On Target: Embedded Systems

Agile2013: VDC Research is heading to Nashville - Music City!

The M2M Embedded Software team is excited to be heading to Nashville to attend Agile2013 (#agile2013). The growing adoption of Agile methodologies is one of the most important developments in the software lifecycle management solution market since VDC started covering it in 2000. Despite origins in the enterprise/IT software development world, iterative software development methods have also taken hold in the embedded market. In fact, nearly 50% of embedded engineers we surveyed in 2012 used Agile and Iterative methods. As embedded systems continue to evolve, organizations still relying on traditional development methodologies are struggling to keep pace with their software... Read more →

Vertical Market Embedded Systems Market Statistics

VDC is preparing to launch research for a series of reports providing insight into the dynamics of different embedded vertical markets. Reports will be published highlighting the following industries: · Automotive/Rail/Transportation · Consumer Electronics · Industrial Automation/Energy/Power · Medical · Military/Aerospace · Mobile phones · Retail Automation/Digital Signage · Telecom/Datacom So what insights and statistics will be provided in these individual vertical market reports? · Global number of embedded system project starts · Global number and types of embedded system engineer · Total Market for Embedded Software Engineering (TAM) o Total OEM Spend on Commercial Embedded Software and Tools o... Read more →

Complimentary Embedded Software and Tools Research Available

Did you know that we regularly produce complimentary research highlights and content? You can receive immediate access to the latest updates and research notes from VDC as well as receive notifications when new free content is available from our research covering embedded software and tools technologies. In case you haven't already - please Sign Up by Clicking Here. Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions on the research that we've posted. Read more →

Tool and Service Suppliers To Rebalance Their Offerings?

As the embedded markets emerge from the recession, we look for the shape and form of new revenue and profit opportunities. We see indications that some of the differences in technical requirement and commercial opportunity that differentiated (and insulated) the embedded markets from enterprise markets -- and the larger economy on some levels -- have been worn away by the latest recession. Indeed, the 'borders' of these markets have become quite porous during the past decade, with some transfer points created by the recession, and pre-existing others made wider by it. Each quarter brings another announcement of an enterprise vendor... Read more →

Total Market for Embedded Software Engineering Down in 2009 after a 4% Increase in 2008

VDC recently released a series of reports from Track 3: The Total Market for Embedded Software Engineering (TMESE) of VDC’s 2009 Embedded Software Market Intelligence Program. These reports include a total available market (TAM) analysis of OEM spending on embedded software engineering (including commercial products and software engineering labor spend). Although growth slowed in the fourth quarter of 2008, many engineering organizations maintained their research and development spending rates throughout the majority of 2008. The changing economic climate led to a more cautious development approach; whereas engineering staffs would have previously made more of the software purchasing decisions themselves, procurement... Read more →

2010 Embedded Software & Tools Market Update & Outlook - Webcast Today!

It is not too late to register for today's webcast! During this complimentary webcast, we will discuss the challenges facing embedded device and systems manufacturers and their embedded solutions providers and offer our thoughts on how they will have to adjust given the current economic climate. Specifically, the webcast will address the following key questions: How have economic conditions affected embedded software solution suppliers? What does the competitive landscape look like? How will supplier consolidation affect the market? How are multi-core requirements impacting embedded software development? What types of tasks are being outsourced by OEMs and what are the opportunities... Read more →

Over $25 Billion: VDC Research Releases New Metric Measuring the Total Size of the Embedded Software Engineering Market

VDC Research recently released a series of Embedded Systems Market Statistics reports providing a detailed, vertical-by-vertical analysis of key embedded industries. Within these reports, VDC provides estimates for the Total Market for Embedded Software Engineering (TMESE), which VDC believes represents more than $25 billion worldwide. While spending on commercial software and tools for embedded software engineering represents a large portion of the TMESE, spending on engineering labor continues to represent a substantial piece of this market opportunity. VDC views this larger market size to be most representative of the total revenue opportunity for software vendors. Vendors who provide solutions able... Read more →

Now Available: Embedded Systems Market Statistics

Embedded Software 2008 Market Intelligence Service Track 3: Embedded Systems Market Statistics VDC Research Group is pleased to announce the release of seven reports on embedded systems market statistics, as part its 2008 Embedded Software Market Intelligence Service. The statistics are based on detailed Web survey responses from hundreds of embedded developers and VDC’s proprietary embedded systems market statistics model. This model is a tool for estimating and forecasting the global population of embedded engineers, the global number of project starts, and the Total Market for Embedded Software Engineering (TMESE). Each volume focuses on one of the following key vertical... Read more →

AVAILABLE NOW - VDC RELEASES EMBEDDED ENGINEERING SURVEY DATA FOR 2008

With the increasing complexity of embedded software and hardware designs, the 2008 end-user data books will provide insight into the behavior, opinions, and demographics of embedded engineers, the degree to which embedded system engineering tasks are converging, and key system engineering trends likely to impact embedded systems manufacturers and solution providers over the short and long term. This end-user data is based on detailed Web survey responses collected in the February to April 2008 timeframe from almost eight hundred embedded systems engineers worldwide that will offer an understanding about the dynamics of the embedded market as they relate to current... Read more →

Venture Development Corporation Releases New Metrics Estimating the Total Size of the Embedded Software Development Market

Venture Development Corporation (VDC) recently released its report on the Total Market for Embedded Software Development (TMESD). While previously published reports have sized the opportunity for commercial embedded operating systems, tools, and other software; this new report also includes other costs associated with embedded software design and test and offers subscribers new data on the total size of the embedded development market. VDC believes this information will allow vendors to gain additional insight into the total market opportunity, and the relationship among the costs associated with embedded software development. “In addition to understanding spending on commercial software and other products,... Read more →