Structured Cabling Technology and Market Assessment.

December 2012 | | ID: S92CA6FCB25EN
Bishop & Associates, Inc

Abstracts

This report contains in-depth analysis of the market for structured cabling components and evaluations of what products may be introduced in the future. The report discusses the ongoing battle between copper and fiber systems and how this will play out in the coming years.

This report is beneficial to those seeking to understand:

• The technology drivers in the structured cabling market.
• The utilization of cooper versus fiber optic systems.
• The five-year, worldwide forecast for connectors and cable assemblies by media type, product type and region of the world.

There is a strong connection between the success of Gigabit Ethernet and the fact that it runs over structured cabling. Like its predecessor, 1000BASE-T, 10G over twisted-pair copper (10GBASE-T) holds the promise of being an order of magnitude less costly than its optical competitor (10GBASE-SR). What has held it back thus far has been its high power consumption. This issue is being resolved through advances in transceiver-chip lithography, which is driving down power consumption.

Even so, fiber has taken a foothold in the network at 10G. Fiber-optic products are poised to steadily take market share from copper products in the structured cabling market over the next five years. The overall five-year CAGR for fiber from 2012 to 2017 is expected to exceed XX%, while copper will be down X.X%. While the copper structured cabling market is expected to shrink, it is by less than X%, so there is still revenue to be had over the next five years, especially in CAT6 UTP for Gigabit Ethernet and CAT7 for 10G.

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction
Overall Structured Cabling Components Five-Year Forecasts
Total Components by Media Type
Total Market: Copper versus Fiber
Summary of Category Products
Percentage of Copper Category Components (Revenue)
Summary of Fiber Products
Percentage of Fiber Related Components (Revenue)
Structured Cabling Components by Region 2012 to 2017 with 5-Year CAGR
Ethernet and Structured Cabling Trends Driving the Market
10-Gigabit Copper (10GBASE-T)
SFP+ and Top of Rack (ToR) Data Center Architecture
40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Multi-mode Fiber
Single Mode Fiber
MPO and Pre-Terminated Cable Assemblies
40GBase-T-Copper
Enhanced Category 5e and 6 Cables
Marketing and Sales Strategies
Cabling is No Longer the Lead Product
Structured Cabling Manufacturers Web Marketing
Structured Cabling Sales Channel

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION

Introduction
Background
The Markets for 10, 40 and 100G
How Converged Networks in the Data Center Will Drive Higher Rates
Comparison of Ethernet, SONET/SDH, FC and IB Data
Rates
Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and Ethernet in the Data Center
Scope and Objectives
Scope of this Report
Structured Cabling Components Covered
Methodology and Information Sources
Plan of Report

CHAPTER 2 – TRENDS IN THE STRUCTURED CABLING MARKET

Introduction
Ethernet
Data Center Network Data Rate Progression
The Market Need for 40G
Gigabit Data Communications Ethernet Variants
Data Centers and Enterprise Networks: Data Rate and Bandwidth Requirements
Public Network Data Rate Progression (Gbps)
Local Area Network and Enterprise Data Center Data Rate Progression (Gbps)
Ethernet Servers and Switches
Servers
FCoE and CEE Server Network Convergence
Switches
Storage Area Networks and Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel Roadmap
High Performance Computing and InfiniBand
Today’s Supercomputer
InfiniBand Formats and Data Rates
InfiniBand Roadmap
Ethernet versus Fibre Channel and InfiniBnd
Passive Optical LAN
Mobile Backhaul
Wireless Technology Evolution
New Applications for Structured Cabling
Structured Cabling System Trends
Cable
Worldwide Flammability Ratings
TIA-568 and ISO/IEC 11801 Premise Wiring Standards
Category 5e/Class D
Category 6/Class E
Category 6A/Class??
Shielding
Category 6A Shielded Cable
Category 7 and 7a/Class F
Category 7A
Copper Patch Cables
Patch Panels
SFP and SFP+ Direct-Attach Copper Family
Fiber Optics
Multi-mode Fiber
Single Mode Fiber
Fiber Optic Connectors
Fiber Optic Cable
Pre-terminated Fiber Assemblies

