This market research report segments the global rugged notebooks market by end user (military, law enforcement, firefighters, machinery, and others) and by geography (APAC, EMEA, and the Americas). Leading vendors analyzed in this market study include Getac and Panasonic.
Technavio’s market research analysts estimate the global rugged notebooks market to grow at a modest CAGR of 1% between 2015 and 2019. The increasing adoption of semi-rugged notebooks is the major revenue contributor of this market. The Americas dominate the global market for rugged notebooks, accounting for around 48% of the total market share. High spending on the US military is one of the major factors driving market’s growth in this region. Also, most of the rugged market end-users, like law enforcement, mining, construction, and many others, come from this region.
The new market research report from Technavio provides a breakdown and analysis of the rugged notebooks segments by end-users and sub segments.
“Of late, the market vendors are aiming towards increased consumerization of rugged devices. They are focusing on increasing their customer base by offering unique features and innovations in the product. Individual customers are showing interest in rugged notebooks because of the emergence of slimmer and lighter designs. Vendors are increasingly integrating rugged notebooks with ARM processors, which are cheaper, easily disposable and provide superior performance. This will help in reducing the price of rugged notebooks, thereby boosting their sales,” says Navin Rajendra, Lead Analyst, IT Hardware, Technavio Research.
Now-a-days, various organizations are replacing their fully-rugged notebooks with less expensive semi-rugged notebooks. Semi-rugged notebook is a standard notebook computer that is adapted for rugged use. These notebooks are lighter, thinner, and cheaper than fully-rugged notebooks. Major rugged notebook manufacturers like Panasonic and Getac are also focusing on semi-rugged notebooks. Recently, Dell has also come up with its semi-rugged Dell latitude series. It is estimated the semi-rugged segment will occupy around 70% of the rugged notebook segment by 2019.
Semi-rugged vs fully-rugged adoption 2014-2019
Source: Technavio Research
This market is highly competitive and is dominated by leading players like Panasonic and Getac. Both these companies currently account for more than 85% of the total market share and are expected to retain their dominating hold over the market over the next four years.
A more detailed analysis is available in the Technavio report, Global Rugged Notebooks Market 2015-2019.
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