http://www.the-ifoshop.com/telecom.shtml Telecom & IT Market Research Reports Global Information, Inc. (C) 2008 Global Information, Inc. 2008-05-16 daily en 2008-05-30 Light Counting http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/lc51668-annual-techn.html The high speed interface landscape is filled with standards. Just when companies have made their development investment in one interface, another standard comes along to limit their returns. The new standard typically doubles, quadruples or multiplies by ten the existing interface speed. But it can also be a new variant of an existing interface, complicating the market dynamics and diluting the TAM. Fibre Channel users are going down the times-two speed route, embracing 4Gbps interfaces with 8Gbps interfaces in their sights. For the Enterprise, there are over half a dozen 10 Gigabit Ethernet standards, with five alone covering copper, single- and multi-mode fiber to distances from 20m to 10km. In 2007 two of these five will start shipping: the 10GBASE-T copper standard aimed at the data centre, and the 10GBASE-LRM multimode fibre standard for the building and campus. en 2008-05-14 eMarketer http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/em66771-politics08-online.html This year' s national and local elections are generating record advertising spending, including online. Still, only 1% to 2% of political ad budgets will be spent online, compared with 50% to 80% on broadcast TV advertising. The Politics ' 08 Online report analyzes how online advertising, communications and social networks are affecting this year' s political races. en 2008-05-14 IDATE http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iu66822-satellite-brband.html This report examines the latest developments in the United States, Asia and Europe, provides analysis of the issues surrounding the introduction of these services and assesses the opportunities linked to their deployment as a fixed solution in the residential market in Europe and North Africa. en 2008-05-13 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg66618-online-game.html Revenue for the online gaming market in the Asia/Pacific region is expected to grow rapidly between 2008 and 2013 as consumer awareness increases and new technologies allow for greater content and variety of games. Total revenue for the Asia/Pacific region stood at US$5.8 billion in 2007 and is expected to reach US$21.1 billion in 2013, a CAGR of 20.6%. The major factors driving this growth include growing household Internet penetration, increased content development for online-specific games, wider access mediums to accelerate demand, and the unique experience that online gaming offers. Online games are no longer restricted to slow-action strategy games. Faster connections are allowing the popular Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) to be developed and enter the mainstream. In turn, this is rapidly increasing consumer acceptance of the Internet as an entertainment medium. en 2008-05-13 EJL Wireless Research http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ejl66624-wireless-oem.html This report presents a financial analysis of the recently completed first quarter of 2008. en 2008-05-09 WinterGreen Research, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/wg66560-chile-sip.html SIP based IP PBX markets in Chile are poised for significant growth as people move to purchase IP based servers for communications. Significant pent up demand will be converted to sales as systems are put on the market that permit implementation of voice over IP that works. Voice over IP systems purchases have been postponed for ten years or more, waiting for technology that works. VoIP technology finally works. U.S. equipment is highly regarded in Chile for its reliability and quality. The U.S. is Chile' s largest telecommunications equipment supplier, representing 30% of total imports. Cisco (U.S.A.) is an important supplier of telco' s net infrastructure in the Chilean market. Lucent (U.S.A.) sells equipment for corporate networks in Chile. 3Com (U.S.A.) and Avaya have a presence in SIP enabled servers and IP PBX systems in Chile. en 2008-05-09 WinterGreen Research, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/wg66563-femtocell-mkt.html Femtocell systems provide modular value added services delivery of wireless communications and SIP based push technology presence implementing flexibility for people. The femtocells are designed for achieving automation of communications connectivity around the home and office. Adoption of advanced systems is anticipated to be rapid. Femtocells, are they a secret gathering of female revolutionaries or a miniature mobile phone base station? Probably the latter, but it is intriguing to think about the former. Lets see, oh well, femtocell technology is an industry-changing innovation. Dual-mode WiFi/cellular phones are not nearly as cost effective as femtocells. Femtocells are emerging as the main technologies that will link the indoor and outdoor networks. Femtocells are particularly attractive to mobile carriers. en 2008-05-09 WinterGreen Research, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/wg66565-ip-pbx-mkt.html SIP based IP PBX markets are poised for significant growth as people move to purchase IP based servers for communications. Significant pent up demand will be converted to sales as systems are put on the market that permit implementation of voice over IP that works. Voice over IP systems purchases have been postponed for ten years or more, waiting for technology that works. VoIP technology finally works. Technology transition relates to growth strategy that relies heavily on capturing a significant share of the spending by enterprises on their transition of technology from traditional communications systems to IP communications. IP communications has gained widespread acceptance in the marketplace and over time. The demand is continuing to increase as the industry goes through the mainstream adoption phase in the product lifecycle. en TV Market Research 2008-05-08 Informa Telecoms & Media http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/itm66208-americas-tv.html The report looks at present market trends, and evaluates the future direction the market is taking. It includes important illustrative statistics and reliable forecasts to 2013. en 2008-05-08 Frost & Sullivan http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs66544-emea-agent.html This research study looks at market trends, drivers, and restraints for the EMEA agent performance optimization (APO) market, with particular emphasis on quality monitoring (QM) and workforce management (WFM) applications. It also provides market size, market share, forecasts and regional revenue breakdown. Vendor solution offerings and strategies are analyzed in a competitive framework and considerations for market penetration and growth are proposed. en 2008-05-08 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii66817-server-foreca.html Presents worldwide server market volume by year for the period 2001 - 2012 and per quarter for the period 1Q 2005 - 4Q 2008; forecast for worldwide server market volume and share by region and by CPU architecture. en Wireless Lan Market Research 2008-05-07 Berg Insight AB http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ber66445-wireless-m2m.html The Global Wireless M2M Market is a unique report analysing the latest market developments in all regions of the world. This strategic research report from Berg Insight provides you with 140 pages of unique business intelligence including 5-year industry forecasts and expert commentary on which to base your business decisions. en 2008-05-07 eMarketer http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/em66473-social-network.html The Mobile Social Networks report analyzes the enormous opportunities and challenges presented by this new marketing channel. eMarketer forecasts that over 800 million people worldwide will be participating in a social network via their mobile phones by 2012, up from 82 million in 2007. en 2008-05-05 Frost & Sullivan http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs66246-telephony-sys.html This strategic analysis is part of Frost & Sullivan' s continued coverage of the North American enterprise telephony marketplace, with special focus on IP telephony. Within this analysis, Frost & Sullivan has identified market drivers, restraints, provided enterprise telephony vendors with a detailed look at the competitive landscape and provided estimated revenues and revenue forecast. The total telephony market comprises of TDM Private Branch eXchange systems (PBXs), KTSs, digital and analog phones sold in conjunction with the TDM PBXs, IP PBXs, IP-enabled PBXs and IP hard and soft phones. en 2008-05-05 Frost & Sullivan http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs66247-satellite-mkt.html This insight discusses the change in emphasis in the satellite industry from a focus on government and corporate infrastructure needs to one much more focused on consumer demand. This has come about though the decrease in demand for traditional telephone trunking and the development of direct broadcast television serving consumers directly and has resulted in