SIP Enabled Infrastructure Implements VoIP

SIP Enabled Servers and IP PBX Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, 2008 to 2014

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: ENTERPRISE VOICE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL VIDEO SERVERS; IP PBX; SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL; SIP MARKET SHARES; SIP Market Forecasts; SIP Enabled Servers; SIP IP PBX Server Products; SIP Application Server; Automated Attendant; Call Service Controller; Instant Messaging (IM); Voice; Video; Collaboration; Workflow; INTELLIGENT CALL ROUTING; RUNTIME PLATFORM; IP COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM; SIP TECHNOLOGY; VOIP ENTERPRISE EQUIPMENT

SIP Enabled Servers and IP PBX Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, 2008 to 2014

SIP based IP PBX markets are poised for significant growth as people move to purchase IP based servers for communications. Significant pent up demand will be converted to sales as systems are put on the market that permit implementation of voice over IP that works. Voice over IP systems purchases have been postponed for ten years or more waiting for technology that works. VoIP technology finally works.

Technology transition relates to growth strategy that relies heavily on capturing a significant share of the spending by enterprises on their transition of technology from traditional communications systems to IP communications. IP communications has gained widespread acceptance in the marketplace and over time. The demand is continuing to increase as the industry goes through the mainstream adoption phase in the product lifecycle. Half of all lines currently being shipped are IP rather than traditional, or TDM. As a result of the technology transition, spending by enterprises on traditional voice communication systems has been declining. Increases in product revenue are attributable to sales of IP telephony systems. They continue to be offset in part by declines in product revenue attributable to traditional voice communication systems.

Pressures on services business are due to advances in technology. Customers continue to expect traditional services to be at lower prices to them. Customers routinely look for opportunities to reduce their information technology and related costs.

A high correlation exists with respect to customers in direct channel who purchase products also electing to purchase maintenance contracts at the time of the product purchase. At the time of contract renewal, maintenance and managed services revenues have been affected by reductions in scope of contracted services.

Digital Private Branch Exchange (PBX) At the End of Its Life Cycle The digital private branch exchange (PBX) has reached the end of its life cycle. The private branch exchange (PBX) has been a component of enterprise voice networks. The PBX facilitates local in-company dialing, local calls outside the premises, and long distance calls.

It was a proprietary hardware box that has been replaced by a combination of software from the traditional PBX vendors and computer industry standard blade servers that host the unified communications software. Systems work on the Internet, using SIP base protocols to provide session set up and call connections.

PBX systems that were meant to last 5 or 6 years have been in place twice that long, waiting for the new Internet based communications technology to arrive. It has. PBX vendors are selling software the sits on Linux blade servers from the computing industry.

With an IP-PBX, the local area network the platform is for connecting smart IP phones logically over a shared packet network to the call manager. This unifies the data applications and the voice network, but places demands on the packet prioritization aspects of the LAN infrastructure to ensure user satisfaction with the quality of audio. Power to the IP phone is provided via the standard power brickstyle transformer or via Power over Ethernet using the IEEE 802.3af standard.

SIP PBX / IP PBX markets are going from $14 billion in 2007 to $40 billion by 2014. IP-PBX shipments completely replace traditional PBX systems. IP-PBX shipments are related to traditional PBX shipments. The trend represented by this shipment data can be traced to IP-PBX architecture that allows businesses to reduce infrastructure cost while improving productivity.

Companies Profiled
Avaya Aastra Technologies Alcatel Lucent Mitel 3Com 3CX Acme Packet Aastra Acme Packet Alcatel Lucent AltiGen Communications Atlas Telecom Brekeke Software Cisco Comverse IP Communications to Deliver Hosted Business Services Dialogic Epygi Technologies Fonality Google Huawei Enterprise Data Networking iFone S.A. de C.V.	Mitel NEC Nokia-Siemens Nortel Shoretel iFone Interactive Intelligence Juma Technology Microsoft NET Equipment Technologies NextPoint Samsung Siemens Sierra Merger Corp / Avaya Taridium Tekelec Toshiba Vertical Communications XO Communications Vertical Communications Voiceserve VoipSwitch Inc

Report Methodology

This is the 356th report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

About the Company

WinterGreen Research, founded in 1985, provides strategic market assessments in telecommunications, communications equipment, health care, and advanced computer technology. Industry reports focus on opportunities that will expand existing markets or develop major new markets. The reports assess new product and service positioning strategies, new and evolving technologies, and technological impact on products, services, and markets. Market shares are provided. Leading market participants are profiled, and their marketing strategies, acquisitions, and strategic alliances are discussed. The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.

About the Principal Authors

Ellen T. Curtiss, Technical Director, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, conducts strategic and market assessments in technology-based industries. Previously she was a member of the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., for 23 years, most recently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources, specializing in strategic planning and market development services. She is a graduate of Boston University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She is the author of recent studies on worldwide telecommunications markets and the Top Ten Telecommunications market analysis and forecasts.

Susan Eustis, President, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, has done research in communications and computer markets and applications. She holds several patents in microcomputing and parallel processing. She is the author of recent studies of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) marketing strategies, Internet software, a study of Push to Talk Equipment, Worldwide Telecommunications Equipment, Top Ten Telecommunications, Digital Loop Carrier, Web Hosting, Business Process Management, Servers, Blades, the Mainframe as a Green Machine, and Application Server markets. Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College.