China’s rising middle class is set to alter the economic and social dynamics of the country. Widening prosperity and changing lifestyles, combined with greater accessibility and availability of goods is changing the way the Chinese shop. Though they still want the best deal and so are not brand loyal, they are more open to inspiration and brand influence. In addition, as their wealth increases they want to convey their status to their peers by owning status products and brands...

Every country, when creating a smart grid roadmap or implementing a smart grid, creates its own Smart Grid Task Force (SGTF) or Smart Grid Association with the major stakeholders, which are usually utilities, key equipment manufacturers, electricity market participants, research associations or government bodies. There are many international and regional tie-ups between countries for exchanging knowledge, and these agencies help to establish the policies and standards required for promoting smart grid technology. The International Electromechan..

From a geographic perspective, out of 111 respondents, 41 (37%) are based in Rest of the World (Middle East, Africa, and Latin America), 26 (23%) are based in Europe, 23 are based in North America, and 21 are based in Asia-Pacific. The largest block of respondents (41%) came from the service provider community, with professional services companies and equipment/device vendors accounting for 20% and 14% of respondents respectively. ..

Publisher's ICT Customer Insight report series illustrates the core technologies the respective countries are investing in, including enterprise application, security products, network services, mobility, and cloud computing. Understand the approach adopted by enterprises to purchase technology and get a better insight into ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to enterprises...

According to the report, a key growth driver is the growing use of Ethernet-based data acquisition systems. Vendors are now providing data acquisition systems integrated with Ethernet, thus enabling high speed data transfer and acquisition. Ethernet has become a major network protocol for data transfer in industries due to its low cost and ease of integration. The majority of the data acquisition systems use Ethernet/IP protocol for data gathering, as Ethernet/IP is a single network technology, which makes it easy to configure...

According to the report, a key growth driver is the increase in the sale and construction of housing projects across countries like US, China, India, South Korea, and the Middle-Eastern region. The rise in a number of privately owned housing units is also propelling the market growth. The rise in home renovation projects and increased interest in interior design also trigger the demand for ceramic sanitary ware. Consumers invest significantly in premium sanitary ware products to improve the aesthetic appeal of their washrooms, especially in a n..

The prevalence of individual dermatological disorders varies substantially, from an estimated 40 million patients with rosacea worldwide to 146 million with psoriasis. Likewise, in the US the prevalence ranges from 3.2 million for vitiligo to 7.9 million for psoriasis. The prevalence of major dermatological disorders, both worldwide and in the US, is provided in the following table. Additionally, in subsequent sections, a prevalence forecast by year up to 2022 is provided for the seven major markets in each of the key diseases...

The global oil storage capacity increased from 679,383.4 mcm in 2010 to 812,815.1 mcm in 2015 at an AAGR of 3.6%. It is expected to increase from 812,815.1 mcm in 2015 to 903,629.6 mcm in 2020 at an AAGR of 2.1%. United States, China, South Korea, Netherlands and United Arab Emirates are the major countries accounting for 49.2% of the total oil storage capacity of the world in 2015...

Consumer expectations for their interactions with financial services are not built from experience with insurers or banks, but are benchmarked against contact with other retailers and services, such as Amazon, Netflix, and Uber. The advance of smart technology, the era of the “always on” generation, our willingness to share personal information in return for a convenient and personal experience, and the Big Data opportunities these create mean the bar is (and should be) high to create delight for the 39% of consumers with a strong sense of ..

Big Data Analytics (BDA) is set to play an increasingly important role in helping service provider’s address the challenges of today’s marketplace. As the volume of data being created has grown exponentially in the past decade new technologies have emerged and been embraced by organizations in all industry sectors for a number of use cases. The amount of data being generated in the telecoms sector is colossal and there is a clear opportunity for communications service providers (CSPs) to analyze this data themselves and also, subject to leg..