much greater satellite industry revenues as the satellite industry moved up the marketplace food chain. en 2008-05-02 Mind Commerce http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/min66164-sensor-network.html In the not-too-distant future, tiny, dirt-cheap sensors may be literally sprayed on to roads, walls, or machines, creating a digital skin that senses a variety of physical phenomena of interest; monitor pedestrian or vehicular traffic in human-aware environments and intelligent transportation grids, report wild life habitat conditions for environmental conservation, detect forest fire to aid rapid emergency response, and track job and supply chains in smart factories. Unlike current in formation services such as those on the Internet where information can easily get stale or be useless because it is too generic, sensor networks promise to couple end users directly to sensor measurements and provide information that is precisely localized in time and/or space, according to the users needs or demands. Wireless Sensor Networks: Solutions and Market Opportunities address the important areas of the sensor networks are addressed and focusing on the present and the future areas will be presented to the reader to give a clear idea of what the sensor network is capable of. The current trends and the future prospects will be highlighted as well to make this report unique targeted towards a better understanding of sensor networks. en RFID Market Research 2008-05-01 IDTechEx Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ix62205-opportunities.html This report is the summation of extensive new research in late 2007 and early 2008 including interviews with RFID adopters and solution providers in the various applicational RFID markets, giving an unprecedented level of insight into the total RFID industry and what is really happening. en 2008-05-01 Portio Research Limited http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/por65935-mobile-wireles.html The US is expected to add more than 65 million mobile subscribers to the worldwide subscriber base in the period 2007-2012. This might look relatively insignificant compared to the massive numbers expected to be added from high-growth markets such as China (542 million) and India (282 million), but what makes the US mobile market an interesting market to study is the observation that a new mobile subscriber in the US is expected to generate between three and 13 times as much revenue expected from a new mobile subscriber in China, India and the other emerging markets in the top 10 in 2012. Compounding this aggressive growth is the high ARPU network operators in the US achieve from their subscribers. Unlike many other mature mobile markets, where ARPU is in slow decline, in the US ARPU is forecast to remain high, even increasing slightly from 2007 levels as we move forward over the next 4 or 5 years. While the US will contribute only around 5.5 percent to the total number of new subscribers that are expected from the top 10 markets in the period 2007-2012, in terms of revenue, the country will account for around 25.2 percent of the total mobile service revenues generated by these 10 markets in 2012. This significant revenue potential makes the US mobile market a very important market in the worldwide scenario. This report probes into the opportunities presented by the US mobile market through a holistic understanding of the current state of the market and its expected future movement. en Wireless Lan Market Research Bluetooth Market Research 2008-05-01 Kalorama Information http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/kl65944-wireless-healthca.html 2008 has not seen any letdown in the use of wireless technologies in healthcare settings. The clinical environment is a highly mobile one, and physicians, nurses and other clinical operators have a real need for fast information they can act upon. Wireless technologies fit healthcare well. It' s therefore no surprise that hospitals are dedicating large portions of current and future budgets to IT development and wireless is likely to be among their choices. Kalorama' s Wireless in Healthcare 2008 is your guide to the still growing market for wireless healthcare applications in the United States and globally. This report contains explanations that cut through the confusion surrounding these technologies and provide readers with a total picture of wireless in healthcare. en 2008-05-01 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii66214-motherboard.html Affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, US consumer spending has been sluggish in 2008, leading to a slowdown in the US manufacturing industry and declines in leading US economic indicators. en 2008-05-01 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66377-personal-ip.html This IDC study examines the new communications market called personal IP communication services. The study takes a look at how the market is currently defined, the players in the market, the challenges for the players, and how all these change as the market continues to evolve and grow. en 2008-05-01 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66383-social-network.html This IDC study shows that 2007 was a break out year for enterprise social networking with much faster than expected growth as leading adopters started to reveal their early success and a number of robust enterprise solutions emerged. en 2008-05-01 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66384-workforce-perfor.html This IDC study provides IDC' s forecast for the worldwide workforce performance management (WPM) software and services market. en 2008-05-01 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66386-software-mainten.html This IDC study contains a five-year forecast for software maintenance revenue, including a comparison with total software revenue. en 2008-05-01 IDTechEx Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ix66546-smart-card.html This report compares and contrasts Near Field Communication (NFC), and particularly RFID enabled mobile phones, with contactless smart cards and tickets. The emphasis is on how they are forms of RFID with advantages and disadvantages and different development paths. We come to the surprising conclusion that there will continue to be rapid growth in sales of all three alternatives for at least ten years. This follows 800 million Chinese acquiring contactless national ID cards in four years and 47 million Japanese adopting RFID enabled, NFC compatible phones in three years. These were two of the fastest rollouts of electronic products in human history. en RFID Market Research 2008-05-01 IDTechEx Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ix66547-rfid2008.html Item level RFID is the tagging of the smallest taggable unit of things - the piece of apparel, library book, jewellery, engineering parts and laundry are examples. It used to be thought that item level RFID meant little more than tagging very low cost retail items - something to do last of all. However, it has become big business and far more profitable than many other RFID sectors because it gives excellent paybacks to everyone, not just retailers. We assess over 100 case studies such as Marks & Spencer in the UK using over 100 Million RFID tags to date to tag clothing and increase sales by reducing stockouts, in addition to others such as American Apparel doing similar work and reporting sales increases by 15% to 25% when all items are available on the floor. en 2008-05-01 ATLANTIC -ACM http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/aa66581-us-whol-carrier.html ATLANTIC-ACM' s 2008 U.S. Wholesale Carrier Carrier Report Card is the latest edition of the industry' s chief benchmarking study of wholesalers and the performance by their resale customers. In addition to performance in key areas by leading carriers, the study examines product trending and which products customers anticipate increasing and/or decreasing spend in the coming year. en Optical Network Market Research 2008-04-30 IGI Consulting, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/gi64044-r-oadms.html Now in nearly mid-2008, the ROADM has become a standard part of long-haul networks - to be included as a matter of course in any new network - and they have become a major update objective for existing networks. They have also become important to metro networks. Now the application that is driving cost savings is the use of low-cost ROADMs on the edge of the network. (See the material on Nistica, particularly, and others in the Systems Vendors' section.) In addition to the maturity of application, ROADMs have also developed a third-generation technology base - the wavelength selective switch (WSS) - that has quickly become the gold standard. Our focus for this report is the edge ROADM. There are forecasts (probably the first available anywhere), application sketches, complete vendor coverage, technology discussions, etc - all aimed at the edge ROADM. While the edge ROADM is our focus, the report also contains a complete update on all aspects of core and metro ROADMs, as well - including forecasts (with component forecast separately provided), application information, full technology discussions, and complete vendor information. This is the author' s fifth major report on ROADMs since 2002 - all part of the Lightwave Series of Reports brought to you by Information Gatekeepers. The author has also written a number of reports on ROADM components (also from IGI) and has consulted extensively on ROADMs. en 2008-04-30 Access Intelligence, LLC. