1. © Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Emerging Test & Measurement Market Opportunity: Fiber Channel, Optical Transport Network and Resilient Packet Rings Test Vendors Challenged to Provide Return on Investments Industrial Automation Group “The key challenges facing test vendors are related to the opportunities in the emerging technologies arena as opposed to the development costs of test solutions and their return on investments.”

2. © Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends Product scalability with emerging technologies poses technological challenges End-users demanding better price performance ratio lower profit margins Catering to multiple technologies is a strain to test vendor resources during product development Experimental deployment of new technologies is likely to continue on a limited scale for network improvements Despite technology advancements and optimistic outlook, the general mood for CAPEX is down

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