June 2016
Topic 8 | Track 2
Enterprise & Government Mobility Hardware
Rugged Mobile Quarterly Shipments Q1 2016
By: Cameron Roche – Analyst
With: David Krebs – Executive Vice President
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Appendices
 Scope and Methodology
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 About the Team
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SCOPE & METHODOLOGY
VDC Research Methodologies
Enterprise mobility research
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Q1 2016 shipment data collected from rugged mobile computing vendors, including:
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Shipments by revenues and units
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Shipments by form factor
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Shipments by regional market
Shipments compared from sequential quarter and year over year quarter. VDC will be publishing
quarterly shipment data throughout the year.
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SCOPE & METHODOLOGY
VDC Research Scope
Shipments by key regional markets and mobile form factors
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Regional Markets:
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Americas (including Latin America splits for Rugged Handheld and Forklift Mounted mobile
computers)
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EMEA
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Asia-Pacific
Large form factor rugged mobile computers:
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Notebooks/convertible notebooks
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Slate tablets
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Forklift mounted computers
Small form factor rugged mobile computers:
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Handhelds/PDAs
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SCOPE & METHODOLOGY
VDC Research Definitions
All rugged, fully rugged and ultra-rugged products included in research scope
Rugged Specifications
Large Form Factor
Small Form Factor
Commercial Grade
No specs/ratings
Durable
No specs/rating, but contains rugged-like features such as shock-mounted hard
drives, accelerometers, spill-proof keyboards, and specialized casing.
Rugged
IP-5x
IP-5x
Fully Rugged
IP-6x, MIL-STD-810F
IP-6x, MIL-STD-810F
Ultra Rugged
≥ IP-64, fully sealed with MIL-STD-461E)
ATEX & UL-1604 Certified
Class I / Div II
Class I/Div I, Class I/Div II,
Class II/Div I, and others
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About the Team
David Krebs
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Mobility & Connected Devices Practice
David has more than 10 years experience covering the markets for enterprise and government mobility solutions, wireless data communication
technologies and automatic data-capture research and consulting. David has extensive primary market research management and execution
experience to support market sizing and forecasting, total cost of ownership (TCO), comparative product performance evaluation, competitive
benchmarking and end user requirements analysis. David is a graduate of Boston University (BSBA). VIEW FULL BIO
Eric Klein
Director, Mobile Software
Eric is a market research and consulting professional specializing in the design, analysis, and delivery of project-based research. Over the past
15 years, Eric has worked with a wide array of firms across a number of industries, leading quantitative and qualitative research in areas such as
innovation in enterprise software, supply chain risk management, manufacturing operations / automation, and IT spending research. Eric holds a
Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston University. VIEW FULL BIO
Cameron Roche
Research Analyst, Enterprise Mobility & Connected Devices Practice
Cameron’s research centers on enterprise and consumer-grade mobile hardware and their enterprise implementation. He received his MA in
Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he specialized in political psychology and survey/polling methodology.
Cameron served as the RA for the Cooperative Congressional Election Study and Assistant Director of UMass Poll. He also holds an Honors
dual BA in Psychology and Government & Law from Lafayette College where he served as an EXCEL Research Scholar. VIEW FULL BIO
Matthew Hopkins
Research Associate, Enterprise Mobility & Connected Devices Practice
Matthew brings experience in quantitative and qualitative research to the Enterprise Mobility and Connected Devices team. He supports a variety
of syndicated research programs and custom engagements. His experience includes work for market research firm KRC Research, where he
engaged in questionnaire design and data analysis for a number of Fortune 500 companies. Matt received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and
Political Science from Marist College, graduating magna cum laude. VIEW FULL BIO
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