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pb64271-satellite-ind.html Via Satellite' s 2008 Satellite Industry Directory is the MUST HAVE resource for all satellite industry personnel. en Set-Top Box Market Research 2008-04-30 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg65900-set-top-box.html Digital cable set top box unit shipments spiked to over 41 million units last year, up from 29.7 million units in 2006. Worldwide cable set top box revenues passed the $6 billion mark in 2007, up from $4.8 billion in 2006. This report covers the market for cable TV set top boxes, with special emphasis on product manufacturers, market and technology trends, and the semiconductor content of the boxes. It also provides a digital cable set top box Bill of Materials forecast, an analysis of digital cable set top box profit margins, digital cable set top box manufacturer market shares for 2007, and worldwide unit shipment and revenue forecasts for the next five years. en 2008-04-30 Business Insights http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/rb65929-mobile-payment.html As we move towards the so-called ‘cashless' society, and consumers increasingly want the ability to make payments online and on their mobile phones - safe in the knowledge that transactions are secure - the face of the payments landscape is changing. Card payments have increasingly become an important part of our everyday lives, especially as more and more people utilize the Internet and financial institutions offer various payment services that preclude writing checks or using cash. From a business standpoint and despite growing transaction volumes, financial institutions are facing margin pressures on their payments businesses as competition has grown. From a technology standpoint, there has been little change in the past two decades. However, there are indications that suggest the next few years will yield interesting developments. This report considers the current market for payments technologies and provides an analysis of how the sector could evolve. en 2008-04-30 Frost & Sullivan http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs65938-clinical-infor.html This research examines the clinical information systems-oncology markets in Europe in terms of the challenges faced by market participants, drivers and restraints in the industry, the competitive structure in the major markets, the revenue forecasts and growth rates and strategic recommendations. en 2008-04-30 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa65952-asia-telecoms.html The China market, although large, still has low penetration rates and this is an excellent indicator for future growth. The report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including IPTV developments. en 2008-04-30 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa65955-in-telecoms.html This report provides a comprehensive overview of the developments and trends in telecommunications, Internet and digital media markets in India. en 2008-04-30 ElectroniCast http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/el65956-photonic-switch.html The ElectroniCast Photonic Switch & Switch Matrices Global Market Forecast provides the historic year of 2007 and a 5-year (2008-2012) forecast of the consumption value of photonic switches and photonic switch matrix systems. en 2008-04-30 IMS Research http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iz65962-mobile-wallet.html There is an increasing level of activity in areas relating to what many people have termed the mobile wallet. This includes technology, applications and services that enable and deliver payments, banking, monetary transfers, ticketing, information transfer and physical access that are served via a mobile phone. With focused attention from bodies such as the GSMA, StoLPaN, the NFC Forum, the Bluetooth SIG and the Mobey Forum the real world solutions that are required by consumers, financial companies, retailers and other stakeholders are being developed. As a result the level of services being trialled and launched is rising rapidly and consumers are adopting these in many different markets. en Bluetooth Market Research 2008-04-30 IMS Research http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iz66129-ultra-wideband.html By considering the current dynamics in the industry, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the worldwide market for UWB. The report comes at an important time: IMS Research believes 2008 is a critical, make-or-break year for UWB, specifically for Wireless USB (WUSB). The report provides a balanced perspective of the market position of UWB and the industry' s prospects for growth. For each application, forecasts are accompanied by major assumptions on all aspects that will affect the UWB market. en 2008-04-30 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii66211-ict-vendors.html Analyzes the division of labor in the worldwide PC industry as well as leading vendors' value chain activities; presents changes in the PC industry' s production and R&D facility distribution; examines changes in worldwide PC industry structure and leading vendors' revenue performance. en 2008-04-30 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg66215-base-station.html One of the biggest challenges facing wireless subscribers is a lack of indoor coverage. The timing of 3G service rollouts is making this problem more relevant, as carriers realize that 3G services will have limited success without addressing the indoor coverage issue. The cost to address these shortcomings with traditional macro base station solutions is too high and not possible for most mobile operators. Microcells, picocells, and femtocells address these challenges in a much more cost-effective manner. By providing smaller and less powerful base stations in smaller areas, like public spaces, offices, and even homes, carriers can provide better coverage in more specific areas without a huge capital investment. en 2008-04-30 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg66217-mobile-device.html The personal and mobile device market is undergoing a rapid change as the distinction blurs among cellphone, personal entertainment device, and ultra-mobile PCs. In-Stat presents its views on the market forces causing this trend as well as the possible outcomes and effects on device vendors and service providers. en 2008-04-30 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg66218-edutainment-toys.html Today' s child is incredibly comfortable using technology. As a result, young children now represent a key target demographic for digital consumer electronic (CE) products. There are a number of children' s toys on the market today that incorporate digital technology. In fact, one of the fastest growing segments in the overall toy industry is the edutainment market. Edutainment toys aim to educate while they entertain, and sophisticated digital technology, such as 3D graphics and wireless capability, is now being incorporated into edutainment toys. en 2008-04-30 Datamonitor http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/dc66366-eds-corp.html An analyst-based report on EDS' recent performance. Datamonitor services identify and discuss the strategic challenges faced by the company. en 2008-04-30 Datamonitor http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/dc66367-edb-business.html An analyst-based report on Capita' s recent performance. Datamonitor services analysts will add opinion on EDB Business Partner' s activities, and identify and discuss any strategic challenges faced by the company. en 2008-04-30 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66382-leveraging.html This IDC report examines how we believe the virtualization market will evolve going forward. en 2008-04-30 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66387-telecom-netw.html This IDC study provides an update on the fixed-line telecom data network services market in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region. Market sizing is provided for 2006 and 2007, while forecast data is provided for the 2008-2012 period. The countries covered in this study are Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People' s Republic of China (PRC), Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. en 2008-04-30 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66393-mobile-brband.html The Brazilian Internet broadband access market is yet far from reaching its full potential. Current fixed broadband networks are concentrated in big urban centers and medium sized cities and take connectivity to less than 13% of Brazilian households. Compare this to developed countries such as the United States, where broadband service penetration over households reached 52%. en 2008-04-30 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66396-ca-appli-outsource.html This IDC study examines the application outsourcing (AO) services market and provides a forecast