[May 23, 2012] Mobile Virtual Environments: The Opportunity for Guest Applications and Operating Systems Tweet NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Mobile Virtual Environments: The Opportunity for Guest Applications and Operating Systems http://www.reportlinker.com/p0765401/Mobile-Virtual-Environments-The-Opportunity-for-Guest-Applications-and-Operating-Systems.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Wireless_Technology The explosive growth of mobile applications and waning battle between application ecosystems are creating a new reality in the mobile industry. Apple and Google have effectively prevailed in the platform war, leaving OEMs without access to these ecosystems at a significant disadvantage. Users are also demanding a wide choice of innovative applications on all their digital devices: smartphones used for work and personal use, tablets and e-books, in their cars and on their TVs. OEMs need to provide Android apps to their customers but are hesitant to relinquishing control of their branded experience and services. Enterprises want to drive productivity by providing their employees access to slick consumer applications alongside secure enterprise apps on smartphones and tablets of their choice. Virtualization solutions can solve these challenges by creating environments that are independent of the underlying OS or hardware in which to run foreign applications and guest operating systems. This report analyzes four virtualization technologies that all take different approaches and are designed to address notably different markets. These technologies include: Mobile hypervisors Secure application containers Thin client and cloud solutions Application virtual machines Enterprises that are embracing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies are looking to virtualization solutions to protect enterprise data on employee owned devices. Over the past few years, mobile hypervisors that have been used to reduce hardware costs are now being repurposed to enable two segregated application operating systems on one device. Containerized application solutions, thin client and cloud solutions are enabling the separation of consumer and enterprise applications within the operating system protecting sensitive enterprise data. The emergence of virtualization technologies to help manage BYOD policies will lead to new competition prompting important strategic decisions for established mobile enterprise software vendors. As this market shifts from managing devices to securing enterprise applications and data, mobile device management vendors and mobile enterprise application platform vendors will have to embrace emerging technologies to stay relevant. With promising technologies such as type 1 hypervisor based solutions still on the horizon, providers will have to weigh their current investments against their long term technical roadmap. OEMs are deploying application virtual machines, or more specifically, the Dalvik virtual machine on non-Android devices to run Android applications. This strategy allows OEMs to leverage the robust Android ecosystems without having to relinquish control of the user experience to Google. These devices will run Android applications side by side with Native and HTML5 applications in a seamless interface, increasing developer flexibility and driving innovation. We are forecasting over 508 million non-Android devices to ship in 2016 which will run Android applications. Beyond traditional mobile devices, Dalvik virtual machines are being evaluated to run applications on in-vehicle infotainment systems (IVI) and set top boxes. This trend will have important strategic implications as mobile applications migrate to these new platforms. Internet players are pushing into the TV content distribution market and virtualization solutions will be an important tool for entrenched players defending their market. Separating the Dalvik virtual machine from the Android stack will also loosen Google's grip on application distribution and compromise its ability to manage fragmentation in the Android ecosystem. While fragmentation will be a challenge for the industry, creating new cross device opportunities for Android developers will help improve application economics, which in turn will strengthen the ecosystem in the long run. Companies Mentioned ACL Alien Dalvik Android Android Player Apple TV Codezero Dalvik VM Divide Dynamics Googe TV iOS iPad Java Limo/Tizen Meego Mobile Horizon Mobile Virtulization Layer OKL4 Pocket Cloud Safezone Symbian Toggle vLogix Mobile VLX WebOS Windows Mobile Table of Contents Introduction 1 Market Opportunity 1 The Enterprise Opportunity 2 The Cross Device Opportunity 2 Technology Trends 2 Hypervisors 2 Application Containers 4 Application or Process Virtual Machines (VM) 5 Streaming UI's & Thin Client Solutions 7 Cloud Solutions 7 Market Drivers & Barriers 8 Developer Economics 8 Emergence of Cloud Computing 8 IP Litigation 9 Market Opportunities 9 Enterprise Market 10 Cross Platform Security Ease of Installation Performance and Device Level Functionality IT Control Diverse Enterprise Market Mobile Handset Market 13 Other Consumer Mobile Device Market 14 IVI-In Vehicle Infotainment Market 15 Cable Network Operators 15 Market Strategies 16 Forecast & Strategic Outlook 17 BYOD Market Forecast 17 Type 2 Hypervisors and Container Apps Type 1 Hypervisors BYOD Market Strategic Outlook 21 MEAP and MDM Players Will Struggle With Strategic Dilemmas Cohabitation of MDM, MEAP, and Sandbox Solutions Will Be Short Lived and Players Will Compete 21 In The Long Run Red Bend Wins In BYOD Solutions Market Virtual Machines Market Forecast 22 Smartphones Tablets Automobiles Set Top Boxes Virtual Machine Strategic Outlook 26 Changing Dynamics in Developer Ecosystem Delvik & HTML5 Value Proposition Overlap OEMs will Focus More on Core Functionality to Differentiate Fragmentation Will Grow in Android Android Wins and Looses Virtualization Trend Strategic Outlook 27 Carrier Opportunities How Will Apple React to This Trend Vendor Profiles 28 Enterproid 28 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges Good Technologies 30 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges Myriad Group 31 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges Open Kernel Labs 33 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges Open Mobile World Wide 34 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges Red Bend Software 35 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges Research in Motion 37 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges VMWare 38 Overview Mobile Virtualization Offerings Competitive Advantages Competitive Challenges Table of Figures Table 1 - Mobile Hypervisor Vendors 4 Table 2 - Application Container Vendors 5 Table 3 - Delvik VM Players 6 Table 4 - Thin Client and Streaming Vendors 7 Table 5 - Virtualization Technology Opportunity Matrix 10 Table 6 - Virtualization Technology Business Models 17 Figure 1 - Type 1 Hypervisor Architecture 3 Figure 2 - Type 2 Hypervisor Architecture 3 Figure 3 - Application Containers Architecture 5 Figure 4 - Application Virtual Machines Architecture 6 Figure 5 - Virtualization Implementation Architecture 12 Figure 6 - Total Enterprise Virtualization Users Forecast: 2012-2016 18 Figure 7 - Total Users Application Container and Type 2 Hypervisors Forecast: 2012-2016 18 Figure 8 - Total Revenues Type 2 Hypervisor and Container App Solutions Market Forecast: 2012- 201 20Figure 9 - Device Shipments with Type 1 Hypervisors Forecast and Install Base 2012-2016 20 Figure 10 - Total Devices Shipping with Delvik VM and Total Addressable Market Forecasts: 2012-2016 23Figure 11 - Smartphones Shipping with Delvik VM and Total Addressable Market Forecasts: 2012-2016 23Figure 12 - Tablets Shipping with Delvik VM and Total Addressable Market Forecasts: 2012-2016 24Figure 13 - Automobiles Shipping with IVI Systems Featuring Delvik VMs and Total Addressable Market Forecasts: 2012-2016 25Figure 14 - Set Top Boxes Shipping With Delvik VM and Total Addressable Market Forecasts: 2012-2016 26 To order this report:Wireless Technology Industry: Mobile Virtual Environments: The Opportunity for Guest Applications and Operating Systems More Market Research Report Check our Industry Analysis and Insights Nicolas BombourgReportlinkerEmail: [email protected]: (805)652-2626Intl: +1 805-652-2626 SOURCE Reportlinker [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]