© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. World Data Acquisition Boards, Modules, Software & Interfaces Market Established Larger Market Participants and Complex Nature of Market Challenges Growth Test & Measurement Group “The mature, densely populated data acquisition systems (DAQ) market is highly fragmented, intensely competitive and has made rapid technological advancements.”

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Market Coverage Data Acquisition Systems Market Data Acquisition Boards Data Acquisition Modules Interface based Data Acquisition Modules Data Acquisition Software PCI Boards VXI Modules PCMCIA Boards PXI Modules cPCI Modules USB FireWire/IEEE 1394 Ethernet

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Market Coverage (Cont’d) End-User Segmentation Industrial automation & manufacturing, aerospace & defense, automotive, semiconductor, life science/medical engineering, educational institutions, and others Geographic Segmentation North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest-of-the-World

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends Growing acceptance of PC in industrial applications Growth in certain applications such as medical, aerospace & defense, and oil & gas create healthy market conditions Cost pressures spur demand for PXI Speed, ease of use, and networking capabilities promote new interfaces such as USB, FireWire/IEEE 1394 and Ethernet Increased focus on data analysis along with data acquisition in software packages Large installed base of traditional data acquisition systems limits new purchase Weak economic conditions in North America and Europe hamper sales in automotive, semiconductor sectors and even educational institutions

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends (Cont’d)

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Key Features Frost & Sullivan Provides: Detailed insights into recent developments and trends Drivers, restraints, challenges, and strategic recommendations Analyst insights on ‘hot topics’ and emerging applications in the data acquisition systems markets Market sizing and competitive analysis Market forecasts and opportunity analysis Quarterly assessments End user analysis within each report

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What We Offer Global Coverage: U.S., Europe, Japan, Asia Proven methodology encompassing extensive primary and secondary data and research Focused information and strategies that cover business and technology issues Credible data and analysis highlighting industry dynamics Winning strategies to help you create precise business plans

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Who Will Benefit?  Current Market Participants  Find out how you compare to the competition  Assess current and future drivers and restraints  Determine and exploit new market share opportunities  New Entrants  Analyze challenges associated with the industry  Calculate time scales for strategy implementation  Position yourself to capitalize on the market’s unmet needs  Investment Community  Analyze long-term strategies of DAQ companies  Determine which participants will outperform the competition  Assess attractiveness of investing in the DAQ market

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Conclusions PXI Modules expected to drive the data acquisition market in the short- and medium term Ethernet based data acquisition likely to be the next big opportunity Aerospace & defense, medical, and manufacturing anticipated to be lucrative end-user segments Data acquisition through Ethernet and USB poised to gain significant popularity The future is in data acquisition with extensive analysis capabilities

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved.  Adaptech, Inc.  ADLINK Technology, Inc.  Advantech Co., Ltd.  Agilent Technologies, Inc.  Analogic Corp.  Data Translation, Inc.  DATAQ Instruments, Inc.  DATEL, Inc.  Gage Applied, Inc.  Intelligent Instrumentation, Inc.  IOTech, Inc. Key Market Participants  Keithely Instruments, Inc.  Kitentic Systems Co., LLC  Labtech  Measurement Computing Corp.  National Instruments Corp.  Pantek, Inc.  Pickering Interfaces  Super Logics, Inc.  Synchrotech  United Electronic Industries, Inc.  VXI Technology, Inc.

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