for 2008-2012. In addition to the forecast for application management and hosted AM in Canada, IDC analyzes key market assumptions, trends, and inhibitors and provides guidance for the next 12 months. en 2008-04-30 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66406-clustering-soft.html This IDC study (which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J8370101) presents the analysis of the Japan virtualization market and HA clustering software market by operating environment and vendor in 2006. It also provides market forecasts from 2007 to 2011. en 2008-04-30 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66407-saas-taxonomy.html This IDC study is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J8380101. Software as a Service (SaaS) is currently enjoying the limelight in the IT market. en 2008-04-30 The Pelorus Group http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pg66484-yellow-pages.html Not so many years ago, major yellow pages publishers, both in the U.S. and in developed countries, reported revenue and associated earnings growth that were for the most part very consistent. The advent of commonly used online search, and imminently poised-for-growth local search -- developments that are less than a decade old and increasingly impacting -- are altering that historic consistency. The result is that yellow pages companies in the United States are witnessing an inflection point, with their margins from the printed yellow pages product beginning to shrink. The most important issue going forward is how the industry will cope with the need to maintain the strong profit margins that print has always provided, while at the same time adapting to the tsunami of electronic information delivery -- both online and mobile -- that consumers are increasingly relying upon, and that yellow pages clients are increasingly inclined to advertise in. en 2008-04-30 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa66534-tw-telecoms.html Taiwan is a country leading in technology use. The report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments. en 2008-04-30 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg66573-saas-software.html SaaS (Software as a Service) is creating a lot of hype in the market place as an alternative to traditional, installed licenses for business management applications. In its March 2008 SaaS survey, In-Stat asked US-based survey respondents about their usage of six specific business function-related applications delivered in the SaaS model such as CRM, ERP, and Web collaboration applications. en 2008-04-30 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg66617-user-gen-video.html User-generated video (UGV), and the video sharing sites that exemplify this form of content, have spread across the globe. China is a prime example of UGV' s global reach and appeal, capturing a significant portion of the world market, making it second only to the US. But, despite the near universal appeal of video sharing sites, the market remains fluid and dynamic, constantly evolving and redefining itself. In light of the mergers and acquisitions, lawsuits, and a writers strike, it is clear that online video has made an indelible impact on the world of entertainment and the businesses that operate in this arena. In this report, In-Stat analyzes two US-based surveys fielded in January and March of 2008 to better understand the viewing habits of the end-user and his/her demands. In addition, the report includes a forecast for the regional breakup of viewed online videos and its top line revenue potential. en 2008-04-30 Venture Development Corporation http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/vd66632-automation-equip.html This report presents 2008 RETAIL AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT PLANNING 2008 MARKET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. en 2008-04-30 IGI Consulting, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/gi66650-roadm-compo.html ROADMs are systems that allow the very flexible, remote selection of wavelengths transiting a given intermediate node on a fiber network for dropping and/or adding. They allow access to any of the wavelengths going through a node (or, in more limited ROADM implementations, access to a set of the transiting wavelengths) for use of the data on the chosen wavelength and the possibility of adding to, or modifying, the data on that wavelength for transmitting it on to the next node(s). They also allow the interconnection of multiple intersecting networks (multiple degree nodes) at the optical level, avoiding the expense and complexity of OEO conversions to achieve the interconnection. The device offers the promise of substantial savings in operations costs, and many operational benefits. en 2008-04-30 Multimedia Research Group, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/mr66651-iptv-global.html MRG' s new bi-annual IPTV Global Forecast Report - 2008 to 2012 for April 2008 shows more strength in the steady growth of IPTV subscribers and service revenue in Europe and Asia and, to some extent, in North America. This report is designed for senior management at hardware/software suppliers, telcos, IPTV Operators, venture capital firms and financial institutions. Tracking over 670 total IPTV operators worldwide, the report analyzes capital spending, service revenue, and subscriber growth for Asia, Europe, North America, and the Rest of the World. It also breaks down CapEx by seven IPTV product sectors, including Access Systems, Video Head-ends, Video-on-Demand, Set-top Boxes, Middle-ware, Content Protection/Digital Rights, Management, and System Integration/Professional Services. The report also includes IPTV capital spending detail of the top 25 global service providers. en 2008-04-29 Mintel International Group Ltd, http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/mt65887-us-advertising.html The advertising industry is in the midst of unprecedented change, as DVRs, the Internet, and other devices change the way media are consumed. Traditional approaches are showing their shortcomings, while new avenues hold unfamiliar territory. en 2008-04-29 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66150-jp-network.html This IDC study (which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J8120101) presents the performance of the Japan NAS market from 2006 to 1H07 and provides a forecast for the period from 2007 to 2011. The 2006-2007 market performance are presented based on revenue, unit shipments and capacity shipments, and also analyzed by price band, embedded OS, and drive interface. The 1H06-1H07 supplier shares are presented based on revenue, unit shipments and capacity shipments, and also analyzed by product segment and embedded OS. Revenue and unit shipment forecasts up to 2011 are presented based on price band. en 2008-04-29 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66376-cmo-advisory.html This IDC study provides essential guidance to CMOs and their executive teams in developing and improving their marketing performance measurement (MPM) strategy and related dashboards. Based upon in-depth interviews with over 15 high-technology marketing leaders, this study provides general MPM frameworks, identification of common and more unique objectives and metrics in use by the industry' s top marketers, as well as detailed case studies and dashboards from some of these best practices leaders. Specific case studies are provided for IBM, Nortel, Citrix, Intel, Hitachi Data Systems, and CA. en 2008-04-29 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66381-vendor-watchlist.html This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Crossgate, a company playing in the business process integration and deployment software market, and reviews key success factors: market potential, technology/solution, corporate strategy, force multipliers, and customers. Leveraging IDC' s expert understanding of the competitive landscape and future outlook, this document highlights company and market information tailored to the investment professional' s needs. en 2008-04-29 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66388-iptv-mkt2007.html This IDC study provides an overview of the IPTV market in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region. This study covers the seven key markets tracked by IDC Asia/Pacific' s Consumer Market Research: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Korea, the People' s Republic of China (PRC), Singapore, Taiwan, and the rest of Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or ROAPEJ. en 2008-04-29 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66394-green-it.html This IDC study examines the problem of climate change and global warming from an ICT perspective with a focus on telecom service providers. Global warming has emerged as the greatest issue facing humankind. Green is not only good for the environment and business, but is emerging as a major force for competitive advantage in the telecom sector as in other economic sectors, states Lawrence Surtees, vice president of Communications Research and principal analyst at IDC Canada Ltd. of Toronto. en Broadband Market Research Home Network Market Research 2008-04-28 Parks Associates