Dolly Drives Lion-Ready Upgrades Capitalize on Apples Time Machine Improvements in Lion OS

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 26, 2011

Cloud-services provider Cirrus Thinking reported today that all of Apples Time Machine Lion upgrades are fully functional in the Lion version of the Dolly Drive online backup service. Lion features available in Dolly Drive include Time Machines offline local snapshots, combined timeline, upload time status bar, user interface and overall speed & stability. Both new users and current subscribers have seen easy moves to the Lion OS.

Additionally, clients who use Dolly Drive as a NAS replacement have avoided the interruptions that local NAS solutions have been experiencing when installing Lion.

The upgrades to Time Machine have been one of the most exciting things about the release of Lion and the Dolly Drive development team made sure they were available to Lion users from day one said Anthony Palermo, Dolly Drive CEO. Fortunately, as a native to Mac backup solution, it’s easier for us to build exclusively for the Mac experience and avoid the challenges that many other providers face when trying to retrofit a Mac solution into a PC-based offering.

Dolly Drive is a subscription software and online storage service designed for Apples Time Machine. In addition to providing Mac users offsite cloud storage directly through the Time Machine application, the application allows users to create a bootable clone of their Mac on an external hard drive for local disaster recovery. A free standalone version of Dolly Clone is available at http://www.dollydrive.com. Launched in January, Dolly Drive was named MacLife magazines best of show and best software at MacWorld 2011.

About Cirrus Thinking

Cirrus Thinking was founded in 2009 by a pair of passionate Apple fans with the goal of delivering the critical advantages of cloud services to Apple users at the consumer, small businesses and enterprise levels. The first product Dolly Drive, an online backup solution for Apples Time Machine launched in 2011 and was named MacLife Magazines Best Software and Best of Show at MacWorld 2011. Cirrus Thinkings entire range of Mac and PC products and services provide cutting edge solutions for auto-archiving, online backup, hard drive cloning, online storage, file syncing, and more. Cirrus Thinking has offices in New York and Miami, with data centers located throughout the United States and Europe.

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Advanced GPS Tracking and Fleet Management Solutions Drives the MRM Handset-based Solutions Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) July 09, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn Mobile Resource Management (MRM) handset-based solutions facilitate automatic tracking of employees and asset location; improvement and automation of dispatch capabilities, capturing and sharing of field data, and improvement of customer relation through extension of front-and back-office resources directly to the point of consumer contact. Ease of installation, falling cost of equipment, availability of customized solutions and off-the-shelf software, and emergence of better communication networks are the major factors driving the adoption of MRM technology. Several businesses make use of MRM for rudimentary functions such as time stamping for documenting employee arrival and departure. MRM plays a key role in organizations with a large mobile work force, enabling efficient dispatch services, real-time asset and employee tracking, reporting capabilities, as well as other remote management and transaction processing tools. Small and medium enterprises opt for MRM solutions that offer instant connectivity, point solutions, and quicker return on investment. On the other hand, large enterprises require MRM systems with better workflows, scalability, as well as optimum integration with numerous back-end systems.

MRM equipment and service providers are reaping rich dividends from the increasing use of GPS-enabled wireless devices managing construction equipment, fleet vehicles, mobile workers, and trailers. The percentage of fleet drivers and other mobile workers employing cellular phones, blackberry and other portable devices has been gradually increasing. Moreover, the cost of integrating GPS functionality into the conventional cellular handsets is minimal, thereby facilitating easier migration to GPS-Based MRM-Handset system. In addition, the easy adaptability and affordability of these systems, as well as improved network connectivity opened up newer verticals for the MRM industry. Further, clients are able to track the movement of the fleet through the Internet, eliminating the need for customized software packages. GPS is fast becoming a mandatory feature of transportation and logistics functions as well as mobile workforce automation processes in large-scale enterprises. Through the application, these enterprises are realizing higher efficiency, improved customer response, optimum route-planning and task and time management.

A major challenge associated with widespread MRM implementation is lack of customer awareness. The mass-marketing efforts and promotion at the local levels have failed to deliver results due to the dearth of trained sales professionals. Moreover, the lack of coordination between various player in the ecosystem, including application and middleware developers, independent software vendors, and system integrators, is hampering efforts to educate the consumer about the value-addition offered by MRM systems. End-users are apprehensive regarding the cost of MRM handset-based equipment and associated installation and subscription costs. Product pricing is a critical factor for adoption, particularly as companies continue to operate in austerity mode in the post recession scenario. High cost of implementation and back-end integration of these systems coupled with slow return on investment remain the major barriers to widespread acceptance of MRM systems.

