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Streaming
Media Taking Flight on the Web; Server Market Will Hit Nearly
$1.4 Billion in 2005
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Streaming media is taking off and will drive the market for servers that deliver multimedia signals from the edges of the Internet to nearly $1.4 billion in 2005, according to Cahners In-Stat Group
(http://www.instat.com).
The number of streaming media servers sold will nearly double every year through 2003 and then the market will continue to grow, but more slowly, in 2004 and 2005, the high-tech market research firm forecasts.
"A streaming media server is a specialized computer system that is placed close to high populations of potential Internet end-users in order to deliver higher quality streaming media," said Gerry Kaufhold, principal analyst In-Stat's Multimedia Broadband Services Group.
"Companies essentially create proprietary networks of streaming media servers that overlay the traditional Internet. This strategy reduces latency, bypasses traffic bottlenecks and delays, making it easier to deliver rich media over the Internet."
Every major brokerage house and prominent companies such as Intel regularly provide streaming audio and video on their Web sites and an increasing number of companies will follow suit over the next several years. Streaming media servers play an important role in this Web site evolution.
In-Stat's research also found:
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New technology will make it possible for servers to greatly increase the number of simultaneous streams they can deliver and the proprietary networks delivering streaming media will consolidate. Both factors will reduce server demand in 2004 and 2005.
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Streaming media increases Web site "stickiness" -- the phenomenon of keeping viewers at a site. Streaming media has the potential to make all web sites attractive to consumers. Technical and business-oriented web sites will find that they have a growing consumer audience visiting their sites, and they must learn how to handle these new visitors.
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Even though putting streaming media servers inside ISP's points of presence is a straightforward procedure, having a few companies with streaming media expertise operate and manage many servers creates attractive economies of scale.
The report, "Streaming Media Servers - Rich Content Via Internet Protocol," (No.MB0013VS) includes forecasts of unit sales and revenues for the streaming media server market through 2005. It also features analysis of companies using streaming media on their Web sites and the advantages of doing so.
The report contains an explanation of how streaming media proprietary networks operate and what kind of equipment is used in these systems. To purchase this report, or for more information, please visit
http://www.instat.com/catalog/cat-dt.htm#mb0013vs or contact Matthew Woods at 617/630-2139;
mwoods@instat.com. The report price is $2,495 USD.
Cahners In-Stat Group (http://www.instat.com) covers the full spectrum of digital communications research from vendor to end-user, providing the analysis and perspective that allows technology vendors and service providers worldwide to make more informed business decisions.
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