http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/park52507-digital-lifestyles.html Digital Lifestyles: 2008 Outlook provides analysis and forecasts for a variety of digital lifestyle product categories, including broadband Internet, television services, digital content services, and products (home networks and consumer electronics). en 2008-04-28 Pyramid Research, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pr65310-ims-mkt-opportu.html There is plenty of controversy about fundamental issues surrounding IMS. What, exactly, is the value proposition for service providers to adopt the architecture: Reducing Capex or Opex? Increasing revenue? Where does legacy infrastructure fit? Will standards ever mature? The report IMS Market Opportunities: From Standardization to Implementation examines these questions and many more. The report analyzes the current status of IMS, evaluating the enabling business and content delivery models. It discusses the timeline for standards development in light of both demand drivers and risk factors, and provides an adoption timeline, on which we base our estimate of the size of the IMS-based services market and forecast revenue for IMS equipment and software. The assumptions underlying all of our estimates are discussed in detail. en 2008-04-28 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66372-virtu-datacenter.html This IDC study discusses the evolving information and storage requirements of organizations and how the requirements are affecting the kinds of storage solutions they will deploy in the coming years. The expansion in the range of applications that companies are developing and deploying is having a significant effect on how they are setting up their datacenters as well as how they are organizing and storing information. en 2008-04-28 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66373-distr-xerox.html This IDC Vendor Profile studies Xerox, a major vendor of hardcopy hardware and document management products, services, and solutions. It includes information on the organization of the company in terms of its U.S. route to market for its diverse portfolio, as well as an assessment of future growth areas. It is important to note that the Xerox U.S. distribution profile differs in other geographies. en 2008-04-28 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66375-us-server2007.html This IDC study provides our server market share data based on the server taxonomy that was first introduced in the first half of 2003 and was updated again last year. Specifically, this study presents the latest worldwide and U.S. views based on actual annual data through year-end 2007. Worldwide server factory revenue market growth during the year was 3.6%, rising from $52.5 billion in 2006 to $54.4 billion in 2007. en 2008-04-28 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66378-network-test.html This IDC study provides a top-down sizing of the network test and measurement market in 2007 and a 2008-2012 forecast for this market. Historical and forecast revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market and by geographic region, network type, and service type. This study also contains vendor-specific revenue and 2007 market shares. In 2008-2012, two areas of buildout will drive the network test and measurement market: 4G mobile infrastructure and IP services. en 2008-04-28 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66385-netapp-provi.html This IDC Insight examines the new NetApp Provisioning Manager product from NetApp. Licensed standalone or as a component of its NetApp Manageability Software Family, this feature is scheduled for general availability (GA) status in May 2008. This analysis focuses on customer issues with provisioning and ongoing management and then describes how NetApp Provisioning Manager assists in overcoming, reducing, or eliminating them. It closes with some suggestions to make this product even better as it matures. en 2008-04-28 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66395-cgi-svc-busi.html This IDC Vendor Profile covers CGI Group, with a particular focus on the firm' s Canadian organization. This document details CGI' s service offerings, business strategies, and revenue performance while offering IDC' s insights on how Canada' s largest native IT services firm might improve its market position both domestically and abroad. en 2008-04-25 Frost & Sullivan http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs65782-mobile-software.html This World Next-Generation Mobile Software Market Insight details the various types of software developed for wireless devices, services, and networks. This study includes the segmentation of the mobile software market into four segments, Operating Systems, Application Execution Environment, Mobile Device Management, and the User Interface and Application layer. en 2008-04-25 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65825-cn-mobile-ph.html As the structure of the mobile phone industry has changed and as the key factors affecting competition between mobile phone vendors have been transformed, the lion' s share of the profits in the Chinese mobile phone market have gone, first to the leading international mobile phone vendors, then to those Chinese mobile phone manufacturers with a production and domestic sales license, to the Korean and Taiwanese mobile phone firms, and then to Chinese mobile phone design houses. en 2008-04-25 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66374-cmo-tech.html This IDC study on technology marketing spending and resource priorities discusses the results of a recent survey of 41 technology firms within the software, hardware, services, and telecommunications sectors. The analysis provides a detailed evaluation of expected shifts in marketing budgets and prioritization of marketing objectives and identifies keys for success for marketing executives during 2008. en 2008-04-25 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66379-storage-optimi.html This IDC study examines the different use cases in which storage optimization can be utilized, and it presents basic requirements that determine the appropriate optimization approach. The demands have been heard, and the industry is responding. There is talk of compression and deduplication, and application single instancing. en 2008-04-25 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66392-data-traffic.html The Brazilian data communications sector has been facing a challenging situation since mid-2004. As the competition becomes fiercer and operators struggle to increase their participation in the market, the average bandwidth offered has increased quickly. Although this can be considered a natural market evolution, operators deal with a difficult ROI equation as CAPEX must constantly increase to upgrade networks but ARPU is practically constant. en 2008-04-25 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66397-perspectives.html This IDC study presents the findings from our 2008 Canadian Top Executive Survey, which examined senior business executives' views on ICT' s role in achieving their organization' s business goals. en 2008-04-25 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66409-taxonomy.html This report provides IDC's Small and Medium Business Markets Taxonomy and Japan Market Overview: Government's Support Programs and Vendor Strategies. en 2008-04-24 Mintel International Group Ltd, http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/mt65622-us-tv-subscr.html The pay-TV industry consists of cable and satellite companies that provide television programming, also referred to as video in this report. While cable enjoys geographic monopolies and satellite has traditionally serviced rural areas, in recent years the game has changed. Satellite providers are now going head-to-head with cablecos. New entrants, namely telecom operators, threaten both. And new video viewing technologies, particularly online video, are potentially threatening alternatives. In this report, Mintel offers a comprehensive discussion of the industry' s current status and recommendations for growing subscriber and advertiser revenue in an environment of increasing consumer choice. en 2008-04-24 Practel, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pra65723-4g-era.html This report researches the IEEE 802.16e technology and markets. Early prognosis that commercialization of 4G technologies will start not before 2010 are now reconsidered, and several 4G technological ingredients have been already introduced either on a commercial or trial basis. en 2008-04-24 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65788-tw-server-sys.html Shows Shipment Volume for Servers Systems and Barebone manufactured by companies based in Taiwan. Shows total Shipment Volume from 2005 1Q to 2007 4Q and makes forecast up to 2008 4Q. Shows Server Systems Shipment Volume from 2005 1Q to 2007 4Q for the the following companies: Mitac, Inventec, Quanta, Wistron, MSI, Foxconn, Gigabyte, Asus, Tatung. Also Shows Server Systems Shipment Volume by customer including: HP, Dell, Sun, IBM. MIC intelligence insight states market trends based on the anaysis of the prime shipment volume data. en 2008-04-24 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65822-ict-mkt-dev.html