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Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Global Nanosilver Inks Market - Industry Analysis, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020

Nanosilver inks are printing materials, ideal for printing electronic devices on papers or plastics. Nanosilver ink products are ideal for low viscosity printing, flexographic, a feature of gravure, and inkjet printing. These products are specifically engineered for high volume printing techniques such as gravure, offset, and flexographic and are gaining interest to satisfy the demand of high throughput processes, even though they are not in competition with inkjet inks in terms of commercialization and development. As inkjet processing is suitable for high-resolution printing, it is considered as the primary area of focus for a large number of nanosilver ink products available in the industry. Even though the price of printable nanosilver products is comparatively high in context to per weight unit bases, they still deliver a similar level of conductivity when compared with conventional materials, but with less number of materials. In addition, owing to its small size, nanosilver products eases up lower temperature sintering and intrinsically higher resolutions in printed patterns. Although nanosilver inks have been under development, these claims have however, not increased the consumption of printed nanosilver products on a large scale.
Large scale companies such as Agfa-Gevaert N.V. are focusing towards developing innovative nanosilver products in the printing industry. The company recently developed a nanosilver ink SI-P1000x having a superior performance which would allow the users implement miniaturization and certain key applications as well as reduce the cost of the materials used.
In addition to its outperformance with silver flake inks, SI-P1000x has been considered as an effective alternative for indium tin oxide (ITO) in display applications. The product would be available in bulk orders later this year. With emerging technologies and enhancement of alternatives, the market for nanosilver inks is becoming increasingly competitive with mature incumbents. Furthermore, fluctuating base metal prices have led to various manufacturers focus towards developing the appropriate technology and implement suitable market strategies in order to benefit from the changing market landscape. High price of nanosilver products have prevented its use in certain traditional electronic applications, and also haven’t gained any support even during the rapid increase of prices. As most of these modern electronic applications haven’t gained any momentum yet, the industry for nanoslver inks and pastes has to shift its focus towards existing products where nanosilver products have immediate and apparent competitive edge.
Large scale companies such as Bayer MaterialScience have developed nanosilver ink products for inkjet printing applications. Albeit the nanosilver technology plays a prominent role in the inkjet printing industry, such trends might not be seen for other printing techniques. In addition, conventional silver materials are being manufactured into inks which are compatible with printing techniques, such as flexographic and gravure, which lowers the importance of nanosilver technology in the printing industry. Even though it may take quite some time to bring down the prices of smaller nanosilver ink and pastes products as compared to huge quantities of conventional silver inks and pastes, the industry for nanosilver is expected to gain momentum over the next few years. Demand for nanosilver inks is also expected to rise as printing precision is gaining importance due to miniaturization of electronic products across certain applications. Nanosilver ink products possess the capability to produce finer, more reliable line widths as compared to conventional silver alternatives.
Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Bayer MaterialScience, Methode Electronics, Inc. are some of the manufacturers present in the nanosilver inks industry.


Sunday, 30 November 2014

Telecom Expense Management Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020

Telecom expense management is a solution whereby business organizations can effectively manage their telecom networks. Such a solution encompasses people, technologies and processes that are needed to govern the network. With the help of telecom expense management, it is possible to maintain an accurate inventory of all the network elements in an organization including server, wiring panels, laptops, cell phones and others. Also, using telecom expense management solutions it is possible to estimate future network costs by building the telecom budget in advance. Another advantage of the telecom expense management is that it enables indentifying the issues in the security infrastructure, thereby optimizing the existing network infrastructure.
The telecom expense management is segmented on the basis of solutions into usage management, sourcing management, reporting and business management, ordering and provisioning management, invoice and contract management, inventory management and dispute management among others. On the basis of service delivery modes, the telecom expense management is segmented into complete outsourcing delivery mode, managed services delivery mode, licensed software and hosted services. The telecom expense management market is segmented on the basis of end-users into SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses) and Large Business organizations. On the basis of verticals, the telecom expense management market is segmented into manufacturing, healthcare, retail, BFSI (Banking Financial Services and Insurance), automotive, transportation and logistics, and media and entertainment among others. The telecom expense management market is segmented on the basis of regions into North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Rest of the World (RoW).
The increasing adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is one of the major factors fuelling the growth of telecom expense management market. The employees today are taking the advantage of mobile phones and other portable devices in keeping themselves connected with the corporate network. This is also encouraged by business organizations as it enables employees to carry out work related tasks at their convenient locations thereby enhancing productivity and increase revenues. Such Business Organizations constantly look for solutions to address the issues associated with BYOD such as data security, plans and usages of individual BYOD device, application control and other business related policies. Telecom expense management solutions cost-effectively addresses changes in BYOD inventory such as monitoring individual device costs and their usage plans. It also helps in controlling application policies to avoid any illegal applications that affect the data security thereby contributing to the growth of the market. Another factor fuelling the growth of telecom expense management is increase in the demand for telecom expense management solutions in business organizations. Most of the business organizations are taking initiatives in reducing costs pertaining to communication networks. Telecom expense management enables business organizations to collect and analyze information by providing visibility in the expenses involved. It also enables organizations in effectively managing change processes related to inventory and service level on daily basis.
However, the interoperability issues with the telecom expense management solutions are adversely affecting the growth of this market. As the enterprises are becoming sophisticated in carrying out their operations using BYOD devices, telecom expense management solution efficiencies are affected in delivering high value functionality and interoperability with the Human Resource (HR) information systems and ERP. Such limitations restrict their use thereby restraining their growth potential.
Some of the major players in the market are Dimension Data Holdings, Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited, Valicom, Econom Group, Computer Sciences Corporation, CGI Group Inc., Accenture Plc., Tangoe Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation.



