The Future of Digital Entertainment: Revolution of personal
and home technologies in Europe + the US
Published: 05 Oct 2005
Description
The shift from analogue to digital, and from modem to broadband access, is changing the face of home entertainment; in the future, a significant amount of consumer spending will be aimed at new products and services that capture demand for entertainment anytime and anywhere. This shift provides highly profitable opportunities for vendors and service providers serving the home entertainment markets. However, they face major challenges in meeting this demand, such as rapid price erosion and competition from alternative technologies. The Future of Digital Entertainment: The revolution of personal and home technologies in Europe and the US is a new management report that provides a detailed analysis of some of the fastest-growing home entertainment markets, such as digital TV, pay-TV, personal content jukeboxes, portable games consoles and mobile entertainment. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the market size, drivers, leading players and detailed growth forecasts to 2008 for each of these markets.Price: $1,530
Reference Code: RBTC0080
The Top Ten Software Vendors: Growth strategies, consolidation
+ convergence in the leading players
Published: 05 Oct 2005
Description
IT spending in recent years has shown signs of recovering, which comes as a welcome relief for ISVs; concepts such as on demand and technologies such as RFID and Linux have become common industry themes. Software vendors are increasingly developing strategies to set a foothold in the mid-market market as it offers significant growth potential. There has been a significant increase in the volume of vertical-related projects carried out by vendors to improve their understanding of industry specific business issues and pain points. Mobilizing horizontal applications, particularly in the front office, has seen increasing activity. Security remains a number one priority for many CIOs. Business leaders have come to realize the importance of IT as a strategic asset in their organizations. There are marked synergies between security management solutions and traditional infrastructure management solutions and a combination of supplier push and customer pull means that there will be increasing integration between the two. Threat management technologies automate the collection of event log data from security devices and help users make sense of it through a common management console.Price: $1,530
Reference Code: RBTC0081
ICT Opportunities in European Financial Services: Investment
drivers, targeting strategies and the leading players
Published: 01 Aug 2005
Description
The global economic downturn and equity market decline since the late 1990s badly affected the entire financial services industry and resulted in dramatic cuts in IT spending. Since then, as markets have stabilized, more balanced strategies focusing on cost containment and efficiency maximization have emerged. However, each financial services sub-sector differs from another and vendors need to understand their dynamics in order to target them successfully. This new technology management report that assesses the key ICT investment drivers in retail banking, insurance and financial markets sectors. The report contains a detailed examination of key market issues including operational risk, compliance, rationalisation and revenue generation. It also evaluates the profiles of leading technology vendors in each market, the market opportunities for vendors and recommends key action points for growth.Price: $1,530
Reference Code: RBTC0079
The RFID Market Outlook: New applications, best practices and
future profit opportunities
Published: 01 Jul 2005
Description
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is set to become the bedrock of most supply chains over the next twenty years: however, at present it is perceived to be an immature solution with significant barriers to overcome before becoming a mainstream technology. The RFID Market Outlook: New applications, best practices and future profit opportunities is a report that examines the future market opportunities for RFID, the advantages of implementing RFID and how different industry sectors can benefit from investing in this technology area. This report also examines some of the early innovators in this space, such as Wal-Mart, Metro and Tesco and provides profiles of the leading RFID vendors and their go-to-market strategies. Identify the key revenue opportunities available for software providers, hardware vendors and IT services companies from entering the growing RFID market using the strategies and recommendations detailed in this report.Price: $1,530
Reference Code: rbtc0077
The Offshore and Nearshore Outsourcing Outlook: Key locations,
outsourcing models and the leading players
Published: 01 Jul 2005
Description
The success of the Indian offshore outsourcing market over the past five years has proven that regardless of location, IT services providers can sell world-class services to major companies across the globe. As a result, there has been a boom in offshore and nearshore outsourcing delivery. The Offshore and Nearshore Outsourcing Outlook: Key locations, outsourcing models and the leading players is a report that analyzes the drivers and inhibitors of offshore and nearshore outsourcing, comparing the pros and cons of each and outlining the strengths and weaknesses of the most significant global outsourcing locations. This report analyzes nearshore locations for Europe and the US by country and profiles the world's 10 most influential offshore service providers. It also provides detailed market forecasts for the call center outsourcing market and analysis of the most successful offshore outsourcing models. Identify the key revenue opportunities for service providers, systems integrators and consultants, and the most effective location and route for CIOs considering near or offshore outsourcing.Price: $1,530
Reference Code: rbtc0078
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