该报告称，“世界人机界面（HMI）产品和软件市场”的报告说，全球HMI市场的价格一直在稳步下跌。一些降价是由于质量较低，定价较低的进口产品进入市场的结果，而另一些则是由于市场状况而造成的。尽管价格较低，但该研究计划在未来几年内预计HMI市场的增长，收入从2004年的19亿美元增加到2011年的28亿美元。
“There is an increase in demand for Web-based HMIs, which offer reduced operating costs. On the other hand, it has created higher concerns over company security,” notes Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Sanjeev Rajagopalan Sridharan. “The possibility of people accessing vital information and deliberately causing disruption and acts of terrorism raises the need to address the issue of security.”
Manufacturers of HMI must address the issue of security and provide potential customers with adequate precautionary measures, especially for Web-based systems, according to Frost & Sullivan. This can be done through infrastructure and access protection measures so that clients can invest in highly developed HMI solutions.
Sridharan说：“未来几年对缓慢或平坦增长的最终用户担忧导致对资本改善的投资有限。”“主要的最终用户仍然对经济的未来保持警惕，大公司没有投资升级或工厂扩建。”
Owing to increasingly thin profit margins, manufacturers are finding it difficult to provide funds for research and development, and this is likely to hamper new product development in HMI technology in the long term, says the Frost & Sullivan study.
“Suppliers should offer broader product ranges and more integrated solutions in their products. This provides added functionality to end-users,” says Sridharan. “Such HMI products are likely to see higher sales.”
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