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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Top Global Information Technology Report August 2013


Top 15 Telecom and IT Market Research Reports for August 2013

1.     Traffic Management Market worth $12.69 Billion By 2018

Traffic management reduces congestion and promotes a regular flow of traffic. Traffic management also proves to be money saving as it reduces the wastage of fuel. It decreases the carbon emissions from the vehicles and thus supports to keep our environment clean. Transport Management Systems (TMS) have been created to generate solutions for traffic management with the advancements of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

The traditional traffic management solutions have just reduced time and money wastage due to congestion while present technologies in TMS allow the users to plan their journeys in advance, finding the shortest route in real-time situation, provides help on demand during the journey, and reduces the carbon footprint; thus making commuting a hassle-free and enjoyable experience. The initiatives taken by government to implement TMS by executing various projects and schemes have improved the traffic management in various countries. Transportation and traffic management in any region is distinguished by the governance, economical and environmental advantages, advancement in technology and better social standards.

2.      Community Cloud Market worth $ 2.49 Billion By 2018

The ongoing progress of cloud computing has given an undeniable value proposition to the organizations for outsourcing their information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. Furthermore, a rising demand for cloud-based services and need to reduce infrastructure cost within various industries such as financial organizations, government agencies, education industry, gaming industry and healthcare have induced a necessity of adopting this deployment model. Community cloud not only reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) by sharing infrastructure and service cost but also helps in increasing business productivity. Various governments across the globe are spending to adopt community cloud which complies with regulatory standards that will drive the growth of this market in the coming years. Furthermore, similar trend of adoption can be seen at enterprise level where organizations are forming communities to avail cloud services at a shared cost. The technologies are built around the cloud computing technologies, with the main difference of its applications and usage based on the functionalities, requirements and compliance regulations followed by the organization in a particular vertical.

3.     Managed Services Market worth $256.05 Billion By 2018

The managed services domain is broadly classified into Application Service Providers (ASP) and Managed Service Providers (MSP). The Application Service providers are vendors of advanced telecommunication equipments and providers of value added managed services. The managed services providers are partners to ASP and comprise of Independent Software Vendors (ISV), Telcos, VAR and System Integrators. The MSP take the main responsibility of providing the managed services functionalities, such as support, billing and other business processes to customers. While most industry MSP offer vendor specific managed services, there is an increasing demand for expertise in vendor-neutral managed services. Most top vendors in this domain offer a vendor neutral managed services as well as cater to customer’s specific vendor requirements. 

The managed services offerings usually support a multi-vendor and multi-technology environment. Managed services involve operational level agreement (OLA) between the ASP and MSP, wherein both parties agree upon the service levels, quality, duration, revenue sharing and other business rules and regulations. Service level agreement exists between the customer and the service providers, wherein the service parameters are based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for a preset price. In due course of time, certain aspects in the agreements are also varied to best match the requirements of the customer. This includes the provision of managed services at an hour to hour basis. Managed services ensure revival of the customer from all the routine IT work that was handled earlier, post MSP taking over the customer’s infrastructure, network or both, with the total ownership rights still remaining with the end-user. The managed services market is witnessing an increasing keen interest in managed mobility and information services.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/managed-services-market-1141.html

4.     Hybrid Cloud Market by (Cloud Management, Cloud Security) worth $79.54 Billion by 2018

Organizations adopt cloud technologies to leverage both cost savings and technical expertise to focus on its core business. Hybrid cloud solution offers the features of both the worlds such as public cloud and private cloud to its customers. As the inhibitors of public cloud are the same for hybrid cloud as well, vendors are confronted with the challenges of security and to deliver a solution that acts as a bridge across various cloud delivery models and traditional IT. Hybrid cloud enables the organizations to bridge the gap between multiple clouds and provide all sizes of organizations to leverage advanced computational infrastructures, software and services.

Cloud bursting is a feature of hybrid cloud which enables an organization to shift/burst the workload into public cloud at peak times. It eliminates the requirement to construct an additional IT infrastructure to address sporadic traffic times. Such challenges are faced by many industries such as telecom, retail and so on, especially on public holidays where the phone call traffic and internet usage is at a peak is overcome by hybrid cloud solution. It also enables an organization to scale IT resources dynamically to manage these challenges. Through on-demand provisioning companies of all sizes can add resources without the need to build its own infrastructure which is time consuming and costly.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/hybrid-cloud-market-1150.html

5.     Identity and Access Management (IAM) Market worth $10.39 Billion By 2018.

The need to connect and manage continually increasing number of distributed digital identities across organizations has always remained one among the key challenges for enterprises. Prior planning, huge investments, and long lead time associated with the successful deployment of an Identity and Access Management (IAM) project was restricting Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to adopt technological solutions related to IAM, but with the addition of number of cloud-based applications across all SMEs, the need to manage multiple accounts and entitlements is expected to grow enormously which in turn will trigger these organizations to adopt cloud-based IAM solutions requiring minimal initial investments.

