN switch startups, this section provides you with the insight you need to develop your strategic and marketing plan. In addition, a detailed product features breakdown with several vendor comparison matrices helps you identify your most likely target partners, customers and suppliers.

There is much room for innovation in the WLAN enterprise market now that enterprises have indicated that they plan to add or expand their wireless LANs in the next 12 to 18 months. Business unit shipments rose by 65% annually in 2002 and with prices rapidly falling, this growth is expected to accelerate. This report's extensive market and competitive intelligence from multiple analysts' perspectives and interviews with industry experts, gives competitors, investors and new entrants an edge in the rapidly growing-- yet quite competitive-- enterprise Wi-Fi market.

Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
The Market
	Overview Toward Wi-Fi embedded capabilities Multi-mode, dual mode and new network stragies Most growth is in SOHO/home Wi-Fi Breakthrough Technologies
	Enterprise WLAN Equipment Market Size Projections Unit Growth Projections Analysis on Multiple Perspectives on Revenue Projections Geographic Distribution Market drivers
	Growth Indications Top Enterprise WLAN Concerns
Technology Background
	WLAN components Standards developments 802.11b 20 802.11a 21 802.11g 21
	WLAN Security & Management
	Security Risks Security Options (Wireless) Virtual private network (VPN) WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) 802.1x/EAP IEEE 802.11i Future vision of secure WLANs
Deploying, Managing & Securing Large-Scale Wi-Fi Networks
	Unique Requirements of Large-scale WLANs Multi-standard with migration strategy Dual-Mode APs Integrated Security Centralized Management Seamless Mobility Integrated Multimedia and Data
	Essential Large-Scale WLAN Considerations Deployment Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting WLAN Network Management & Security Selecting an Appropriate Architecture Hotspots, WANs & Increasing Mobile Enterprise Users
Competitive Landscape
	WLAN Equipment Vendors Market Share Distribution Competitive Analysis Avaya Alvarion Cisco Systems Enterasys Networks (formerly CableTron) Intel Intermec Technologies Corp. (UNOVA Inc.) Proxim Corporation SMC Networks (Accton) Symbol Technologies
	WLAN Switch Vendors Competitive Analysis Aruba Networks Vivato (Previously Mabuhay Networks)
	WLAN Security & Management Vendors Competitive Analysis AirWave Wireless Inc. Bluesocket Columbitech Ecutel Funk Software NetMotion Wireless Inc. ReefEdge WaveLink Corporation Wireless Protocol Analyzers Competitive Analysis AirDefense, Inc. AirMagnet Finisar Corporation Network Associates Network Instruments, LLC Wild Packets (previously AG Group, Inc.)
	List of Tables: Table A: Global Enterprise Wireless LAN Equipment Units 2002-2009 Table B: Enterprise Wi-Fi Equipment Revenues 2002-2006 Table C: Overall Wi-Fi Equipment Revenues 2002-2008 Table D: Wi-Fi standards compared Table E: WLAN equipment vendors compared Table F: Third Party WLAN Security & Management Vendors List of Figures: Figure 1: Global Enterprise Wireless LAN Equipment Units 2002-2009 Figure 2: Enterprise Wi-Fi Equipment Revenues 2002-2006 Figure 3: Overall Wi-Fi Equipment Revenues 2002-2008 Figure 4: Wireless LAN Adoption Plans Figure 5: Wireless LAN Survey Respondants Figure 6: Top WLAN concerns Figure 7: Standard WLAN topology example Figure 8: Large-scale enterprise deployments today Figure 9: Evolution of Enterprise WLAN Requirements Figure 10: Enterprises plans to adopt 802.11 WLAN standards Figure 11: Enterprise Access Point Market Share 2002

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