Service Provider Edge Router Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020

A router is a network device used to forward packets from one network to another. These routers are configured by entering values to the internal routing tables, based on which the router forwards the packets to the desired destination. Factors that determine the line on which the packets will be forwarded are line cost, congestion and traffic load. The service provider edge routers are configured to forwards packets received from one service provider to the other. These routers are capable of handling wide range of protocols such as Border Gateway Protocols (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). These routers ensure that the service provider’s network is connected with internet, external network or a wide area network.
In order to provide connectivity between networks, the service provider edge router primarily need to follow Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). BGP is basically an exterior gateway protocol which is intended to exchange routing information between different autonomous systems on the internet network. BGP enables the router to decide the communication path based on the rules set-up by the network administrator and network policies. BGP is sometimes used for routing packets within an autonomous system. Such type of protocol is termed as Interior Border Gateway Protocol (IBGP). Conversely, for internet applications this protocol is referred as Exterior Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP).
Primarily, the service provider edge router deploys an External Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP) that is widely employed over the Internet to ensure connectivity with the networks in the remote sites. The prime function of a service provider edge router is to provide communication between service provider’s network and the autonomous systems, and networks of other service providers.
The market for service provider edge router is driven by the rising number of internet subscription across the globe. Moreover, the major share of demand for internet subscription is from emerging countries of Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Thus, the demand for expansion of network increases to provide highly available connectivity, which results in demand for edge routers in the network. In addition, the on-going deployment of high speed LTE networks across North America and Europe is further boosting the growth of the service provider edge router market.
Currently, the major challenge with the service providers is to balance video services, wireless services and cloud services. Owing to this challenge, the companies are offering edge routers that are capable of aggregating multiple IP networks into a single IP edge to provide video services, wireless services and cloud services. This provides tremendous growth opportunities for the existing players such Cisco Systems, Inc. and Juniper Networks, Inc. Moreover, the upcoming trend of transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is a potential opportunity for the new players to enter into the market.
The service provider edge router market is highly competitive with players such as Cisco Systems, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent S.A., Juniper Networks, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and ZTE Corporation dominating market. Cisco Systems, Inc. and juniper Networks, Inc. are the leading edge router providers competing in this market. These companies are continuously upgrading their existing edge routers to gain a competitive edge over other players in the market. However, Players such ZTE Corporation, Huawei technologies Co. Ltd. and other regional players are consistently expanding their business into this market and increasing the competitive rivalry in the market.

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Global Solid State Drive Market – Outlook, Industry Size and Forecast, 2014 – 2020

