The global outlook series on Networking Hardware And Software provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a brief overview of select segments that make up the networking hardware, and software industry. The report also recapitulates the spate of recent mergers and acquisitions that have irreversibly changed the industry’s landscape together with other noteworthy strategic corporate developments. Annotated, and punctuated with 18 data rich tables, and easy to understand charts and graphs, the discussion on the US market captures the prevailing scenario with numerical statistics examining expenditures on Virtual Private Network technology by small-scale businesses, shipments of licensed Network/Server Operating Systems, and sales of LAN Switches, LMDS/MMDS Equipments, and Firewall Software and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Hardware, among others. Other regional markets briefly discussed include Japan, France, Germany, UK, Spain, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Taiwan, UAE, Brazil, and Venezuela, among others. The purpose of the abstracted regional market discussion is to provide the reader a prelude, and a macro level understanding of these markets. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 593 companies worldwide.