The Top 10 Hardware Vendors - Positioning, performance and SWOT analyses
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- Market - Information Technology
- Published Date - 01/03/2008
- Report Type - Market Report
- Country - Global
- Number of Pages - 164
Report Summary
The Top 10 Hardware Vendors
Positioning, performance and SWOT analyses
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Key findings from this report...
• The top 10 hardware vendors control a third of the hardware market with a 32% market share.
• HP leads the global industry with a 5.6% market share, followed by Nokia and Dell, each with 3.9% sha re.
• Toshiba hardware revenues increased at a CAGR of 8% from 2005 to 2007, mainly driven by strong growth in the digital product segment and electronic devices segment.
• Intel plans to increase its output and help to optimize ASPs using its new ‘tick-tock’ product development strategy.
• Motorola has strong R&D capabilities, with about 41% of its total employees engaged in research activities.
• The global hardware market will grow at a CAGR of 5% reaching $1,684bn by 2011
The Top 10 Hardware Vendors
Positioning, performance and SWOT analyses
The global hardware market grew by 4.9% to reach $1.32bn in 2006. The top 10 hardware vendors have a market share of 32%, driven by a strong focus on R&D and innovation. However, the rapid evolution of technologies, shorter product lifecycles and the establishment of both new markets and manufacturers in developing economies will serve to make the hardware market much more competitive in the future. The Top 10 Hardware Vendors: Positioning, performance and SWOT analyses is a new report that examines market dynamics in the hardware market focusing on the top 10 vendors. This new report provides SWOT analyses of top 10 companies and assesses their market positioning, financial performance and growth strategies. Assess the world’s leading hardware vendors, anticipate future trends and enhance your competitive strategies with this new report.
This new report will enable you to...
• Create more effective competitive strategies based on the financial and SWOT analyses of the top 10 hardware vendors detailed in this report.
• Benchmark your performance against leading hardware vendors with this report’s ranking of the top 10 hardware vendors and their financial performance, market share by company and category.
• Identify and target future growth areas from this report’s analysis of the acquisitions and divestments made by leading hardware vendors, and their strategies for growth.
• Understand the key trends in the hardware market and the impact that they are expected to have on the market using this report including emerging markets, commoditization, private label brands, price competition and PC market maturity.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The Top Ten Hardware Vendors
Executive summary 14
Market development 14
HP 14
Nokia 15
Dell 15
NEC 16
Motorola 16
Fujitsu 17
Toshiba 17
Intel 18
Cisco 18
IBM 19
Chapter 1 Introduction 22
What is this report about? 22
Methodology 22
Chapter 2 Market context 24
Summary 24
Overview 25
Market definition 25
Market size and growth 25
Key trends in the hardware vendor market 28
Growth driven by emerging countries 28
Limited growth in the PC market 28
Commoditization 29
Chapter 3 HP 32
Summary 32
Company information 32
History 33
Recent financial performance 34
Acquisitions and divestments 36
Growth strategies 36
SWOT analysis 37
Strengths 37
Leading market position 37
High quality printer business 38
Weaknesses 38
Low profitability by the PSG segment 38
Opportunities 38
IT initiatives 38
Leveraging the opportunities in imaging and printing 39
Threats 39
Emerging Chinese PC manufacturers 39
Chapter 4 Nokia 42
Summary 42
Company information 42
History 43
Recent financial performance 44
Acquisitions and divestments 46
Growth strategies 47
Chipset strategy 47
SWOT analysis 48
Strengths 48
Strong market position in the mobile devices market 48
Consistent operating performance 49
Strong presence in emerging markets 49
Weaknesses 49
Weak presence in the US 49
Opportunities 49
Replacement market in emerging markets 49
Nokia Siemens Networks 50
Threats 50
Product recall 50
Litigation 51
Chapter 5 Dell 54
Summary 54
Company information 54
History 55
Recent financial performance 55
Acquisitions and divestments 57
Growth strategies 58
Innovation 58
IT simplification 58
SWOT analysis 59
Strengths 59
Strong market position in the US PC market 59
Weaknesses 60
Decline in profitability 60
