Industries

In Australia, weak commodity prices, a strong Australian dollar and low business sentiment will dampen economic activity in H2 2013. Weak investment in mining and manufacturing is likely to keep the Australian economy sluggish. In Argentina, policy easing is expected to boost domestic demand conditions and help rebound the business confidence. Aggr...

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are expected to register a moderate growth in H2 2013 owing to restrained industrial growth, sluggish recovery in exports and lackluster domestic demand. The competitive advantage of low costs in the BRICS economies will also continue to decline with the rise in labor costs. Increase in interbank borro...

Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have evolved strong global economies, owing to rapid industrial development in the last decade. Despite a volatile global scenario, a huge growth potential in low-cost, yet, technology driven manufacturing, will attract massive FDI into the region. Rising middle-class population will provide for stable grow...

China has regained low but stable economic growth, despite the economic slump in developed countries. The government’s five-year plan aims to achieve a GDP growth rate of 7 percent during 2011–2015, focusing on developing seven strategic high-technology industries. Rapid urbanization and infrastructural spending are the likely key drivers of gr...

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) network security market registered a positive year-on-year (YoY) growth rate in Q2 2011, as spending sentiments continued to improve compared to 2010. Because of the increase of supplicated cyber attacks in APAC countries, network security investment is expected to grow healthily. Due to an increasing trend in technology con...

This insight presents an overview of cloud-based solutions for the media and entertainment vertical and the challenges in adoption. It also discusses the various applications that are relevant in the market today and lists some of the vendors who offer solutions for the same.

Malaysia is a Federal Parliamentary Democracy with a Constitutional Monarch and has a stable political system. The economic environment is upbeat and the economy has registered good growth rates, averaging 6.2 percent over 2010 and 2011. The healthcare industry, heavily driven by the public sector, represents one of the most efficient industries in...

Frost & Sullivan experts get together to present a series of executive briefings on the importance of emerging markets and why they are not just an option, but a necessity. We will be looking at the following markets through the course of 2012 1. Latin America -Mexico and Colombia 2. Asia Pacific - Sri Lanka 3. Asia Pacific- Malaysia and Thailan...