CHAPTER 3 – TOP SUPPLIERS OF STRUCTURED CABLING COMPONENTS

Introduction
Belden
Belden Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Belden Copper Solutions Performance
Belden Copper Solutions Margin to Specification
Belden Cable Specification Comparison at 100 MHz
Fiber Optic Systems
Premise Distribution
Outside Plant
Indoor/Outdoor
Cordage
Pre-Terminated Cabling Systems
Sales Channel
Berk-Tek, A Nexans Company
Berk-Tek Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Berk-Tek Cable Specification Comparison at 100 MHz
Fiber Optic Products
Sales Channel
CommScope
CommScope Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and
Trade Names
CommScope Targeted Vertical Markets
Copper Products
Systimax Copper Solutions Guaranteed Specifications
CommScope Copper Solutions Margin to Specification
Fiber Optic Products
Multimode Fiber Applications Support
Premise Distribution
Breakout Cable
Outside Plant
Indoor/Outdoor
Cordage
Self Supporting Figure-8
Sales Channel
Corning
Corning Trade Marks and Trade Names
Multimode Fiber Applications Support
Premise Distribution
Outside Plant
Indoor/Outdoor
Ribbon Cables
Self Supporting Figure-8
Cordage
Sales Channel
Hubbell Premise Wiring
Hubbell Premise Wiring Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Fiber Optic Products
Sales Channel
Leviton
Leviton Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Fiber Optic Products
Sales Channel
Mohawk
Mohawk Structured Cabling Brand, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Mohawk Cable Specification Comparison at 100 MHz
Fiber Optic Products
Sales Channel
LeGrand Ortronics
Ortronics Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Fiber Optic Products
Sales Channel
Panduit
Panduit Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Panduit Copper Solutions Performance
Panduit Copper Solutions Margin to Specification
Fiber Optic Products
Multimode Fiber Applications Support
Premise Distribution
Outside Plant
Indoor/Outdoor
Cordage
Sales Channel
Siemon
Siemon Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
Siemon Copper Margin to Specification
Siemon Copper Solutions Guaranteed Specifications
Siemon Cable Specification Comparison at 100 MHz
Fiber Optic Solutions
Multimode Fiber Applications Support
Premise Distribution
Outside Plant
Indoor/Outdoor
Sales Channel
TE Connectivity
TE Networks Solutions Structured Cabling Brands, Trade Marks and Trade Names
Copper Products
TE Connectivity Cable Specification Comparison at 100 MHz
Fiber Optic Solutions
Premise Distribution
Outside Plant
Indoor/Outdoor
Cordage
Sales Channel

CHAPTER 4 – FIVE-YEAR FORECASTS

Introduction
Methodology
Total Market
Overall Structured Cabling Components Five-Year Forecasts
Summary Table for All Components
Total Components by Media Type
Total Market: Copper versus Fiber
Structured Cabling Connectors
Connectors by Product Type
Connectors by Data Rate
Copper Connectors by Product Type
Copper Connectors by Data Rate
Fiber Connectors by Product Type
Fiber Connectors by Data Rate
Structured Cabling Patch Cords
Patch Cords by Product Type
Patch Cords by Data Rate
Copper Patch Cords by Product Type
Copper Patch Cords by Data Rate
Fiber Patch Cords by Product Type
Fiber Patch Cords by Data Rate
Structured Cabling Patch Panels
Patch Panels by Product Type
Patch Panels by Data Rate
Structured Cabling Cable
Copper Horizontal Cable by Product Type
Copper Horizontal Cable by Data Rate
Copper Patch Cables by Product Type
Copper Patch Cables by Data Rate
Fiber Cable by Product Type
Fiber Cable by Data Rate
Market by Fiber Type ($)
Structured Cabling Copper Cabling Systems
Cat5e Products
CAT6 U/UTP Products
CAT6F/UTP Products
CAT6A U/UTP Products
CAT6A F/UTP Products
CAT7 Products
Structured Cabling Components by Region of the World
Structured Cabling Component Sales by Region
Connector Sales by Region
Patch Cords by Region
Copper Horizontal Cabling by Region
Copper Connectors by Region
Fiber Cable by Region