Due to its mountainous terrain, poor transportation and small hinterlands, Eastern India has always been a backward region in India in terms of economic development and infrastructure. The people of the Eastern Indian states are therefore generally poor and have the least buying power. Eastern India accounts for around 10% of the overall Indian electronics market. en 2008-04-24 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66141-order-controller.html This IDC study examines the 2008-2012 worldwide revenue opportunity for session border controllers (SBCs). It includes data for the market opportunity in terms of 2006 and 2007 market share and top geographic regions. en 2008-04-24 Datamonitor http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/dc66156-it-svc.html An analyst-based report on the contracts signed in the previous month, with graphical representation of key activity by volume and value for industries and IT services domains. The analysis will cover any significant deals and compare activities to the previous 12 months, highlighting contracts up for expiration. en 2008-04-24 Datamonitor http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/dc66222-it-svc.html Total value of deals signed in Q1 falls sharply, but number of deals soars to 428 indicating an active, if cautious market . en 2008-04-24 Datamonitor http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/dc66229-decision-matrix.html Datamonitor' s BPM Decision Matrix report explores the competitive dynamics within the BPM market and helps businesses select a vendor based on its technology strength, reputation among customers, and impact in the market. Datamonitor provides a complete view of vendor capabilities and advises on those you should explore, consider and, most importantly, shortlist. en 2008-04-24 Datamonitor http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/dc66413-bpo-delivery.html A detailed analysis of Latin America' s capabilities as a sourcing location for IT outsourcing and BPO services. en 2008-04-24 Datamonitor http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/dc66415-commodities.html The rapid growth in investment in commodities due to low returns in equity and debt markets is presenting its own challenges and opportunities. en Broadband Market Research 2008-04-23 Parks Associates http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/park45404-rich-brband.html This report examines the state of the global broadband market and analyzes the drivers, demand, deployments, and critical enabling technologies for broadband value-added services. It includes six international case studies, profiles of twelve key solution providers, consumer analysis, market forecasts, and recommendations. en Blade Sever Market Research 2008-04-23 Radicati Group, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/rd65348-server-2007.html This study looks at the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in a total of 19 enterprise organizations. en 2008-04-23 Radicati Group, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/rd65357-mkt-numbers.html A quantitative report published on a quarterly basis, which includes market share and forecast data on all core markets and segments tracked by The Radicati Group, Inc. en 2008-04-23 Radicati Group, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/rd65359-unified-commu.html This Radicati Market Quadrant provides a competitive view of key players in the On-Premises Unified Communications Market. These are products deployed by enterprise organizations of all sizes to deliver Unified Communications functionality comprising email, voice, instant messaging and a variety of other forms of communications to their users as part of an integrated, cohesive solution. en 2008-04-23 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa65619-internet-brband.html Despite the ‘Mexican Standoff' between the government and Telstra on the issue of a regulatory holiday for new broadband infrastructure, broadband penetration is proceeding at high speed in Australia. By mid-2007, there were close to 4.5 million subscribers. In the residential market this means a broadband penetration of close to 64% in Internet households (46% of total households). In the business market, this figure is over 80%. While the penetration of broadband in Australia is catching up with its trading partners, it is still lagging behind in the quality of broadband provided by the operators and in the price customers have to pay. The majority of customers are still on services that provide only 256Kb/s or 512Kb/s. Telstra does make an 8Mb/s service available, but this is not a guaranteed speed. en 2008-04-23 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa65626-mobile-stat.html Telstra maintains its stranglehold on the wholesale market with revenues of just under $3 billion in 2007, which constituted just over 70% of the $4.2 billion wholesale market. The total 2nd tier market (including wholesale revenues) grew at around 8% in 2007 to $9.2 billion and we expect that the growth rate will drop slightly to around 6% in 2008 and then maintain this level moving into 2009. Growth is expected to subside over the next two years as Telstra is forced to begin a period of transformation and rationalisation that has already been evident in many European countries. Overall telecoms market growth is expected to drop to 4.1% by 2008 and 3.4% by 2009. Fibre networks will significantly increase the quality and capacity of the infrastructure. They will allow sectors such healthcare, education and energy to utilise these networks for the delivery of high quality home services, such as video nursing services to monitor elderly people and hospital patients who have been discharged early from hospital. en 2008-04-23 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa65627-internet-brband.html Internet user penetration in Central America and the Caribbean stands at roughly 18%, only just over a quarter of what it is in the USA and Canada. In South America, about 25% of the population uses the Internet. Challenges to Internet growth include poor fixed-line infrastructure, low PC penetration, and widespread poverty. On the positive side, the broadband market has been growing steadily in most countries, and there is considerable room for expansion. Although the situation varies considerably from country to country, the region as a whole is a fertile ground for broadband investment. WiMAX and triple play are becoming increasingly popular. en 2008-04-23 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa65724-mobile-communi.html Mobile telephony in Latin America had a somewhat late start compared with the rest of the world, and only really took off in 1999-2000, when the major mobile markets in the region experienced an explosive growth. Prepaid services played an important role the sector' s success, as they made cell phones available to millions of low-income users. Mobile penetration in Latin America surpassed fixed-line penetration in 2001. By end-2005, cellular subscribers had overtaken their fixed-line counterparts in every Latin American country except Cuba. Paraguay leads the trend, with more than twelve mobile phones for every fixed line in service in early 2008. en 2008-04-23 Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/pa65728-telecoms.html Most telecom markets in Latin America have been both privatised and liberalised. Privatisation, however, has met with considerable opposition in a number of countries. While private investment has contributed to rapid growth in the non-basic services, such as mobile and long distance telephony, fixed lines have virtually ceased to grow, despite a low 18% teledensity. Countries with poor infrastructure have leapfrogged into new applications such as VoIP and WiMAX. However, telecom laws lag behind technological advances, leaving numerous grey areas that have resulted in acrimonious legal battles among companies, regulators, and governments. In Latin America, telecom infrastructure varies from nonexistent to rudimentary, and from adequate to well advanced. Despite a low 18% teledensity (USA' s teledensity is almost 60%), fixed-line growth has stagnated since 2001 even in the major markets. This basic telephony stagnation is coupled with a general shift from fixed-line to mobile phones. On a positive note, there is a growing demand for high-speed data services, and fixed-line operators are looking to ADSL services to increase their revenue potential. A number of fixed-line companies have also introduced prepaid voice services in order to reduce payment defaults. en 2008-04-23 WinterGreen Research, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/wg65746-push-software.html SOA benefits relate to achieving reuse of code and flexible response to changing market conditions. Extending the benefits of SOA beyond the enterprise relates to providing the ability to exchange data between partners, suppliers, distributors, and customers. SOA facilitates integration beyond the enterprise - between a company and its partners and customers. A business-to-business (B2B) infrastructure based on a SOA approach lowers development costs. It delivers value chain economies and reduces project risks. The markets for Web 2.0 