The United States represents the largest market for mobile resource management solutions, capturing a substantial share of the global market, as stated by the new market research report on

Mobile Resource Management (MRM) Handset-based Solutions. The fast-paced growth of the North American handset-based MRM market triggered a revolution, translating into a mass adoption phase in the industry. The Canadian market trails the US market, with businesses increasingly showing interest in MRM and other M2M applications. The Asia-Pacific market, powered by rapidly developing markets of China, India, is slated to race ahead at a strong CAGR of about 24% through 2018. China is poised to become a major hub for the Telematics industry, given the huge scale of the countrys logistics, transport and mobile communications sectors, and its vibrant automobile market. By product segment, Local and Short Haul Fleets (LSHF) category dominates the MRM Handsets market, accounting for a substantial share of the global market. Increased penetration and acceptance levels will propel strong CAGR of about 31% in the Portable GPS Devices market over the long-term.

Major players profiled in the report include, AT&T, Inc., AppLocation Systems Inc., CalAmp Corp., Descartes Systems Group, Garmin International, Inc., Ituran Location and Control Ltd., Masternaut, Qualcomm, Incorporated, RedPrairie Corporation, Sybase, Inc., Telogis Inc., Telenav, Inc., Trimble Navigation Ltd., Vehiclepath and Xora, Inc., among others.

The research report titled Mobile Resource Management (MRM) Handset-Based Solutions: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive industry overview, mobile devices, MRM value chain, market trends, service overview, key growth drivers, recent industry activity, and profiles of major/niche global market participants. Key product segments analyzed include Portable GPS Devices, Local & Short Haul Fleets, and Others. The report provides annual revenue estimates and projections for the years 2010 through 2018 in value (US$ ) terms for geographic markets including the US, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World. The study also provides historic data for an insight into market evolution over the period 2004 through 2009.

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Advanced GPS Tracking and Fleet Management Solutions Drives the MRM Handset-based Solutions Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Growth in Number of IP Addresses Drives the Global Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) July 09, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn An IP address, a key numeric identifier for computers in a network, is an important element in efficient network functioning, and is gradually gaining in importance as an asset in an organization. Defined as an address in a binary number form given for every device connected to an IP network, Internet Protocol (IP) Address ensures that every IP packet traversing the IP network carries an originating address field for identification by the host computer and/or server, thus helping the originating host to identify a target host for accurate delivery of packet data. With the Internet firmly embedded in everyday lives and functioning of both individuals and enterprises, the number and type of devices connected to IP networks, such as, mobile phones, wireless communication devices, VoIP, virtual machines, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, PDAs, and laptops, is spiraling at mind boggling rates. As the world continues to embrace IP networks, Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) will be one the most important area of network management, given that IP addressing is an essential technology for the use of the Internet. With the number of devices connected to IP networks forecast to reach over three times the size of the global population by the year 2018, and with IP traffic poised to exceed 1.5 zettabytes per year, the importance of efficient IPAM solutions has never been more sharper or intense.

Besides rise in the number of non-PC based devices and wireless devices transmitting voice, video, and data over IP networks, continued growth of the exploding mobile data traffic in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, galloping Internet video traffic including video-on-demand (VoD) and peer-to-peer (P2P) video sharing will help drive the global Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) market. The importance of IPAM will become even more critical as IPv4 resources near depletion. This is primarily because as IPv4 address allocation diminishes, the importance of identifying and targeting free space for new assignment becomes critical. Also, with the diminishing of IPv4, it is important to know what space is free for assignment and also for identifying unused IP addresses for reclamation and reuse. Depletion of the pool of unallocated Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) addresses can result in losses in productivity and revenue for unprepared ISPs in the event of faulty and inefficient address capacity forecasting, and utilization efficiency. As solutions that help plan, architect, track, and manage address space used in a network, IPAM in such cases helps reduce assignment errors, IP conflicts, discover network occupancy, and provides notification of impending address depletion.

In the upcoming years, continued growth of IP addresses for organizations of all sizes will drive gains in the market. Also, the ongoing migration to IPv6, which is expected to result in massive network equipment upgrades including hosts, routers, and DNS infrastructure, will bode well for IPAM upgradation. The trend towards consumerization of IT characterized by the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) concept and the resulting increase in the number of independent authorized and unauthorized devices connecting to the network, as employees bring on personally-owned mobile devices to conduct official tasks and business processes, will strain and complicate conventional methods of managing networks. And automation benefits offered by IPAM will emerge as the only solution to keep pace with consumerization.

As stated by the new market research report on Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM), Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market for IPAM, with revenue from the region growing at a CAGR of about 31.5% over the analysis period.

Major players in the global marketplace include 6connect, Alcatel-Lucent, Bluecat Networks, BT Diamond IP, Cisco Systems, Inc., Crypton Computers Ltd., EfficientIP, Incognito Software Inc., Infoblox Inc., Men & Mice, Nixu Software Ltd., Neustar Inc., Nominum, among others.

