The three primary drivers in the CD jukebox market are applications, access time, and the role of shared storage resources. This is a market that is highly coupled to the acceptance of applications which utilize CD-based information. Making reference data readily accessible to network users, is the predominant role for CD-systems. Because drives are so inexpensive, it is easy to allocate a drive per piece of reference media. When the hassle and cost of managing weekly media changes dictates the need for help, the move to automation begins and jukeboxes become viable upgrades.
Storage systems are no longer stand-alone, single function boxes.
They are shared repositories acting as network-based resources. Centralized repositories with automation like CD jukeboxes are ideal and fit this model well. This networking trend intersects with the developing CD solutions and will become an important driver in growing the CD jukebox market. The following tables are the detailed forecast numbers. They include shipments, installed base, average factory price, and revenue.