Motorola Tops New ABI Research Vendor "Green Wi-Fi" Matrix Ranking

Motorola (News - Alert) ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research (News - Alert). Cisco Systems and Siemens Enterprise Networks claimed the second and third spots in the company’s new evaluation of the “greenness” of worldwide Wi-Fi access points and their vendors.

 

ABI Research, headquartered in New York and founded in 1990, assists manufacturers of wireless semiconductor components in understanding and entering new markets.

 

The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI Research to provide a clear understanding of vendors’ positions in specific markets. Vendors are assessed on the parameters of “innovation” and “implementation” across several criteria unique to each vendor matrix.

 

ABI Research vice president Stan Schatt comments: “Motorola emerged as the winner in the Implementation category – which represents the greenness of a vendor’s product portfolio – based on its large offering of value-add green features. Motorola was just a fraction of a point behind Cisco (News - Alert) in terms of a vendor’s internal green initiatives but scored high enough on its product features for the overall ‘greenest of the green’ honors.”

 

In this study, under "innovation," ABI Research examined vendors’ carbon footprints, regulatory compliance, recycling efforts, internal initiatives, achievements in telepresence, video conferencing and telecommuting, and their participation in environmental organizations.

 

Under "implementation," ABI Research investigated two criteria: the controller power efficiency of each vendor’s products, and their value-add green features.

 

Schatt further stated, “Fourth-placing HP is poised to assume leadership in the green WLAN equipment market. Its corporate internal green efforts are already ranked number 1 (tied with Cisco).”