VDC Research Group (VDC) is currently offering Founding Sponsorship for our
latest coverage of the Embedded Software & Tools market.
This in-depth market intelligence service from VDC will help suppliers and
other stakeholders sharpen their value propositions and solution development
efforts in the embedded marketplace. Our 2011 Embedded Software & Tools Market
Intelligence Service will analyze the markets for major embedded software and
system engineering solutions, providing research deliverables throughout the
service year. VDC delivers the most comprehensive and accurate market research
and analysis of the embedded software and systems market available from any
source.
We begin delivering value to Founding Sponsors immediately by providing:
- Immediate, direct access to our Analysts through scheduled team conference
calls, webcasts, and emails.
- The opportunity, prior to research launch, to review and offer revisions
to market definition, segmentation and model frameworks.
- Time to collaborate with Analysts in order to suggest modifications and
additions to our survey instruments and tools.
- Regular updates from our team on exceptional findings.
- The option of on-site presentation, discussion and planning session
support.
Share growth and defense in the embedded systems market requires brilliant
decision making based on the most accurate, detailed market analysis available.
This research program will include:
- Market Definition & Segmentation Maps
- Market Estimates & Forecasts for 2010 - 2013
- Competitive Position, Share & Direction
- Customer Requirements, Preferences & Investment Plans
- Definition & Analysis of Key Issues, Forces & Trends
RESEARCH SCOPE
The 2011 Embedded Software & Tools Market Intelligence Service will provide
market estimates and forecasts, engineer requirements and preferences,
engineer market statistics and competitive share for all embedded software and
tools under study. The goal is to provide an in-depth market intelligence
service that will help suppliers and other stakeholders understand the key
trends needed to sharpen their value propositions and solution development
efforts in the embedded space.
This report will be provided in the following volumes:
TRACK 1: Embedded Software Engineering Market Technologies & Statistics
- Volume 1: Embedded / Real-Time Operating Systems - $6,450
- Volume 2: Android & Linux in the Embedded Systems Market - $6,450
- Volume 3: Mobile Operating Systems - $6,450
- Volume 4: Virtualization for Mobile & Embedded Systems - $6,450
- Volume 5: Multicore Components & Tools - $6,450
- Volume 6: Safety & Security - $6,450
- Volume 7: Vertical Markets & Applications - $6,950
- Volume 8: Embedded Systems Market Statistics - $6,950
TRACK 2: Embedded System Engineering Survey Data
- Volume 1: Operating Systems - $6,450
- Volume 2: Development Tools - $6,450
- Volume 3: Vertical Markets - $6,450
- Volume 4: Regional - $6,450
- Volume 5: Processor Architectures - $6,450
STRUCTURED APPROACH & TOOLS
- Segmentation & Models: Detailed analysis of embedded software and
tool market segments, customer class communities, products and technologies
and channels that comprise market opportunities.
- Technical Solution Value Chain: Definition of the hardware,
software, and services that constitute the technical value-chain.
- Commercial Value Chain: Analysis of the relationships between
suppliers, channel partners, and enterprise customers that participate in the
embedded software and tool markets.
- Data Collection Tools: Include in-depth questionnaires addressing
critical issues surrounding the embedded software and tools market (product
shipments, purchasing trends, sales drivers, etc.). These questionnaires will
be administered for all telephone, on-site, and web-based interviews of
manufacturers, channel participants, and customers.
- Research Databases: Include VDC proprietary sources, research
program sponsors, and industry specific third parties (i.e. trade
publications, websites, and conferences).
SOURCES
- Communities: VDC will target (but not be limited to) the following
communities, constituting the core of our primary data collection efforts:
- Core technology suppliers
- Enabling technology partners
- Distribution channel partners
- End use customers
- Contacts: For every data collection event, VDC will target senior
executives, managers, and key decision makers and influencers within the
following departments (including, but not limited to):
- Industry (suppliers)
- Marketing
- Product Management
- Business Development
- Sales
- Market (buyers)
RESEARCH TEAM
Steve Balacco, Practice Director
Steve has more than nine years experience conducting market research studies and managing all of the market research programs for VDC's Embedded Software & Tools practice.
Chris Rommel, Senior Analyst
At VDC, Chris is responsible for market analyses and data collection on multiple projects and topics within VDC's Embedded Software Market Intelligence Program including engineering trends and requirements, market sizes, and key technical requirements.
Jared Weiner, Analyst
Jared supports all of the Embedded Software & Tools practice's major research programs and is a contributor on custom research and consulting engagements.