A solid-state drive (SSD) is also known as an electronic disk or solid-state disk, is a data storage device, that is built out of semiconductors. SSD uses same input/output interfaces designed and developed for HDD (Hard Disk Drives) and uses solid state memory to store persistent data. Solid-state drive doesn’t have moving mechanical components and uses DRAM to store data or NAND based flash memory. It can be classified into two types namely flash memory based SSDs and DRAM-based SSDs. Flash memory based SSDs do not require batteries and use non-volatile flash memory. In addition, flash memory based SSDs retain memory even during power outages. However, these types of SSDs are slower as compare to DRAM but are less costly comparatively. DRAM based SSDs require an external AC/DC adapter or battery and use volatile memory. Data access speed is higher as compare to flash based memory SSDs.
The solid-state drive market can be segmented into three major types into memory type, application and capacity. The memory type segment includes flash memory based SSDs and DRAM-based SSDs, while application segment personal computers, laptops, servers, HD camcorders, ultra books, smart TVs, DVR (digital video recorder), set-boxes and gaming consoles among others. The capacity segment includes 60-64 GB, 80-96 GB, 120-128 GB, 160-200 GB, 240-256 GB, 360-400 GB and maximum available capacity (GB).
Some of the key drivers of this market include increasing usage of tablets, smartphone and other mobile devices, increase in reliability and HDD and ODD sales decline, which are biggest revenue generator for solid-state drive market. Some of the key restraints to this market are high cost and lower space comparatively.
HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) are being replaced by solid-state drives due to increasing awareness and use of SDDs in various applications and increased in demand for smartphone, tablets and other related devices. SSDs facilitate longer run time and faster data access. In addition, due to various benefits offered by SSDs such as higher reliability, light weight, small size, less heat generation and low power consumption among others. These benefits of solid-state drives automatically increase value of services to the customers and in turn will drive the market for solid-state drives.
Some of the key players in the solid state drive market are Fusion-IO, Samsung, Kingston, IBM, HGST, LSI, SanDisk, OCZ, Violin Memory, Skyera, Pure Storage, Nimbus Data Systems, Whip Tail, Intel, Micron, A3cube and Maxta among others.



Global Filling Equipment Market – Industry Outlook and Forecast, 2014 – 2020

Filling equipment have various in industries applications such as filling fuels, bottles filling, cartage filling, powder filling, petrochemicals and chemicals. Filling equipment are extensively used in cosmetic, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages industry. The efficiency of the manufacturing companies is determined by the precision and accuracy of packaging lines. Volumetric fillers, net weight fillers and aseptic fillers are some of the major types of filling equipment based on technology used.
Leading players in the manufacturing industry are focusing on improvement of their packaging machinery and services. Thus the demand and importance for filling equipment is gradually increasing. The big manufacturing companies are focusing on the development of new filling equipment and technologies used in filling market. The increase in collaborative partnerships and agreements with customers and suppliers is a significant trend being observed in filling equipment market.
Development of new filling technologies, development in robotics and automation in filling industry and increasing demand smaller size package goods are some of the driving factors for filling equipment market resulting into improved demand for filling equipment. With changing life style the demand for small size food and beverages packs which are easy to carry and handle is increasing. This is ultimately resulting into the improved demand for advanced filling equipment in manufacturing industries. The high filling equipment cost and increasing costs of energy and power are restraining the adoption of the new filling equipment across the industries. Players in filling equipment have potential opportunity in the filling equipment services market. Government funds and initiatives regarding adopting of filling equipment in small industries can increase the demand for filling equipment market in coming years.
Filling equipment market is segmented on the basis of industry, type, process, product and geography. On the basis of industry filling equipment market is segmented into food & beverage industry, pharmaceutical industry and cosmetic industry, among other industries. On the basis of type of technology used the market is segmented into aseptic fillers, rotary fillers, net weight fillers, volumetric fillers and other filling equipment. Piston fillers, vacuum fillers and spray fillers are some more types of fillers. Further on the basis of process followed the filling equipment market is segmented into manual process, semi automatic process and automatic process. Automatic straight line liquid fillers and automatic rotary liquid fillers are some examples of automatic fillers. On the basis of products filling equipment market is segmented into solid products, semi solid products and liquid products. Currently, Asia Pacific is the largest market for filling equipment market and is expected to grow at the highest growth rate in coming years owing to the increasing manufacturing activity in emerging markets such as India and China. Further, the technological advancements for filling equipment is also expected to drive the demand for these equipment in Asia Pacific.
Accutek Packaging Equipment Companies, Inc., GEA Group AG, JBT Corporation, Krones Group AG, Scholle Packaging, Filling Equipment Co Inc., Bosch Packaging Technology, KHS GmbH, Coesia Group S.p.A., Ronchi Mario S.p.A. and Tetra Laval, among others are some of the key vendors in filling equipment market.



Sunday, 23 November 2014

Performance Management Systems Market -Worldwide Market Forecast and Analysis till 2020