The research report titled Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM): A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections by sales value for major geographic markets including the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, and Rest of Europe) Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World.

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Expanding Application Possibilities Drives the Global Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Solutions Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) July 18, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), which as the name suggests, allow tracking location of people and physical assets in the real-time, are growing in popularity for asset tracking in recent years, as they offer superior precision, higher granularity and greater level of accuracy in locating assets than other track and trace technologies. By helping companies locate their assets effectively and efficiently, RTLS solutions delivers streamlined operations, increased asset utilization, and enhanced productivity, all of which result in tangible benefits and accelerated ROI. As companies become increasingly aware of the need for tracking, monitoring and analyzing location and movement of people and products for their daily operations, automatic identification solutions, RTLS solutions in particular, are expected to become a mainstream commercial opportunity for track and trace solution vendors. Although currently still a relatively new market, predominantly gaining orders from manufacturing sector, RTLS solutions market is expected to achieve significant traction over the next few years, as other industries too warm up to the benefits of automatic asset tracking and locating technology.

Having gained tremendous adoption in the manufacturing sector over the years, where they continue to be deployed for tracking key productivity inputs, RTLS is now gradually finding increasing adoption in major end-use sectors such as healthcare and transportation & logistics. Healthcare sector especially is the fastest growing end-use market for RTLS solutions. Besides helping hospital management track the exact location medical devices, RTLS solutions also facilities in tracking patient location, thereby ensuring automated patient flow and increasing patient safety within the hospital premises. By providing accurate patient location, hospitals can easily ensure quick treatment and even send response teams to the patient location in case of emergency. Not only patients, RTLS solutions can even help hospitals track location of healthcare professionals and hospital staff, thereby helping them schedule patient meetings and ensure timely delivery of patient services. With healthcare organizations beginning to increasingly rely on IT solutions for providing better healthcare, improve asset utilization, reduce costs, and gain competitive advantage in the market, it is opportunities galore for asset tracking solutions such as RTLS in this segment. The current yet low market penetration of RTLS in hospitals only points towards strong untapped market opportunity for RTLS solutions in this segment.

RTLS market is also gaining significant market opportunities in other industry segments such as military, homeland security, food and retail, postal/courier, agriculture and personal tracking. Technology developments over the years, especially advancements in design, size, and networking capabilities are enabling RTLS solutions to find increased adoption across these diverse industry verticals, thereby helping drive market prospects further. Research efforts supported by governments and led by industry association are also underway to find new application possibilities, which are expected to increase their penetration in a range of end-use sectors over the next few years. Appropriate cost benefit analysis and feasibility studies are being undertaken to promote the potential benefits of using this technology, which are expected to drive several industry segments to adopt this technology.

The high cost of ownership of RTLS solutions has been the most significant barrier for its large-scale adoption in most of the end-use segments since many years. However, the fast declining prices are now turning RTLS solutions in an economically viable option for organizations keen on investing in technology for asset tracking. The prices of tags, software and hardware have been declining at about 10-15% annually in most of the countries across the globe, thus considerably reducing the hitherto high initial investments requirement for acquiring and implementing RTLS technology at enterprises, and thereby significantly improving its adoption.

As stated by the new market research report on Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) Solutions, the United States represents the largest regional market for RTLS solutions with a majority share in the total dollar sales estimated for the global market for the year 2012. Asia-Pacific however represents the fastest growing regional market for RTLS solutions, with annual dollar sales from the region waxing at a CAGR of about 43.21% over the analysis period 2009-2018. Growing awareness on the benefits of RTLS and subsequent increase in number of deployments in enterprises across industry segments such as manufacturing, healthcare, transportation and logistics are primarily boosting RTLS solutions market in the region. Increasing use of RTLS for personal tracking is also helping lend traction to the RTLS solutions market in the region. By product category, RTL Systems represents the largest segment, accounting for majority share in the total RTLS market. Tags represent the fastest growing product segment with annual dollar sales waxing at a CAGR of about 30.5% over the analysis period.

Major players in the global marketplace include AeroScout Inc., DecaWave Ltd., Ekahau Inc., IDENTEC Solutions AG, Mojix Inc., Navis LLC, Savi Technology Inc., and Ubisense Group plc., among others.

The research report titled Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) Solutions: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections by annual dollar sales (in US$ million) for major geographic markets including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin America. Market sizing data is presented for product segments Systems and Tags. Key end-use markets analyzed include Manufacturing, Healthcare, Transportation and Others.

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Technological Advancements and Growth in Internet Applications Drives Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) July 23, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn There has been a rapid proliferation of communication and portable computing devices such as wireless devices and laptop PCs due to substantial technological improvements in terms of communications infrastructure, performance, battery life, computing power, and significant decline in size & cost. Concurrently, there has been tremendous growth in the amount of electronic information that is being accessed and shared due to the continuous development of various applications for managing, manipulating, storing, transmitting, and securing such information. Currently, most of the electronic information is safeguarded by using the password method. These passwords are a major security concern considering that they can be stolen, forgotten, lost, or copied. Efforts are being taken to use biometrics such as fingerprinting effectively in order to increase the accuracy of the identification method and prevent unlawful access to information.