servers show stead growth due to the increased need for social networking, intelligent presentation of data, and video sharing. Web 2.0 promises to support collaboration on a personal and enterprise level. This provides an advantage to IBM with its new product cycle and its highly evolved collaborative software initiatives. Web 2.0 server markets forecasts relate to the development of advertising on-line and collaboration tools. Markets at $2.4 billion in 2007 are expected to be at $6.1 billion2014. en 2008-04-23 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65786-mobile-ph-brand.html Following the introduction by the Chinese government in March 2005 of a new approval system for mobile phone production and sale, by the end of September 2007, over 50 new entrants had been awarded licenses. Added to the 30 existing vendors, there were over 80 mobile phone manufacturers authorized to sell mobile phones within China in September 2007. The approval system was abolished by the end of 2007, making it even easier for new companies to move into the mobile phone business. en 2008-04-23 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65787-flat-panel-tv.html With a growing economy, falling flat-panel TV prices and the start of digital television broadcasting, the Chinese TV market has been gradually moving from traditional CRT TVs to flat-panel LCD and PDP TVs. In 2007 the flat-panel TV market in China continued to grow and competition became fierce among Chinese and international brands. en 2008-04-23 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66137-wimax-semicon.html This IDC study examines the worldwide semiconductor growth opportunities in the rollout of WiMAX infrastructure, customer premise equipment (CPE), and client devices. The year 2008 has been identified as the seminal year for WiMAX, based largely on the rollout of WiMAX for mobile computing, which is expected in 2Q08. The infrastructure buildout and CPE products needed to support WiMAX are also under way, with well over 200 worldwide deployments. en 2008-04-23 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66139-rdbms2007.html This IDC study presents estimated relational database management systems (RDBMS) software revenue for each of the top 5 vendors in that market, with a brief profile of each vendor. 2007 was a year that saw continued steady growth in the relational database management systems market, with signal improvements on the part of some of the top 5 vendors in this space, says Carl Olofson, research vice president for IDC' s Information Management and Data Integration software research program. en 2008-04-23 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66140-intuit-quickbase.html This IDC Buyer Case Study investigates how Zopa Inc. has valued from using Intuit' s QuickBase to improve upon its project management and scheduling processes in realizing greater efficiencies and communications, both internal and external to its operations. This study provides insights into the key drivers that led Zopa to pursue a project management software solution, the decision criteria used for choosing Intuit QuickBase, the benefits derived from the solution, and guidance for vendors on selling solutions and services to small businesses en 2008-04-23 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66389-au-outsourcing.html This IDC study provides IDC' s assessment of the 2007 market in Australia for IS outsourcing services as well as forecasts for 2008-2012. en 2008-04-23 SIMBA Information, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/si66474-corp-training.html Corporate Training Market 2008 covers the worldwide market for U.S.-based training vendor firms targeting corporate and government clients. The report examines revenue growth and market share for leading firms, as well as market forces that are shaping the world of training among business professionals today. This report is the premier source of market intelligence for executives, analysts and business strategists who want analysis of the technology and trends currently driving corporate training. en 2008-04-22 Osterman Research, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/or59492-doc-managem.html This report focuses on demand drivers for messaging archiving and related technologies in the North American market. The research conducted for this report, as well as the report itself, are focused on the needs of vendors, investors and others who are interested in participating in the messaging archiving market in some way, whether as providers of the archiving systems, forensics services or other offerings. The information presented is designed to help these vendors and interested parties make informed decisions about the future opportunities available in this market. en 2008-04-22 Mind Commerce http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/min65334-ip-multimedia.html The eroding margins for voice services coupled with competition from Skype, Google, Yahoo, et al has forced traditional wireless and wireline service providers to take the battle to the enemy. Service providers have found IMS to be an effective vehicle on which these applications can be designed, rolled out, implemented, augmented and maintained. This report represents a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the role of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in implementing rich multimedia applications. en 2008-04-22 In-Stat http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/cg65339-tv-broadcast.html There is a fragmentation of standards in mobile TV broadcasting that appears here to stay. DVB-H, ATSC-M/H, CMMB, ISDB-T, DVB-SH, T-DMB, and MediaFLO are all being used or under development today. The most popular mobile TV broadcast services are those that are offered without a subscription, as in Japan and South Korea. However, mobile TV broadcast services are viewed by many as a way to generate revenue, so many of the mobile TV broadcast services will be subscription based. en 2008-04-22 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66136-soa-services.html This IDC study examines the market dynamics, growth, and opportunities for service-oriented architecture (SOA) service offerings on a worldwide basis, providing a forecast for 2008-2012. en 2008-04-22 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66138-software-svc.html This IDC study describes the rigorous classification scheme, or taxonomy, used by IDC to research and analyze software as a service (SaaS) trends and opportunities. en 2008-04-22 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66142-networks-addr.html This IDC Vendor Profile looks at Ocarina Networks, which has recently entered the market with Ocarina Optimizer and Reader, products that address the need to store data more efficiently. Ocarina' s technology and approach are not about deduplication or compression, as explained in this profile. en 2008-04-22 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66143-ip-vpn-svc.html This IDC study shows that service providers (SPs) in the Asia/Pacific region are becoming increasingly focused on IP VPN services as a way to counter the continued decline of traditional data services revenue. It also examines the current state of IP VPN services and its prospect for future growth in each of the 11 Asia/Pacific countries. IDC also forecasts the revenue opportunities available to SPs from 2007 to 2012. en 2008-04-22 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66147-us-retail.html This Global Retail Insights report presents a comprehensive view of the IT trends, challenges, and opportunities that will shape the U.S. retail industry in 2008. From reporting on the general health of the industry, zeroing in on the fastest-growing geographic segments and top technology buyers, to key IT budget and industry metrics, this guide gives retailers and vendors a bird' s-eye view of everything they need to know to build a go-to-market plan for the coming year. With its unique blend of key historical data and top predictions for 2008, this document is an essential tool for sales territory planning, resource allocation, and vertical market strategy refinement. en 2008-04-22 Health Industry Insights http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/heal66148-healthcare-prov.html This Health Industry Insights report looks at nine inpatient electronic medical record (EMR) vendors marketing systems in the United States - Cerner, CPSI, Dairyland, Eclipsys, Epic Systems, GE Healthcare, M2, McKesson, and MEDITECH. The market for inpatient clinical EMRs remains strong, with facilities in a constant cycle of installing, replacing, upgrading, and adding functionality to systems, so numerous inpatient clinical EMR applications and hospitals of all sizes need to consider their clinical EMR needs through the lens of their organizational goals, their own strengths and weaknesses, the functionality they have already invested in, the architecture and infrastructure they can readily support, and the resources that are available for projects. en 2008-04-22 Health Industry Insights http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/heal66149-life-science.html This Health Industry Insights report details IT spending expectations for 2008 