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Hosted Internet Protocol (IP) telephony and unified communications and collaboration (UCC) services represent a fast-growing segment in the broader cloud communications market. User adoption is rapidly accelerating; at the same time businesses struggle to manage increasingly complex UCC environments and look for more flexible technology consumption...

Sensors are experiencing large-scale deployment in diverse end-user applications across all vertical markets. Sensors are used in multiple ways, such as standalone, integrated, combined, embedded, and, more recently, as wearable and ingestible. Sensors enable monitoring, tracking, and control through IoT connectivity in real time. Sensor technologi...

Businesses are increasingly seeking to outsource various information technology (IT) tasks as well as end-to-end IT infrastructure management in order to improve operational efficiencies, leverage a partner’s stronger technology expertise, and gain a competitive edge. Managed customer premises equipment (CPE) services, including managed Internet ...

Continued record commercial aircraft production will be slowed slightly by model changes. New, clean sheet of paper models will be unlikely, but major upgrades of existing models will be more prevalent than ever before. However, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will have missteps during this process. Second and third tier suppliers will be m...

Understanding what the market expects from an IT provider is never an easy task. Opportunities are everywhere, but without a well-drawn strategy, any initiative could be in vain. Frost & Sullivan makes this process easier by providing insights into the continuously evolving information technology services industry. This analysis presents some of th...

22 Apr 2016  |  Global  |  Market Outlook

Global Energy and Environment Industry Outlook, 2016

Strong Growth Forecast for Solar PV and Energy Storage Technologies, Despite Falling Oil Prices

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In the oil & gas sector, the dramatic decline in the oil price has massively impacted the upstream industry, but investment in downstream remains strong. The impact of the oil price decline on the power sector has been relatively limited, with investment in renewables remaining strong and market interest in storage continues to grow. The homes & bu...

08 Apr 2016  |  North America  |  Market Outlook

Global Distributed Energy Outlook, 2016

Investments in Combined Heat & Power (CHP) and Distributed Solar PV to Spotlight Potential of Energy-efficient Technologies

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The Distributed Energy Outlook provides analysis and forecasts of the global decentralised power generation market in 2016. The distributed energy coverage includes wind, distributed solar, combined heat and power (CHP), and generator sets. The total installed capacity for distributed generation (DG) is forecast to reach 495 GW in 2016 led by inves...

The homes and buildings industry continues to evolve, driven by transformational technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, data analytics, and cloud networking. These are significantly impacting the connected homes, LED lighting, and building automation markets. Even in traditional markets such as fire and safety and integrated facil...

This outlook deliverable highlights the key trends in the energy storage industry for the year 2016. It covers alternative energy storage technologies such as thermal energy storage (TES), flywheel energy storage (FES), compressed air energy storage (CAES), and supercapacitors and batteries that are used for renewable energy storage, as well as in ...