Silicon-based fingerprint sensors are gradually becoming the foundation to the digital identity of individuals, with their significance gaining wider prominence in multiple applications. Moreover, fingerprint sensors are expected to hold significant potential in maintaining digital identities in cloud-based computing infrastructure. Cloud computing refers to delivery of services, software, and other computing activities over the Internet rather than utilizing on-premise resources. In the coming years, more services are expected to be accessed and aggregated via personalization and authentication events using sensors. Users are expected to increasingly use services such as Microsoft Live ID, Twitter API, OpenID, Facebook Connect, and Google ID for securely connecting the user to their personal accounts and other websites on the Internet.

Increasing spending on R&D activity by major players over the past several years has been largely contributing to the development of advanced finger-scan products. Also, the advancement in technology along with fall in prices is expected to position silicon-based fingerprint sensors firmly in the global fingerprint biometrics market and challenge the dominance of conventional optical sensors in the next few years. Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) is widely used in law enforcement agencies around the world, where the collected fingerprints are matched against local, state, regional and/or national fingerprint databases. Healthcare industry is also a major user of AFIS for the identification of patients. Technological developments such as better matching capabilities and enhanced computing power have resulted in the expansion of AFIS to private sector enterprises.

As stated by the new market research report on Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors, Asia-Pacific represents the largest regional market in terms of value sales. Japan is projected to be the fastest growing market with a CAGR of about 38% over the analysis period. Growth in the rapidly developing economies including Latin America and Asia-Pacific, particularly China, is expected to result from Government and customer focused corporate expenditures. Growth of biometrics is mostly contributed by the security compulsions of Government and law enforcement services.

Access control together with network security is expected to strengthen market, while convenience and high security will provide competitive edge to bolstering competition from alternative technologies. Fingerprint technology is expected to remain a market leader supported by pricing factors and convenience. Advanced swipe sensors, with considerably lower form factor, are expected to be used increasingly in smaller and more power-hungry devices such as mobile phones and notebooks. Integration of these sensors into wireless devices as well as physical access control applications is expected to provide further impetus to global sales.

Major players in the global marketplace include Atmel Corporation, AuthenTec Inc., Fingerprint Cards AB, Fujitsu Limited, Hangzhou Synochip Technologies Co., Ltd., IDEX ASA, Jiangsu Winch Corp. Ltd., Validity Sensors Inc., among others.

The research report titled Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides annual sales estimates and projections in US$ Million for Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors (By Type and By End-Use) for the years 2009 through 2018 for the following geographic markets The US, Canada, Japan, Europe, (France, Germany, UK, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America.

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Expanding Applications and Government Support Drives the Global Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) August 07, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn With the introduction of advanced network technologies, traditional mobile networks, which have been for long predominantly used for voice communications by enabling mobile phone users to make/receive phone calls, have been transformed into an intriguing communications medium, capable of supporting even non-voice data traffic generated by mobile phones, such as text/media messaging, GPS Navigation, real-time multimedia and a host of web-based applications and services. Most importantly, the new mobile networks have taken mobile communications beyond human beings, and are now increasingly facilitating industries and organizations in establishing communications even between the machines or devices they frequently use, thus allowing for machine to machine (M2M) communication.

Cellular communications network is already being leveraged to transport data from one connected machine to another in order to affect a change, be it for flipping switches or raising an alarm. The network is also being used to establish communication between a machine and the business information center, which controls the operations of these machines. Use of cellular networks for M2M communications is especially prominent when machines in question are mobile, such as cars, trucks or any other mobile device. For instance, cellular M2M is increasingly being used by fleet managers to track and trace their connected commercial vehicles over mobile networks.

Poised to benefit from increasing use of cellular networks for M2M communications is the market for the cellular M2M modules, which are increasingly being integrated with machines in order to make them transmit data and support automated machine operation. Given the expanding mobile network coverage, growing focus of telecom operators on data services, growing usage of telemetry and telematics, and evolving technical advances in M2M markets, cellular M2M network modules are increasingly being applied within M2M applications. Thanks to key benefits that they offer in M2M applications, including bringing the much required mobility and global connectivity to M2M communication, providing instant activation, and enabling interconnectivity with the world wide web (www), cellular communication modules come as most appropriate technology for deployment of intelligent and next-generation intelligent network connectivity, thereby finding increased demand.