within the life science sales and marketing industry segment. The first half of the report presents budgeted IT spend by hardware, software, and IT services. The second half of the report breaks down sales and marketing IT further, covering specific spending plans across 22 IT technology categories. Sales and marketing IT spend in the life sciences will moderately slow during 2008, but continue at a steady clip of 5.4% growth. en 2008-04-22 Analysys Mason http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/an66162-mobile-tv.html This report considers the roles of indoor wireless systems and sideloading alongside 3G macrocells (including HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE) and broadcasting networks (such as DVB-H and MediaFLO). The report analyses the capabilities and limitations of each technology, and maps these against the factors that will influence customers' choice of mobile TV services. Modelling typical 3G networks and service mixes, this report examines which technologies are required to deliver a compelling service proposition and which may be unnecessary. It also considers how MNOs can best take advantage of the range of different mobile TV delivery mechanisms, some of which may not be in their direct control. en 2008-04-22 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66405-authentication.html This IDC study (which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J7330104) forecasts and analyzes the current situation in the security appliances market in Japan. en 2008-04-21 Visant Strategies, Inc. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/vt65333-4g-wireless.html 4G Wireless - From 2008 to 2014: LTE, UMB, HSPA+, WiMAX and 802.20 is an assessment of the market opportunity for these evolving wireless platforms through 2014. The study juxtaposes the relative strengths and weaknesses of these technologies to create quantitative and qualitative assessments of the role each technology will play in the future. The study examines drivers for network upgrades and the technologies that will be used to improve network performance including MIMO, error correction, OFDMA, scheduling and modulation, among others. en 2008-04-21 Telsyte http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/tsy65727-telsyte-equites.html This report series leverages Telsyte' s parent organisation, Gibson Quai-AAS strategic consulting capabilities in the telecommunication space. Telsyte introduces an equities research report designed to increase our value proposition by assisting broking houses/institutions with specialist, in-depth analytical information within the telecommunications sector. The first report is focused on Telstra. en 2008-04-21 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65784-tw-voip-equip.html List Shipment Volume for IP Phones manufactured by companies based in Taiwan. Shows total Shipment Volume from 2004 1Q to 2007 4Q and makes forecast up to 2008 2Q. Shows Shipment Volume from 2005 1Q to 2007 4Q for the the following companies: Importek, Wistron, Foxconn, TECOM, ACT-tel and Askey. Also Shows Shipment Volume by Solution Providers including: TI,Broadcom, Infineon, PMC-Sierra and Myson. MIC intelligence insight states market trends based on the anaysis of the prime shipment volume data. en 2008-04-21 Analysys Mason http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/an66163-mobile-media.html The mobile media and entertainment (MME) market is becoming a battleground for the next wave of growth in the mobile industry, as voice ARPUs continue to decline in many Western European countries. New business models and relationships are emerging constantly as a diverse range of players attempt to establish a presence in the mobile market, and players are experimenting with different approaches to maximise their revenue. However, it is not yet clear which business models and relationships will succeed in the future. en 2008-04-20 Frost & Sullivan http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs65305-mobile-commu.html Every year, Frost & Sullivan publishes a study that examines the major trends in the North American mobile communications markets. The research deliverable presents major highlights of the year gone by, and lists the expected trends for the next 12 months. en 2008-04-18 Informa Telecoms & Media http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/itm57644-mobile-adv.html The report focuses on the latest developments within mobile advertising. Including: the introduction of ad-funded content on 3 UK; the burgeoning off-portal market and its relationship with the operator portals; the battle for real estate and the emergence of on-device portals; what impact will mobile advertising have on mobile entertainment revenues; which brands get mobile advertising. As well as case studies on Coke Cola, Sony Pictures, Peugeot to name but a few. en 2008-04-18 Informa Telecoms & Media http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/itm59052-mobile-operator.html Future Mobile Operator Business Models assesses how quickly mobile operators need to look towards new business models and analyses the key threats and opportunities. en 2008-04-18 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65330-ind-regula.html This report analyzes the economic problems that China is faced with, the policies made by the Chinese government to solve the problems, and impact of these changes on foreign companies operating in China. en 2008-04-18 Market Intelligence Center (MIC) http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/iii65332-cn-mobile-ph.html The last few years have seen significant changes in mobile phone distribution in China. The adoption of customized mobile phones by mobile operators China Mobile and China Unicom has strengthened the relative importance of the operator channel compared to the open channel. At the same time, the networks of mobile phone retail outlets established by Gome and Suning have eroded the market share held by large specialist mobile phone distributors such as D.Phone and Zhongyu. For small and medium-sized mobile phone vendors, TV shopping, and online shopping have become important sales channels. This report analyzes the changes in the structure of mobile phone distribution in China. en 2008-04-18 Ovum, Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ov65922-mvno-strateg.html Western Europe comprises a host of mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) markets at different stages of development. There are mature and intensely competitive MVNO markets such as the Netherlands as well as nascent MVNO markets such as Italy. These provide key examples of MVNOs that have survived, flourished or failed. This report examines the trends, the critical success factors, and the key lessons that can be learnt. en 2008-04-18 Ovum, Ltd. http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ov65923-social-network.html 2007 was the year that social networking became the norm for many Internet users, as initial strong growth pushed the user base into the multiple millions. But it was also the year that sounded warning bells for those who believe social networking represents the next frontier in online advertising revenues. A sobering slowdown in growth, combined with a more worrying drop in usage of social networking sites, has highlighted the significant challenges that the big established players, in particular, face in keeping users engaged. en 2008-04-18 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66133-server2008.html This IDC study presents our adjusted worldwide and regional forecasts for the server market through 2012. en 2008-04-18 IDC http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/id66135-info-society-index.html This IDC study presents data and analysis from the Information Society Index (ISI), which combines 15 variables arranged in four infrastructures to calculate and rank nations in one overall index and four subindexes (IT, telecom, Internet, and social measurements). The index and subindexes establish a standard by which all nations are measured according to their ability to access and absorb information and information technology. Data includes penetration rates for IT spending, PC households, Internet access, broadband connectivity, mobile phones, online households, mobile Internet access, and telecom spending, alongside education enrollment and ranked scores for civil liberties and corruption, creating a map for understanding the overall fabric of a country' s information society landscape. en 2008-04-18 Financial Insights http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fit66146-risk-manage.html This Financial Insights report believes an analytic approach to liquidity and risk management is required for banks to be successful in today' s global economy. It is too difficult and complex to manage liquidity with a desktop and spreadsheets from a fragmented set of data sources. The world is getting smaller, payments business models are changing, the risk management requirements of regulations such as Basel II are substantial, and the shift to intraday flows requires an analytic approach that drives strategic goals and execution. en 2008-04-17 eMarketer http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/em64858-ad