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Data centre activities boost global Ethernet test equipment market
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan has revealed that an increase in data centre activities, rapid growth of the 40/100 GbE market, mobile backhaul applications and infrastructure development by end users to accommodate gigabit Ethernet, are driving the global Ethernet test equipment market
Meeting demand
End user demand for high density test equipment is considered both a driver and a challenge for Ethernet test equip- ment vendors. While it offers immense growth opportunities, test vendors are constantly being challenged to keep their products aligned with the market’s emerging functional test requirements - such as Layer4 wire speed TCP/IP testing, Y.1564, 1588v2/SYNC, and IPv6 - even while continuing to provide value for money. As technology improves and port count increases, end users are becoming accustomed to purchasing test solutions with greater capabili- ties across a range of technologies. Equipment prices have steadily fallen over the last few years even as end users have been pressured to create efficiencies and reduce unnec- essary expenditure.
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he new analysis - ‘High Growth Testing Opportunity: Global Ethernet Test Equipment Market’, has found that the market earned revenues of $822.5m in 2011 and esti- mates this to reach $1225.7m in 2016 - the 1Gb, 10Gb and 40/100Gb test equipment segments are expected to grow at single, double and triple digit rates respectively.
Modern data centre technologies including virtualisation, converged data centre networks and cloud computing are changing the designs of traditional data centres. These newer designs require higher band- width - 40/100Gb equipment is better suited to the core and aggre- gation layers. “With constantly evolving proces- sor performance, it is anticipated that the 40/100GbE interfaces will become the default requirement,” noted Frost & Sullivan measurement and instrumentation industry ana- lyst, Prathima Bommakanti. “This has led to a corresponding demand for 40/100GbE test equipment.”
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Above: the Ethernet test equipment market is being driven forward by an increase in data centre activities
“The increasing complexity of proto- cols and the concurrent development of different standards call for Ethernet test equipment with greater testing capabili- ties,” remarked Bommakanti. “However, as protocols become more difficult to comply with, it will be a
greater challenge for the test equipment to provide the desired results.” Market prospects will be boosted by continued efforts by manufactur- ers to overcome the glitches inherent in advanced technologies and to offer competitive products. Rapidly evolv- ing end user technologies will moti- vate test vendors to focus on R&D and product introductions that best address customer needs.
The analysis ‘High Growth Testing Opportunity: Ethernet Test Equipment Market’ is part of the Test & Measurement Growth Partnership Service programme. Frost & Sullivan’s related research services include LTE Test Equipment Market, Chinese Ethernet Test Equipment Market, and Wireless Test Equipment Market. All research included in sub- scriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends eval- uated following extensive interviews with market participants.
Frost & Sullivan
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Extended measuring ranges for KiTorq
different items to be tested without the complete reconstruction of the test stand. A single intelligent stator can be used with any KiTorq rotor of the same speed rating and will automatically recognise the
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rotor measuring range. This minimises hardware investment as one stator may be used with rotors of differing ranges for dif- ferent applications. Installation is simplified by the contactless, digital telemetry that does not require an antenna ring. The lack of an antenna ring has not reduced the precision of the sensor and a speed measurement of 60 pulses per revolution is integrated in the standard system. The stator is now available with Profibus, Profinet CANopen and Ethernet interfaces in addition to the analog / frequency, USB and RS-232 interfaces which allow analogue and digital signal outputs to be fully scalable. When needed, the rotor’s original measuring range may be overridden to allow the full output signal to be available over a defined range. A second, freely selectable measuring range may also be defined at each output. The measuring flange is robust and has been tested to EN 60068-2-27 for mechanical shock, EN 60068-2-6 for triaxial vibration loading and EN 61326-1 for interference immunity. The system is sup- plied as standard with SensorTool configuration and diagnostic software, and calibration certificates. Kistler Instruments
www.kistler.co.uk T: 01256 741 550
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istler Instruments has added three new measuring ranges of 100, 200 and 5,000Nm to its KiTorq torque measuring system. Rotors of different sizes can be combined with the same ringless stator, which is easy to install and allows
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