Although still in a nascent stage, the cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) module market is expected to grow at a rapid pace over the next few years, primarily driven by expanding applications of Cellular M2M communications in a range of industry segments. While fleet management and remote monitoring & control of industrial and agricultural machinery continue to be the leading end-use application areas for cellular M2M modules, growth in the market over the next few years will be primarily driven by growing adoption of cellular M2M communication in security, electronic payments and automotive applications. The accelerated transition from wired communications solutions to wireless communication solutions in these industry segments is significantly contributing to the adoption of cellular M2M communications and subsequently for cellular M2M modules.

Technology advancements in cellular M2M modules at the end-user application front further opens up new possibilities and applications for the technology, thereby driving the market prospects further. For instance, introduction of mobile automatic meter reading devices are increasing the use of cellular M2M network modules for smart metering application among electronic utilities. Similarly, use of mobile devices for patient tracking and remote health monitoring is helping cellular M2M modules find demand in the healthcare sector. Deployment of cellular M2M modules for building automation is also expected to increase over the next few years, thereby adding to the overall market.

The cellular M2M modules market is gaining significant traction from Government support in promoting use of advanced wireless solutions in key industry segments, and adoption of M2M communications in state-sponsored projects. For instance, Government intervention and regulatory guidelines, which mandate use of telematics systems for new-age automobiles, both in the consumer market and for commercial fleet management sectors, is driving demand for cellular M2M modules to be integrated within these systems. Government efforts in creating awareness about benefits of using such advanced wireless solutions for vehicle/driver safety, security and accident response, are also helping increase the adoption of telematics systems, thus generating orders for cellular M2M modules in the automotive sector.

Government policies supporting the use of in-vehicle intelligent transportation system is also helping drive demand for cellular M2M modules in the automotive and transportation sector. For instance, the Japanese governments policy to promote intelligent transport systems has led to increased adoption of in-vehicle vehicle information and communication systems (VICS), thus driving up demand for necessary cellular M2M modules. Government energy projects for automatic meter reading and smart grid such as US NISTs Smart Grid Interoperability Standards project, and Europes smart metering regulation and legislation, are also contributing significantly to growth of cellular M2M modules in the energy sector. Government policies for reducing utility services consumption, focusing on energy conservation and environment protection is especially lending traction to use of smart metering solutions, thus driving up demand for cellular M2M modules. Meanwhile government healthcare projects such as US state and federal telehealth/telemedicine project are significantly driving adoption of cellular M2M modules for remote wireless patient monitoring and medication solutions.

As stated by the new market research report on Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Europe represents the largest regional market for Cellular M2M modules, accounting for a majority share in both global market revenue and volume sales. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market with annual revenue and volume sales from the region waxing at a CAGR of about 22.3% and 33.5%, respectively, over the analysis period. By end-use, Fleet Management is the largest end-use application segment for Cellular M2M modules. Security market represents the fastest growing end-use segment for cellular M2M modules, by value, with annual revenue from the segment waxing at a CAGR of about 25% over the analysis period.

Major players in the global marketplace include Cinterion Wireless Modules GmbH, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., iWOW Connections Pte., Ltd., Neoway Technology, Novatel Wireless, Inc., Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd., Sagemcom, Sierra Wireless, Inc., SIMCom Wireless Solution Co., Ltd., Telit Communications PLC, u-blox AG, and ZTE Corporation, among others.

The research report titled Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M): A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections for Cellular M2M modules both in revenue (in US$ million) and volume sales (in thousand units) for major geographic markets including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World. Key end-use segments analyzed include Fleet Management, Remote Monitoring and Control, Security, Electronic Payment Systems, Automotive and Others.

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Robust Demand for Mobile VoIP Services and Growing Adoption Among SMBs Drives the Business VoIP Services Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) August 14, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn In this age of cut throat competition, where companies are increasingly compelled to extend their reach beyond geographic boundaries, the need to establish communications with a wide range of internal and external business partners, including customers, suppliers, distributors and employees becomes critical. This brings to the fore, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which as a technology is fast replacing traditional PSTN based voice communication services, that too at significantly lesser costs. Capable of converting voice signals into digital data packets, which are then transmitted over the IP Networks such as Internet or private networks, VoIP comes as a highly cost efficient solution for delivering voice communications for businesses, and therefore is growing in tremendous popularity across the globe. A special case of providing VoIP capability for businesses, Business VoIP services is fast growing in popularity as well as in commercial implementations in the enterprise segment.

As a key initial investment, adoption of Business VoIP infrastructure comes as an important strategic decision for enterprises, and therefore needs critical evaluation of requirement, including the actual need for change in enterprise telephony strategy, availability of economic and technical resources for making the change, and consideration of key benefits that the new technology may provide to the company. The ability of Business VoIP services to provide exceptional cost benefits with regard to voice communications is the key rationale for businesses moving from traditional PSTN to VoIP infrastructure. Business VoIP allows enterprises to use existing Internet infrastructure as means to place free phone calls, thereby driving significant cost benefits. By allowing both voice and data traffic to be transmitted over a single network, VoIP saves considerable infrastructure costs for businesses, which would have otherwise been spent on establishing separate voice and data networks. Given that price of VoIP extensions are also significantly lower than traditional PBX and key systems, also make VoIP services more economically viable than traditional PSTN based telecommunications.