Christopher J. Rezendes, Executive Vice President
Chris has 19 years experience in industrial technology market research and consulting. He has more than 14 years experience in senior management and leadership positions at a number of IT systems and professional services organizations.
Table of Contents
TRACK 1: Embedded Software Engineering Market Technologies & Statistics
This track includes detailed market definitions, estimates, forecasts,
segmentations and competitive share data across a variety of major embedded
software technologies.
Volume 1: Embedded / Real-Time Operating Systems
Executive Summary
- Market Overview
- Strategic Issues, Trends, and Market Drivers
- Market Estimates
- Competitive Landscape
- Summary and Observations
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Market Overview
Brief description of current and future market status.
Strategic Issues, Drivers & Trends
- Key market issues and trends affecting the market
- Key drivers and inhibitors to growth
Market Estimates & Forecasts
Base year actual (2010) and forecasts 2011 - 2013) in revenue shipments Embedded / Real-Time Oss.
- Product Category
- Annual Subscription Fees
- Perpetual Software Licensing
- Maintenance and Support
- Production Licenses
- Professional Services
- Geography
- Americas
- EMEA
- Asia-Pacific
- Vertical Market
- Automotive / Transportation
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial Automation
- Medical Devices
- Military / Aerospace
- Mobile Phones
- Office / Business Automation
- Retail Automation Telecom / Datacom
Competitive Analysis
Share, position and direction of leading vendors of embedded / real-time OSs.
Summaries & Observations
Recommendations for market participants, for any of the following
dimensions:
- Technology
- Market
- Channel
Vendor Profiles
- Corporate Overview
- Key Facts and Product Offerings
- Regional, Vertical and Channel Structure
- Key Technology and Channel Partners
- Key Customers
- Notes and Observations
Volume 2: Android & Linux in the Embedded Systems Market
Executive Summary
- Market Overview
- Strategic Issues, Trends, and Market Drivers
- Market Estimates
- Competitive Landscape
- Summary and Observations
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Market Overview
Brief description of current and future market status
Strategic Issues, Drivers & Trends
- Key market issues and trends affecting the market
- Key drivers and inhibitors to growth
Market Estimates & Forecasts
Base year actual (2010) and forecasts (2011 - 2013) in revenue shipments.
- Product Category
- Annual subscription fees
- Perpetual software licensing
- Production licenses
- Maintenance and support
- Professional Services
- Geography
- Americas
- EMEA
- Asia-Pacific
- Vertical Market
- Automotive / Transportation
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial Automation
- Medical Devices
- Military / Aerospace
- Mobile Phones
- Office / Business Automation
- Retail Automation
- Telecom / Datacom
Competitive Analysis
Share, position, and direction of leading vendors of Linux-related software and services.
Summaries & Observations
Recommendations for market participants, for any of the following
dimensions:
- Technology
- Market
- Channel
Vendor Profiles
- Corporate Overview
- Key Facts and Product Offerings
- Regional, Vertical and Channel Structure
- Key Technology and Channel Partners
- Key Customers
- Notes and Observations
Volume 3: Mobile Operating Systems
Executive Summary
- Market Overview
- Strategic Issues, Trends, and Market Drivers
- Market Estimates
- Competitive Landscape
- Summary and Observations
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Market Overview
Brief description of current and future market status
Strategic Issues, Drivers & Trends
- Key market issues and trends affecting the market
- Key drivers and inhibitors to growth
Market Estimates & Forecasts
Base year actual (2010) and forecasts (2011 - 2013) in revenue shipments.
- Product Category
- Annual Subscription Fees
- Perpetual Software Licensing
- Maintenance and Support
- Production Licenses
- Professional Services
- Geography
- Americas
- EMEA
- Asia-Pacific
- Vertical Market
- Automotive / Transportation
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial Automation
- Medical Devices
- Military / Aerospace
- Mobile Phones
- Office / Business Automation
- Retail Automation
- Telecom / Datacom
Competitive Analysis
Share, position, and direction of leading vendors commercially-available mobile OS.
Summaries & Observations
Recommendations for market participants, for any of the following
dimensions:
- Technology
- Market
- Channel
Vendor Profiles
- Corporate Overview
- Key Facts and Product Offerings
- Regional, Vertical and Channel Structure
- Key Technology and Channel Partners
- Key Customers
- Notes and Observations
Volume 4: Virtualization for Mobile & Embedded Systems
Executive Summary
- Market Overview
- Strategic Issues, Trends, and Market Drivers
- Market Estimates
- Competitive Landscape
- Summary and Observations
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Market Overview
Brief description of current and future market status.