Weak internal controls 60
Opportunities 60
Retail partnership 60
Opportunities in BRIC countries 61
Threats 61
Potential inability to facilitate financing for customers 61
Chapter 6 NEC 64
Summary 64
Company information 64
History 65
Recent financial performance 66
Acquisitions and divestments 68
Growth strategies 69
Global expansion 69
Next generation networks (NGNs) strategy 69
SWOT analysis 70
Strengths 70
Strong position in the domestic market 70
Significant alliances 71
Weaknesses 71
Declining operational efficiency 71
Opportunities 71
Growing demand for LCD monitors 71
Growing demand for mobile phones 71
Threats 72
Economic downturn in the key market 72
Price competition 72
Chapter 7 Motorola 74
Summary 74
Company information 74
History 75
Recent financial performance 76
Acquisitions and divestments 78
Growth strategies 80
Innovation 80
Geographic expansion 80
SWOT analysis 81
Strengths 81
Strong focus on R&D activities 81
Robust manufacturing capabilities 82
Weaknesses 82
Sluggish performance by Networks and Enterprise segment 82
Decline in mobile phone market share 82
Opportunities 82
Growing demand for IPTV 82
Threats 83
Government regulations 83
Chapter 8 Fujitsu 86
Summary 86
Company information 86
History 87
Recent financial performance 88
Acquisitions and divestments 90
Growth strategies 90
Realignment of LSI business 90
Expansion of overseas business 90
SWOT analysis 91
Strengths 91
Strong R&D capabilities 91
Weaknesses 92
Weak returns 92
Opportunities 92
Expanding global business capabilities 92
Growing storage and peripherals markets 92
Threats 92
Sluggish growth in the domestic market 92
Chapter 9 Toshiba 94
Summary 94
Company information 94
History 95
Recent financial performance 96
Acquisitions and divestments 98
Growth strategies 98
Digital products business 98
Electronic devices business 99
SWOT analysis 99
Strengths 100
Presence in key hardware segments 100
Weaknesses 100
Highly leveraged 100
Opportunities 100
Collaboration with Ikegami Tsushinki 100
Threats 101
Withdrawal of HD-DVD from the market 101
Chapter 10 Intel 104
Summary 104
Company information 104
History 105
Recent financial performance 106
Acquisitions and divestments 108
Growth strategies 108
Product development (tick-tock product strategy) 108
Cost cutting and restructuring 109
SWOT analysis 109
Strengths 110
Leading position in microprocessor market 110
Strong technological capabilities 110
Weaknesses 110
Decline in profitability 110
Customer concentration 111
Opportunities 111
Growth in semiconductor market 111
Threats 111
Litigation 111
Chapter 11 Cisco 114
Summary 114
Company information 114
History 115
Recent financial performance 116
Acquisitions and divestments 118
Growth strategies 119
M&A activities 119
SWOT analysis 120
Strengths 120
Strong financial performance 120
Geographic reach 121
Weaknesses 121
Over dependence on suppliers 121
Opportunities 121
Growing internet users 121
Threats 122
Intense price competition 122
Consolidation in the US telecommunication industry 122
Chapter 12 IBM 124
Summary 124
Company information 124
History 125
Recent financial performance 126
Acquisitions and divestments 126
Growth strategies 127
SWOT analysis 127
Strengths 128
Strong position in server market 128
Weaknesses 128
Weak performance as compared to peers 128
Opportunities 128
Growing demand for Blades 128
Threats 128
Shift towards low-end servers 128
Chapter 13 11–20 companies 132
Ericsson 132
Company description 132
Recent financial performance 132
Apple 133
Company description 133
Recent financial performance 134
Texas Instruments 134
Company description 134
Recent financial performance 135
Alcatel-Lucent 135
Company description 136
Recent financial performance 136
Sun Microsystems 137
Company description 137
Recent financial performance 137
Nortel Networks 138
Company description 138
Recent financial performance 138
Acer 139
Company description 139
Recent financial performance 139
EMC 140
Company description 140
Recent financial performance 140
STMicroelectronics 141
Company description 141
Recent financial performance 141
Seagate Technology 142
Company description 142
Recent financial performance 142
List of Figures
Figure 2.1: Global hardware market size ($bn), 2002–2006 25
Figure 2.2: Market share of top 10 hardware companies, 2006 26
Figure 3.3: HP hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 35
Figure 3.4: HP SWOT analysis 37
Figure 4.5: Nokia financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 44
Figure 4.6: Nokia SWOT analysis 48
