It’s my first day at Evaluation Engineering, and I’ll be heading off to Autotestcon soon. Meanwhile I’ll be posting here as I get set up on the EE production systems. (This item was originally posted September 13 at http://rickeditor.blogspot.com/.)
Highlighting the news today, Frost & Sullivan Europe reports that constantly evolving technologies require advanced and easy-to-use metrology software. The market-research firm expects the global market is expected to escalate from $254.4 million of 2009 up to $331.9 million in 2014. Frost reports that consumers of metrology software have upped the demand for higher product quality in order to streamline their production processes, and that metrology software developers are looking to cash in on this demand by producing flexible, reliable and accurate tools.
“The majority of software vendors had spent substantial amounts of money on R&D and marketing to raise awareness among end users about the benefits of software enhancements,” says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Prathima Bommakanti, in a press release. “Eventually, end users are more knowledgeable about the cost-saving potential of software, and this is opening up new market opportunities for suppliers.”
Bommakanti notes that one of the top criteria for choosing a metrology software vendor is a service portfolio. “Without an extended service portfolio and qualified engineers, suppliers have limited scope of becoming leaders in the metrology software market,” she says. “Most key market participants have well trained and experienced in-house staff that can offer complete and customized service support to their customers.”
Details on the Frost metrology study are available at www.testandmeasurement.frost.com.