Strategic Issues, Drivers & Trends
- Key market issues and trends affecting the market
- Key drivers and inhibitors to growth
Market Estimates & Forecasts
Base year actual (2010) and forecasts (2011 - 2013) in revenue shipments.
- Product Category
- Annual Subscription Fees
- Perpetual Software Licensing
- Maintenance and Support
- Production Licenses
- Professional Services
- Geography
- Americas
- EMEA
- Asia-Pacific
- Vertical Market
- Automotive / Transportation
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial Automation
- Medical Devices
- Military / Aerospace
- Mobile Phones
- Office / Business Automation
- Retail Automation
- Telecom / Datacom
Competitive Analysis
Share, position, and direction of leading vendors virtualization solutions.
Summaries & Observations
Recommendations for market participants, for any of the following
dimensions:
- Technology
- Market
- Channel
Vendor Profiles
- Corporate Overview
- Key Facts and Product Offerings
- Regional, Vertical and Channel Structure
- Key Technology and Channel Partners
- Key Customers
- Notes and Observations
Volume 5: Multicore Components & Tools
Executive Summary
- Market Overview
- Strategic Issues, Trends, and Market Drivers
- Market Estimates
- Competitive Landscape
- Summary and Observations
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Market Overview
Brief description of current and future market status.
Strategic Issues, Drivers & Trends
- Key market issues and trends affecting the market
- Key drivers and inhibitors to growth
Market Estimates & Forecasts
Base year actual (2010) and forecasts (2011 - 2013) in revenue shipments.
- Product Category
- Maintenance and Support
- Production Licenses
- Professional Services
- Geography
- Americas
- EMEA
- Asia-Pacific
- Vertical Market
- Automotive / Transportation
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial Automation
- Medical Devices
- Military / Aerospace
- Mobile Phones
- Office / Business Automation
- Retail Automation
- Telecom / Datacom
Competitive Analysis
Share, position, and direction of leading vendors multicore components and
tools.
Summaries & Observations
Recommendations for market participants, for any of the following
dimensions:
- Technology
- Market
- Channel
Vendor Profiles
- Corporate Overview
- Key Facts and Product Offerings
- Regional, Vertical and Channel Structure
- Key Technology and Channel Partners
- Key Customers
- Notes and Observations
Volume 6: Safety & Security
Executive Summary
- Market Overview
- Strategic Issues, Trends, and Market Drivers
- Market Estimates
- Competitive Landscape
- Summary and Observations
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Market Overview
Brief description of current and future market status.
Strategic Issues, Drivers & Trends
- Key market issues and trends affecting the market
- Key drivers and inhibitors to growth
Market Estimates & Forecasts
Base year actual (2010) and forecasts (2011 - 2013) in revenue shipments.
- Product Category
- Annual Subscription Fees
- Perpetual Software Licensing
- Maintenance and Support
- Production Licenses
- Professional Services
- Geography
- Americas
- EMEA
- Asia-Pacific
- Vertical Market
- Automotive / Transportation
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial Automation
- Medical Devices
- Military / Aerospace
- Mobile Phones
- Office / Business Automation
- Retail Automation
- Telecom / Datacom
Competitive Analysis
Share, position, and direction of leading vendors of safety-critical software
and secure operating systems.
Summaries & Observations
Recommendations for market participants, for any of the following
dimensions:
- Technology
- Market
- Channel
Vendor Profiles
- Corporate Overview
- Key Facts and Product Offerings
- Regional, Vertical and Channel Structure
- Key Technology and Channel Partners
- Key Customers
- Notes and Observations
Volume 7: Vertical Markets & Applications
Vertical Market Coverage
- Automotive / Transportation
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial Automation
- Medical Devices
- Military / Aerospace
- Mobile Phones
- Office / Business Automation
- Retail Automation
- Telecom / Datacom
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Market Overview
Estimate and Analysis of the 2010 Total Market for Embedded Software
Engineering (TMESE) in each vertical market for:
- Global spend on embedded software engineering labor.
- Global spend on commercial embedded software/system run-time and
development solution
Industry Trends
Current business and technology trends and issues.
Current & Emerging Practices
Most common implementation of operating systems and development tools.
Existing & Emerging Standards
Most common implementation of operating systems and development tools.
Components Used within Current Development Projects
- Embedded/Real-Time OSs
- Software Development Tools
- Processor Architectures
Applications Analysis
Three-year forecasts of global shipments and analysis of selected
applications/devices.