Figure 5.7: Dell hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 56
Figure 5.8: Dell SWOT analysis 59
Figure 6.9: NEC financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 67
Figure 6.10: NEC SWOT analysis 70
Figure 7.11: Motorola financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 77
Figure 7.12: Motorola SWOT analysis 81
Figure 8.13: Fujitsu financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 88
Figure 8.14: Fujitsu SWOT analysis 91
Figure 9.15: Toshiba hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 97
Figure 9.16: Toshiba SWOT analysis 99
Figure 10.17: Intel financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 106
Figure 10.18: Intel SWOT analysis 109
Figure 11.19: Cisco hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 117
Figure 11.20: Cisco SWOT analysis 120
Figure 12.21: IBM SWOT analysis 127
List of Tables
Table 2.1: Top ten hardware company turnover ($m), growth & profitability, 2004–2006 26
Table 2.2: The global hardware market ($bn), 2006 27
Table 2.3: Top ten company presence across hardware segments 27
Table 2.4: Worldwide PC vendor unit shipments (m), 2007 29
Table 3.5: HP key milestones 33
Table 3.6: HP hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 34
Table 3.7: HP hardware business segment performance ($m), 2005–2007 35
Table 4.8: Nokia key milestones 43
Table 4.9: Nokia financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 44
Table 4.10: Nokia business segment performance ($m), 2004–2006 45
Table 4.11: Nokia geographical segment performance ($m), 2004–2006 46
Table 5.12: Dell key milestones 55
Table 5.13: Dell hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 56
Table 5.14: Dell hardware business segment performance ($m), 2005–2007 57
Table 6.15: NEC key milestones 65
Table 6.16: NEC financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 66
Table 6.17: NEC business segment performance ($m), 2005–2007 68
Table 6.18: NEC geographical performance ($m), 2005–2007 68
Table 7.19: Motorola key milestones 75
Table 7.20: Motorola financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 76
Table 7.21: Motorola business segment performance ($m), 2004–2006 77
Table 7.22: Motorola geographical performance ($m), 2004–2006 78
Table 8.23: Fujitsu key milestones 87
Table 8.24: Fujitsu financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 88
Table 8.25: Fujitsu business segment performance ($m), 2005–2007 89
Table 8.26: Fujitsu geographical performance ($m), 2005–2007 89
Table 9.27: Toshiba key milestones 95
Table 9.28: Toshiba hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 96
Table 9.29: Toshiba hardware business segment performance ($m), 2005–2007 97
Table 10.30: Intel key milestones 105
Table 10.31: Intel financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 106
Table 10.32: Intel business segment performance ($m), 2004–2006 107
Table 10.33: Intel geographical performance ($m), 2004–2006 107
Table 11.34: Cisco key milestones 115
Table 11.35: Cisco hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 116
Table 11.36: Cisco hardware business segment performance ($m), 2005–2007 118
Table 11.37: Cisco hardware geographical performance ($m), 2005–2007 118
Table 12.38: IBM key milestones 125
Table 12.39: IBM hardware financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 126
Table 13.40: Ericsson snapshot 132
Table 13.41: Ericsson hardware financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 133
Table 13.42: Apple snapshot 133
Table 13.43: Apple hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 134
Table 13.44: Texas Instruments snapshot 134
Table 13.45: Texas Instruments financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 135
Table 13.46: Alcatel-Lucent snapshot 135
Table 13.47: Alcatel-Lucent hardware financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 136
Table 13.48: Sun Microsystems snapshot 137
Table 13.49: Sun Microsystems hardware financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 137
Table 13.50: Nortel Networks snapshot 138
Table 13.51: Nortel Networks financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 138
Table 13.52: Acer snapshot 139
Table 13.53: Acer financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 139
Table 13.54: EMC snapshot 140
Table 13.55: EMC hardware financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 140
Table 13.56: STMicroelectronics snapshot 141
Table 13.57: STMicroelectronics hardware financial performance ($m), 2004–2006 141
Table 13.58: Seagate snapshot 142
Table 13.59: Seagate financial performance ($m), 2005–2007 142