Growing enterprise mobility, strengthening regulatory compliances, and increase in adoption of web-based applications will remain the three main drivers behind increased adoption of cloud-based IAM solutions. Through IAM solutions, organizations can avail benefits such as assured and secured access to real-time sensitive data, protecting businesses from internal and external threats, ensuring visibility over the data at rest and in motion, and data loss prevention.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/identity-access-management-iam-market-1168.html

6.     Cloud Billing Market worth $9.58 Billion By 2018

The cloud billing solutions are experiencing a rapid adoption pace as they address the needs of changing business models. The cloud billing solutions help to monetize the cloud services and bring along benefits of cloud technology. These solutions are rated to be flexible and scalable to suit the growing businesses and are focused on streamlining the billing process and improving customer satisfaction. The cloud billing solutions bring various benefits beyond cost effectiveness such as transparent rating and charging, large volume of data management in real-time, billing expertise and thus, better focus on core business.

The cloud billing solutions merge the convergent billing solutions with the cloud technology to deliver value to the customers through the billing systems. The cloud billing solutions help in reducing the large upfront costs as the real-time, multi-tenant billing systems are maintained by the vendor. The billing solutions for cloud services help in avoiding under and over-charging by supporting sophisticated rating, dynamic price plans and granular billing by extending support for variable billable units.

Source:http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/cloud-billing-market-1022.html

7.     Energy Management Systems Market worth $38.49 Billion by 2018

The Energy Management Systems (EMS) vendor landscape is highly fragmented with multiple offerings ranging from simple energy monitoring dashboards to complex energy management softwares with high degree of analytics. The EMS software types in itself consists of a wide range of applications and can be broadly categorized under industrial energy management, utility energy management, Demand Response (DR), Enterprise Energy and carbon Management (ECEM), residential energy management, commercial building energy management, energy modeling, energy procurement and risk management, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) power management, and utility bill management.

Each of these Energy Management Systems applications has a different rate of adoption across the globe. Larger players in this domain such as GE, Siemens, and Schneider have a comprehensive robust portfolio of products and services encompassing almost all categories of Energy Management Systems applications and have a strong foothold especially in utility and industrial EMS. Although smaller emerging players in other categories such as DR and ECEM with innovative technologies and niche expertise have been able to make a mark by creating value innovation for their customers.


Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/energy-management-systems-ems-market-1189.html

8.     Energy Security Market worth $67.90 Billion By 2018

Energy security is one of the most important and widely used terminologies used these days especially in the developed and the developing nations. We can define energy security as the ability of the nation or a country to secure the power plants and energy resources from physical attacks and cyber intrusions for undisrupted and sustained supply of energy, to the country and its people. Securing the energy and power resources has become very important and most of the countries are taking firm measures to protect their power plants and energy resources. This need for securing the power plants has increased because of the growing terror and criminal attacks and growing sophisticated cyber attacks on the power plants and energy resources. These power plants play an important role in any of the countries development and are considered to be the backbone of the nation and any attack on these power plants can paralyze the countries development.

Along with these outside attacks, there are always threats of insider attacks and lack of a comprehensive solution for securing the power plants. Many countries have made strict regulations and compliances for energy security. There are international bodies for regulating and standardizing the compliances as well. These issues of increased attacks, strict government regulations and government rules have given rise to the overall energy security market. There are companies which provide sophisticated physical security solutions which includes unmanned aerial vehicles and highly sophisticated intrusion detection and prevention system. Many companies also provide network security and cyber security solutions for preventing the complicated cyber attacks, thus securing the overall power plants from these attacks and keep the operations uninterrupted.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/energy-security-market-1103.html

9.     Enterprise Video Market worth $11.21 Billion By 2013

The use of video in enterprises has become prominent these days, owing to the necessity of communicating and delivering information conveniently and effectively. Mass adoption of cloud in enterprise video market is helping to create virtualized surroundings for video conferencing, by hosting business-critical applications. Enterprise video is helping enterprises to establish seamless mobility among workforce and promote Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) culture. The major reason for the growth of market is the ever increasing demand of video conferencing and streaming services among enterprises.

In the recent times, there have been various advancements in the technologies, such as high efficiency video codec, alter-HD, web real-time communication, search, indexing, captioning, transcoding and aggregation. These emerging technologies are enriching the overall video delivery mechanisms among enterprises. The growth of the existing technologies in the market is still nascent, but it is expected to grow at a rapid rate in the coming years.

Source:http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/enterprise-video-market-1182.html

10. Government Cloud Market worth $18.48 Billion By 2018

With greater transformations in society, due to political, social and economic changes, information and communication technology has been evolving alongside to address the ever-increasing consumer and organizational needs. One of the most disruptive technologies, apart from social media, mobility and big data, is cloud computing. The organizations are realizing the importance of cloud computing through improved services, driven by better collaboration and integration solutions. There are many political, social and economic pressures which are driving federal, state and local governments towards adopting the cloud technologies.

The main advantages of implementation of cloud computing are improvement in the delivered services and the reduction in operating costs. When these government organizations adopt cloud services, the basic assumption is that they are generally more productive, innovative and operate with greater agility. But, there are numerous challenges that these public bodies face when acquiring any of the ICT services. One among these challenges is the associated concerns over security of information and data. Therefore, these agencies implement many policies and procedures for security classification and protective control of information assets.