The upcoming years are forecast to witness strong demand for mobile VoIP services. Increasing number of mobile workforce, and constant need for such employees to stay in touch with corporate headquarters, and carry out functions such as making sales transactions, passing sales or purchase orders, and reporting productivity even while away from the office, is driving strong business case for Mobile Business VoIP services. Enabling traveling executives, telecommuters, and call-center agents within an organization to use softphones for accessing features of corporate phones while working at home or while on the go, mobile VoIP services are increasingly being adopted by businesses, thereby driving the overall Business VoIP market. Hardware price reductions of IP telephony systems will turn out to be a good incentive for consumers to invest in next-generation systems and converged networks, thus encouraging faster migration to Business VoIP services.

Another major factor driving business prospects in the Business VoIP Services market is the ability of the technology in enhancing productivity. Business VoIP features and capabilities such as desk calling, automated attendant, extension management, follow me/gather me, outlook integration, remote office, unified mutter mail, voicemail, call record, conference calling, and video conference, allow companies to leverage the power of seamless and uninterrupted connectivity among employees and with external business partners, to realize overall productivity enhancements within organizations. The latest VoIP applications and business systems such a unified communications and collaboration ensures collaborated team work, irrespective of the location of team members, thereby positively influencing employee morale and overall productivity.

Mushrooming of small and medium businesses (SMBs), especially in the developing countries, and the subsequent need for voice communications among these enterprises is leading to increased adoption of VoIP services in this consumer segment. Hosted Business VoIP services, which eliminate the need for capital investments, especially on VoIP systems and provide cost effective scalability especially makes Business VoIP practically viable for SMBs, thereby increasing its adoption among this customer cluster. As an increased number of SMBs begin to recognize the advantages of IP telephony and as older telephony platforms reach the end of their lifecycle, Business VoIP adoption is expected to continue gaining momentum.

As stated by the new market research report on Business VoIP Services, Europe represents the largest regional market, accounting for a majority share in global market revenues. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing market with annual revenues from the region waxing at a CAGR of about 17.3% over the analysis period. Booming economies, robust growth in the enterprise sector, international business expansions, increase in enterprise mobility, especially in emerging markets such as China and India, are fingered as key factors driving growth in the region. Managed IP PBX Services is the fastest growing market segment with growth projected to wax at a CAGR of 12.2% over the analysis period. Value and cost savings are poised to drive growth in the Hosted VoIP and Unified Communications market.

Major players in the global marketplace include 8×8 Inc., AAPT, AT&T Inc., BroadView Networks Inc., British Telecommunications Plc, Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc, Cbeyond Inc., CenturyLink, Inc., Comcast Corporation, Megapath Inc., Verizon Business, INET Telecoms Ltd., (Voipfone), Level 3 Communications Inc., M5 Networks Inc., Masergy Communications, Inc., Net2Phone Inc., New Global Telecom Inc., NTT Communications Corporation, Orange, XO Communications, LLC, among others.

The research report titled Business VoIP Services: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections for Business VoIP Services (in US$ million) for major geographic markets including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Rest of World. Key segments analyzed for the global market include managed IP PBX Services; Hosted VoIP and Unified Communications; and IP Connectivity Services.

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Robust Demand for Mobile VoIP Services and Growing Adoption Among SMBs Drives the Business VoIP Services Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Increasing Use of Sensors in Wireless Devices Drives the Global Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) September 24, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn Biometrics is a technique to identify one or more individuals by way of physiological traits or behavioral characteristics. Of the several techniques available such as hand geometry, iris/retinal scan, signature identification, keystroke dynamics/typing rhythms, face and voice recognition, fingerprinting is the most popular. The role of fingerprint authentication has grown considerably due to the rapid advancements in Internet technology and a significant increase in the number of web users. The use of passwords, which were earlier used widely for storing and accessing personal data on the web, is no longer a safer option. In order to address these security flaws, security specialists are constantly working towards developing fingerprint security systems for ensuring an extremely high level of accuracy during identification. Also, due to the introduction of a range of laptop PCs and wireless devices, there has been tremendous growth in the sharing and accessing of electronic data. This has led to the development of various applications for securing, storing, and transmitting such data.

The active involvement by major players and the increasing spend on R&D for the past several years have witnessed the introduction of advanced silicon-based fingerprint sensor products. Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) are widely used in law enforcement agencies around the world, where the collected fingerprints are matched against local, state, regional and/or national fingerprint databases. Healthcare industry is also a major user of AFIS for the identification of patients. Technological developments such as better matching capabilities and enhanced computing power have resulted in the expansion of AFIS to private sector enterprises.