Performance management (PM) is a set of activities that ensure goals and objectives of an organization are consistently met in an efficient and effective manner. The primary aim of performance management is to evaluate the performance of any employee, a department, organization, or even a process that develops a product or a service. With technology advancements, software solutions for performance evaluation known as performance management systems have witnessed unprecedented demand globally. Performance management systems offer flexible and continuous evaluation platform for self-improvement. These systems consists of basic principles such as performance review cycle, performance improvement plan and human resource specific professional practices. Performance management systems have its application across various end use industry verticals including, government, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, IT and telecom and media among others. Moreover, they are used in consulting companies, banking sectors, financial and insurance (BFSI) institutions.
The market for performance management systems is surging forward and will continue to do so in the near future. Performance management systems have witnessed unprecedented demand with introduction of Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model. Currently, the performance management systems offer a broad array of facilities catering to multiple application areas such as performance evaluation, performance appraisal in educational institutions, universities, corporate and training organizations. . Recent performance management solutions such as Taleo (Oracle) and Kenexa (IBM) offer out-of-the-box functionalities such as candidate searching, candidate relationship management, which reduce deployment time, along with the consulting costs.
Increasing adoption of cloud computing solutions and mobile phones, and growth traction in social networking service and big data are likely to play a vital role in market growth for performance management systems. Performance management systems help to filter data speedily and reach organization/company insights and take decisions. Introduction of advanced software solutions has contributed to a surge in demand of performance management systems. Additionally, increased spending on performance management solutions by the IT industry, despite organizational budgetary restrictions is also a key factor fueling the growth of the performance management systems market.
Established vendors in the market are continuously involved in introducing new and updated versions of their solutions every year. For instance, vendors such as Adaptive Insights and Host Analytics, Inc. offer small updates every quarter. These updates help the organizations expand core functionalities of their products and subsequently increase its customer base
Players such as IBM Corporation, CA Technologies, Inc., Compuware Corporation, Keynote Systems, Inc., BMC Software, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, SAP SE, SAS Institute Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company dominate the performance management systems market. However, their market leadership is under pressure owing to threats from new entrants such as AppDynamics and New Relic. Additionally, technological advancements in the existing performance management solutions are key factors to obtain a competitive edge. For instance, Longview Solutions successfully introduced the SaaS version of its tax solutions. Similarly, Tagetik Software and Axiom EPM introduced the updated versions of their products, while Prophix Software, Inc. in its latest release introduced strong mobile capabilities. Such developments are further expected to fuel the market growth of the performance management systems.

Global Converged Infrastructure Market Outlook, Industry Trends and Forecast, 2014 – 2020

Converged infrastructure is a concept of grouping multiple IT (Information Technology) resources like software, servers, networking equipment and data-storage devices into a single and optimized computing package. This concept enables organizations to consolidate systems, centralize the management of IT resources, save time and increase the rate at which resources are being utilized. Converged infrastructure implements pool of computers, networking and storage resources that are shared by multiple applications and are managed using policy driven processes. The benefits of implementing converged infrastructure systems include lower costs due to less cabling and lesser network connections, accelerated deployment of IT services, reduced fragmentation of resources and heightened efficiency.
The converged infrastructure market can be segmented on the basis of architecture as preconfigured and custom built. In preconfigured infrastructure solutions, simple tools are provided for repetitive common tasks. Integrated tools are also available for sophisticated and specialized tasks. In custom built converged infrastructure, the system is customized to satisfy the widest range of requirements by various establishments. The converged infrastructure market can also be segmented on the basis of verticals. These include retail, IT and telecom, Banking Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), manufacturing, public sector, healthcare and others.
There are various factors that are contributing to the growth of this market. Customization as per business requirements is one such factor. Vendors of converged infrastructure have designed customized solutions that combine networking, storage and virtualization technology for faster and less risky method in solving data center issues. Implementing a customized converged infrastructure system saves a lot of time in designing solutions from the scratch that addresses the data center issues. Further, once implemented according to the business needs, this system can be operated via a single console and possesses a single support contact, in case if the software or hardware is provided from multiple vendors. Another factor contributing to the growth of this market is the reasonable amount of expenditure required to implement such systems. A converged infrastructure system automates certain processes that enable organizations in saving a lot of time and rapidly deploy new applications with a greater degree of confidence. Traditional data management centers are becoming obsolete and have created the demand for converged infrastructure market and contributing to the growth of this market.
The major drawback of traditional datacenters is the maintenance costs incurred and incapability to handle huge workloads, which is overcome by the converged infrastructure systems. However, finding the right vendor to meet the business requirements accurately could be a daunting task. Usually, vendors possess loads of experience in technological aspects of converged infrastructure solutions. From the user end, it is possible to find certain limitations in the technologies within the processes that are converged. Also, some establishments are used by internet networks and would prefer to continue their dependency on internet networks. These factors are adversely affecting the growth of converged infrastructure market. Integrating converged infrastructure with mobile applications for accessing organizational resources at convenient time and location is a huge opportunity for this market to flourish.
Some of the major players in the converged infrastructure market include Hewlett-Packard Company, NetApp Inc., EMC Corporation, International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Dell Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Hitachi, Ltd., Fujitsu Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. among others.