Source:http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/government-cloud-market-1170.html

11. Phosphorus & Derivatives Market worth 107.5 Million Metric Tons By 2018

Global phosphorus and its derivatives demand is anticipated to grow by 2.40% to reach 107.5 million metric tons by 2018. Gains will be fueled by increasing population, and the demand for more food production. Also, increasing demand in phosphorus applications such as flame retardants and new opportunities such as rechargeable lithium iron phosphate batteries will drive the phosphorus market.
Higher and faster yields of crops require phosphorus fertilizers as it is a basic nutrient for plant growth. This has made fertilizers the most important application of phosphorus and its derivatives market. Fertilizers are followed by detergent applications of phosphorus and its derivatives. Government bodies of developed countries have imposed regulations on the use of phosphorus in detergents that restricts the growth in the developing countries.
Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/phosphorus-derivatives-market-1148.html


12. Smart Solar Market worth $15.34 Million By 2018

The smart solar report focuses on the business and economies of the industry and analyzes the technology and market sectors in a way that adds value to the market. Solutions and components are the key areas which contribute to the growth of this market. Components inefficiency is one of the key challenges of the entire industry. Technology will help to get rid of this challenge. High growth is expected in this market which will raise the opportunity for the various players associated to the solar industry. The smart solar market involves solutions like analytic, integration and platform monitoring. Solutions market will be on the higher side, as the demand for more sophisticated solutions will increase in the future.

The smart solar industry is in the maturity stage; it is now being driven by necessity. There are many potential applications that can be derived from this market but there is a need for its penetration in some verticals. Other than utility, it has government and public affairs, healthcare, education, construction and agro-industry. Advancement in the smart solar components and solutions will drive this smart solar market. Manufacturing industry, logistics and distribution, are the other verticals which have scope for improvement. Innovation in the smart solar market is widening across the verticals. MarketsandMarkets expects the smart solar market to grow from $6.51 billion in 2013 to $15.34 billion by 2018, at an estimated CAGR of 18.7% from 2013 to 2018.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/smart-solar-market-1102.html

13. Fleet Management Market worth $30.45 Billion By 2018

With the rapid increase in the transportations of man and materials, the competitiveness among the fleet owners is becoming tougher. The hike in fuel price, in addition, is making the fleet owners ponder over increasing efficiencies in their business operations. Specific norms have been introduced to reduce the green house gas emission from transportation and logistics activities and this in turn is making fleet performance monitoring and fuel consumption management extremely important for the fleet owners. The world is moving toward smarter ways of transportation and fleet management for advantages such as smoother traffic flow, improved operation, and enhanced safety. The vehicle manufacturers are also focusing on producing smart vehicles suitable for the intelligent transportation systems. These in turn are acting as a boon for the vendors.

With the increase in global fleet size and the focus on smart and optimized fleet operations, the industry is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.8% from 2013 to 2018. The market is estimated to be $10.91 billion in 2013. The market is expected to grow in tandem with the growth in transportation activities. Hike in fuel prices, need for operational efficiencies, regulations to reduce CO2 emission, decreasing Fleet Management System (FMS) components and connectivity costs are the key drivers for the fleet management industry.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/fleet-management-systems-market-1020.html

14. Security Analytics Market worth $ 3.22 Billion By 2018

Advanced persistent threats, frauds, and insider attacks require a new approach to security management. Organizations need a security analytics architecture that can manage a much wider scope and greater volume of data than at present. An increased number of security breaches, a continued trend to attack and outdated cyber defense systems of organizations are driving the market.

The market comprises of players from the network security market, as well. Few such vendors in the network security market are Cisco, Sourcefire, Alertlogic, ManageEngine and others. There are big data security analytics players, such as RSA, IBM, Logrhythm, Red Lambda and Blue Coat Systems. Mobile device security players are Marble Security, MobileIron and Zenprise. In near future, majority of the mobile device security market players could enter into the analytics space of mobile security.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/security-analytics-market-1026.html

15. 3D Scanning Market worth $4.08 Billion By 2018

3D has a wide portfolio of applications. Other than automotive and transportation industry, it contributes to aerospace and defense industry via its use in reverse engineering, quality inspection, prototyping and others. Growth in economy and infrastructure expansion is also driving the 3D scanning market in various countries. 3D scanning is useful in making a dummy part or prototype in the manufacturing industry, auto industry, or any other mechanical related industry. Quality control/quality inspection is the popular application and services in these industries.

3D scanning is being used in various applications (cultural heritage, quality control and others) and services (reverse engineering, inspection and others) in numerous industries. There are many potential applications that need real-time imaging and the ability to penetrate into it. 3D scanning is basically driven by the fact that it provides information with a third dimensional depth. 3D scanning is also adopted by the medical industry for surgical applications, diagnosis via MRI, CT scan and others. 3D scanning is also widely used in dentistry. With the potential of delivering three dimensional results and diverse-vertical application, the 3D scanning market is growing and a few years down the line it is expected to be adopted at a very high rate and by almost every industry.

Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/3d-scanning-market-1110.html

 

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