Growth in social networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook is increasing the demand for a user-friendly and secure mechanism for managing the users digital identity. Silicon-based fingerprint sensors are expected to hold significant potential in maintaining digital identities in cloud-based computing infrastructure. In the coming years, more services are expected to be accessed and aggregated via personalization and authentication events using sensors. Users are expected to increasingly use services such as Microsoft Live ID, Twitter API, OpenID, Facebook Connect, and Google ID for securely connecting the user to their personal accounts and other websites on the Internet.

As stated by the new market research report on Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors, Asia-Pacific represents the largest regional market in terms of value sales. Japan is projected to be the fastest growing market with a CAGR of about 19.1% over the analysis period, closely followed by the Asia-Pacific region. Localization of software is expected to drive growth in European and Asian regions, particularly in high growth markets such as China. Advanced swipe sensors, due to its lower form factor, are expected to be employed increasingly in devices such as mobile phones, laptops, and tablets PCs, among others. The ongoing advancements, mostly directed towards miniaturization of sensors, have resulted in lowering of production costs as well as enabling the application of sensors in a wider range of devices. Fingerprint technology is expected to remain as a market leader in the coming years mainly due to ease-of-use and cost factor.

Major players in the global marketplace include Atmel Corporation, AuthenTec Inc., Fingerprint Cards AB, Fujitsu Limited, Hangzhou Synochip Technologies Co. Ltd., IDEX ASA, Jiangsu Winch Corp. Ltd., Validity Sensors Inc., among others.

The research report titled Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides annual sales estimates and projections in US$ million for Silicon-Based Fingerprint Sensors for the years 2009 through 2018 for the following geographic markets – US, Canada, Japan, Europe, (France, Germany, UK, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Key segments analyzed include Swipe Sensors and Area Sensors, while key end-use segments analyzed in the report include Notebook PC, Physical Access, and Wireless.

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ProviDyn"s Private Cloud Improves Collaboration, Drives Efficiency for The Connell Group

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 28, 2012

ProviDyn, a provider of IT support, strategy and services for small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that The Connell Group has decided to extend its existing managed services contract by migrating to ProviDyns private cloud. Based in New Jersey, The Connell Group is a market research consultancy that provides strategic research and marketing consulting services to a host of industries including consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, retail and electronics.

Since 2008, The Connell Group has relied on ProviDyn to meet its day-to-day IT services and support needs. However, with employees spanning multiples states, ProviDyn recommended the firm migrate to the private cloud for increased efficiency and a more cohesive workforce. Leveraging ProviDyns private cloud will give the firm access to updated technology and allow employees to more easily collaborate as if they were in the same office, when actually they operate from disparate locations across the U.S.

Weve had a successful, long-standing partnership with ProviDyn, said Sean Connell, founder of The Connell Group. Their strategic recommendation to consider a private cloud was something we could trust, knowing that it will scale to meet our current and future technology needs, increase efficiency and make collaboration among our employees seamless.

With a widely dispersed workforce, ProviDyns private cloud was an ideal match for The Connell Group, said Hamish Davidson, president and co-founder of ProviDyn. Small and medium-sized businesses often find and employ talent from multiple geographic locations but still need to run smoothly and present a unified front. Having the ability to collaborate, share information and access technology among employees by utilizing the cloud, makes benefiting from the best talent, even if it is remote, possible.

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ProviDyn provides technology expertise, services and support to Atlanta-area small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by certified technology professionals, ProviDyns services include managed services, cloud computing solutions, virtualization, help desk and computer support, IT strategy, network security, backup and disaster recovery and IP telephony. ProviDyn delivers the right mix of technology and expertise allowing its clients to focus on growing their business. To learn more about how ProviDyn is Driving Business Through Technology and helping companies reduce costs, improve efficiency and maximize productivity, visit http://www.providyn.com or follow us on Twitter.

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Automation and Sustainable Packaging Technology Drives the Global Packaging Machinery Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) October 05, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn Packaging is a highly versatile facet of a product, attuned to changing consumer preferences. With expanding global trade and economic cooperation, products are now finding new consumers and markets. As a result, the role and demand for new packaging systems is expanding, leading to growth in demand for new packaging machinery. The packaging machinery industry deals with a continuously demanding environment. While each product segment runs a unique risk of market life-cycle, technological obsolescence, and mounting environmental and informational concerns, segments are also fuelled by growing global trend of consumer-led packaging material and technological innovations. In all, the industrys strength is vested in the huge and well-diversified portfolio of end-use industries and opportunities in packaging materials, processes, escalating consumer preferences of package quality, and product innovations requiring change of packaging technology.

