Publish Date: 2Q 08

This report identifies different media server platforms and profiles the most representative / competitive solution providers. With the latest consumer data on intenders and early adopters, a comprehensive industry analysis, and industry forecasts, this report takes an early look at an emerging but promising industry.

"If the first stage of digital home growth was laying a basic networking infrastructure, then the second stage will certainly be defined by how media and applications are shared in and outside of the home,” said Kurt Scherf, Vice President and Principal Analyst for Parks Associates. “The ability by consumers to store and share content will be a critical driver to growing this business."

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The Bottom Line is a concise, executive-level summary of the current state of the market, evolutionary path, and the implications for companies doing business in this space.

A Parks Associates’ Resource Book contains a wealth of consumer survey data and company profiles—a must-have reference for product/market planning.

The Bottom Line

1.0   Notes on Methodology

1.1 Consumer Data

1.2 Definitions

2.0   The Role of Consumer Storage

2.1 Backup and Safekeeping

2.2 The Role within the Home Network

2.3 Content Sharing as an Increasingly Powerful Drive

3.0   Drivers for the Media Server

3.1 Consumer Factors

3.1.1 Digital Media Use on the Rise

3.1.2 Backup and Safekeeping

3.1.3 Sharing

3.1.4 Home Networking Growth

3.1.5 Sneakernet Still Prevalent

3.2 Business Factors

3.2.1 Established Players Seeking New Markets

3.2.1 The Role of Service Providers

3.3 Key Components of the Consumer Storage Experience

3.3.1 Storage Media

3.3.1.1 Hard Disc Drives

3.3.1.2 Flash Memory

3.3.2 System-on-a-Chip Solutions

3.3.3 Home Networking Technology

3.3.4 Software/Middleware Solutions

3.4 Industry-led Efforts to Create Connected Product Ecosystems

4.0   Identifying Media Server Form Factors

4.1 Fixed Devices

4.2 Portable Devices

5.0   Market Forecasts

Resource Book

Section I:        Consumer Data

Section II:       Company/Product Profiles

Silicon Companies

Disk and Memory Companies

Software Companies

Attached/Networked Attached Storage Companies

Portable Storage Companies

Authored by Kurt Scherf
Executive Editor: Tricia Parks
Published by Parks Associates

© February 2008 Parks Associates
Dallas, Texas 75230

All rights reserved.  No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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