Volume 8: Embedded Systems Market Statistics
Executive Summary
- Statistics on embedded engineers
- Statistics on embedded systems/devices
- Statistics on project starts
- Summary of embedded markets by region and selected processor architectures
Scope & Methodology
- Segments and Definitions
- Data Collection Tools
- Analysis Models
- Sources
Statistics on Embedded Hardware & Software Engineers
- Overview
- Forecast methodology
- Estimate and three-year forecast of number of embedded engineers
- By primary engineering role (i.e. program managers vs. software
engineers vs. system architects vs. hardware engineers vs. algorithm
engineers vs. QA/Test engineers)
- Segmented by industry
- End-user data analysis
- Number of engineers per project
- Number of engineers per company
- Selected demographics of embedded engineers
Statistics on Embedded Devices & Systems
- Overview
- Forecast methodology
- Estimate and three-year forecast of the number of embedded systems/
devices shipped
- Estimate and forecast of the number of embedded systems/devices shipments
by OS type
- End-user data analysis
- Number of units shipped by company
- Number of units shipped by OS type
- Number of OSs on current project
- Primary OS used
Statistics on Embedded Development Projects
- Overview
- Forecast methodology
- Estimate and three-year forecast of the number of project starts
- End-user data analysis
- Number of project starts within company per year
- Embedded system design type
- Project schedules
- Processor architectures
- Others
Selected Market Statistics by Vertical Market
- Key project statistics
- Engineer statistics
- Weighted average distribution of projects by schedule
- Weighted average percentage of units shipped by OS type
- Software purchasing statistics developer demographics
- Top software selection factors Engineer demographics
- Top software selection factors
TRACK 2: Embedded System Engineering Survey Data
This track includes in-depth, table-driven statistics of embedded system
engineering requirements, preferences, and trends across a variety of market
segments, based on VDC's 2011 Embedded System Engineering Survey.
Each volume will provide the following analyses (respective tothe volume
topic)
- VOLUME 1: Operating Systems Segmented data based on respondents
citing the use of commercial operating systems, in-house developed operating
systems, open source operating systems, no formal operating systems, and Linux
operating systems within the target embedded system on the current project.
Segmented data based on respondents citing the use of commercial operating
systems, in-house developed operating systems, open source operating systems,
no formal operating systems, and Linux operating systems within the target
embedded system on the current project.
- VOLUME 2: Development Tools Segmented data based on respondents
citing the use of compilers, debuggers, IDEs, editors, JTAG debuggers/
in-circuit emulator (ICE) tools on the current project.
Segmented data based on respondents citing the use of compilers, debuggers,
IDEs, editors, JTAG debuggers/ in-circuit emulator (ICE) tools on the current
project.
- VOLUME 3: Regions Segmented data based on respondents located
within the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions.
Segmented data based on respondents located within the Americas, EMEA, and
Asia-Pacific regions.
- VOLUME 4: Vertical Markets Segmented data based on respondents
citing projects within the automotive/transportation, consumer electronics,
industrial automation, medical, military/aerospace, mobile phones, and
telecom/datacom markets.
Segmented data based on respondents citing projects within the
automotive/transportation, consumer electronics, industrial automation,
medical, military/aerospace, mobile phones, and telecom/datacom markets.
- VOLUME 5: Processor Architectures Segmented data based on
respondents citing the use of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit MCU/MPU, DSP, FPGA,
SoC, x86, ARM, PPC, single processor, and multi-processor/core on the current
project.
Segmented data based on respondents citing the use of 8-bit, 16-bit, and
32-bit MCU/MPU, DSP, FPGA, SoC, x86, ARM, PPC, single processor, and
multi-processor/core on the current project.
Project Data
- Product design type
- Type of product being developed
- Project length
- Schedule adherence
- Number of engineers per projects
- Engineering tasks outsourced
- Engineering project costs
- Processor architecture
- Software use
- Language use
- Design methodologies
- Other project-related questions
Experiences, Preferences & Trends
- Future Target OS expected use
- Future expected processor architectures
- Experience with multicore architectures
- OS and IDE selection criteria
- Spend on tools
Engineer Data
- Geographic location
- Primary role
- Age
- Years developing embedded systems
- Length of time at current company
- Number of projects working on
- Average salary
- Other data
Company Data
- Number of embedded engineers within company
- Average number of projects started per year
- Average annual unit shipments
- Other company-specific data