Surging demand for packaging in developing countries of China, India, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Mexico among other countries is expected to be the key factor pushing growth over the coming years. The broader trends driving the market include increasing urbanization, expanding healthcare and escalating investments in construction and housing. Consumption of a wide range of products is currently being fueled by growing disposable incomes, ultimately stimulating demand for different kinds of packaging.

Packaging machinery is bracing up to meet global equipment standards in response to escalating productivity and efficiency demands of both industrial and retail markets. Automation suppliers are partnering with clients, customers, and engineering firms, to deliver sophisticated systems with advanced control architectures. A growing trend of integration, automation and standardization is predominant in the machinery manufacture sectors. In the context, increasing deployment of robotics and related technology is a bold step in the effort to introduce complete automation in the packaging process. Robots, which are capable of efficiently handling heavy lifting activities on the packaging floor, are finding increased takers. Packaging and palletizing robotic systems witnessed a healthy increase of 100% in sales over the past decade.

Despite the tight grip of the global economic uncertainty on the broader packaging industry, the vibrant, high-performance packaging machinery market continues to flourish. Consumers are increasingly demanding innovative packaging solutions that entail improved resistance to moisture, shock and vibration, while retaining aesthetic properties, adaptability and economy. The packaging materials industry responded to the call with a touch of ingenuity, such as replacing conventional foam filling with corrugated and engineering composites. Some of the emerging market trends include, increasing deployment of servos, networking architectures and robotic applications in packaging machinery. Manufacturers are also rising to the challenge of developing new protective solutions for price sensitive equipment used in automotive, metrology and offshore verticals. The lucrative metrology sector, in particular, shows an increasing affinity for customized engineered packaging solutions that ensure safe transit of valuable instruments, thereby minimizing the risk of customer complaints and equipment loss.

The myriad conflicting regulations related to sourcing, reuse and recycling of packaging materials poses a formidable challenge for plastics packaging businesses. Besides meeting stringent regulatory norms, players are expected to address the packaging standards of major export destinations. Manufacturers operating in China, India and other emerging economies are coming up against a wall of tough, new environmental regulations, as respective Governments attempt to curb the ecological impact of packaging waste. There is an urgent demand for Sustainable Packaging technology/practices that aid in reducing packaging waste and have lower environmental damage, including efficient water usage, lower use of materials and lower carbon footprint in product packaging. Producers of food and beverages are witnessing a growing interest for “green products from retail chains and consumers. As a result, end-use manufacturers are increasingly embarking on novel processes and materials for their products, either voluntarily or to address legal requirements.

Western Europe and Asia-Pacific lead the way in the packaging machinery market, garnering a significant share of the global pie, as stated by the new market research report on Packaging Machinery. Eastern Europe, exhibiting stronger growth patterns and accompanied by snappy revival of the Russian economy, is expected to register a robust growth through the forecast period, outpacing growth of major European markets, including Germany, Italy, and the UK. Asia-Pacific represents the worlds fastest growing packaging machinery market, catalyzed by high dynamism in China, India, Thailand, Malaysia and others markets. Undeterred by the recent economic recession, the Asian market is projected to post an impressive CAGR of about 9.7% through 2018. Market liberalization, cheap production costs, favorable investment policies/taxation regimes, and huge untapped markets are luring many overseas companies to set up base in Asia-Pacific, further enriching growth possibilities.

Segment-wise, Flexible Packaging Machinery leads the pack, cornering the largest share of the global market. High competition among producers is triggering the call for flexible machinery capable of rapidly adapting to small batch sizes, without sacrificing productivity, thereby rendering old generation large-scale packaging systems defunct. Aseptic Packaging Machinery, which offers several advantages in food, beverage and pharma drugs handling is expected to stride ahead at the fastest growth rate of 8.9% over the analysis period. Bio-technology based drugs, aseptic requirements for filling liquid pharmaceuticals and the growing preference for drugs in unit-doses among healthcare providers, will result in a rapid growth for this type of packaging in the pharmaceutical market. The end-use markets of food processing and pharmaceutical industry are likely to continue as the leading segments for industrial packaging machinery. With shortened innovation cycles and heightened competition, these sectors are expected to invest massive amounts in innovative packaging technologies, concepts, and machinery.

Major players profiled in the report include Adelphi Masterfil Ltd., Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., Bosch Packaging Technology, Bradman Lake Group, B&H Labeling Systems, Belco Packaging Systems Inc., CKD Corp., Coesia SpA, Dover Corp., Doyen Medipharm, EDL Packaging Engineers, Inc., Fleximation AG, Harland Machine Systems Ltd., Herma UK Ltd., Illinois Tool Works, Inc., IMA SpA, KHS USA Inc., Salzgitter Kl

Automation and Sustainable Packaging Technology Drives the Global Packaging Machinery Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.