Monday, 7 January 2019

Key Companies Operating in the Smart Home Digital Assistant (Voice) Market

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A digital assistant (virtual assistant) is an application program which can complete electronic tasks for the user by understanding the natural language. Earlier, such tasks included reading text, taking dictation, reading email or text messages aloud, placing calls and reminding the user about the appointments. The advanced digital assistants are programmed with machine learning, voice recognition technology and artificial intelligence. The artificial intelligence (AI) programming uses sophisticated algorithms to recognize the input data and improvise in predicting the end-user’s needs when the user interacts with the digital assistant. Technological advancements in smart home digital assistant industry will be more advanced with cognitive computing technologies enabling digital assistant to understand and perform complex tasks.

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The expansion of AI enabled services from various companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Samsung Electronics is expected to support the industry growth over the forecast timeline. The digital assistants with voice as a user-interface (UI) are increasingly penetrating in smart homes via integration with connected set top boxes, smart speakers, streaming media devices and smart TVs. The consumer electronics manufacturers are increasingly adopting voice assistants to differentiate their products, attract customers to their platforms by providing a smarter experience.

Many home appliance manufacturers have already started to integrate Google Assistants and Amazon Alexa within their connected appliances. Currently these appliances are likely to be assistant-enabled and are expected to be embedded with AI-based technology for numerous range of appliances such as smart wall ovens, smart fridges, smart coffee machines and robotic vacuum cleaners.

Voice control is quite crucial in smart home environment as almost all electronic devices can be controlled through voice commands, effectively reducing the continuous management need of various mobile applications. The virtual assistant software acts as a brain for each device by typically combining recognition and application programming interfaces (APIs). These smart home virtual assistant features always-on microphones which are voice-controlled.

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The voice-controlled smart home virtual assistant speakers listens to every sound within their hearing range. After hearing its wake word, the speaker awakes into action and sends recording of the command to its cloud servers. The command is translated into the action in the server and sent back with necessary action. The processing is entirely dependent on the network connection and can be instantaneous or may take few seconds for response.

Balancing user privacy concerns, capturing user data to ensure compelling experience is the major key challenge for digital assistant providers. The cost implications of adding AI-enabled services, ensuring sufficient developer support and service integrations are the potential growth opportunities for smart home digital assistant market.

The U.S. households are quickly adopting the digital voice assistants as compared to other consumer electronics in North America region. The voice-based and voice control technologies has experienced strong uptick in the consumer electronics segment. Continuous improvements in natural language processing and machine learning paired with prevalence of portable devices have supported the advancements in voice interfaces. The North America is expected to continue its dominance over the forecast timeline owing to its early adoption of the digital assistant technology. Europe and Asia Pacific region is expected to have quickest CAGR growth owing to rising disposable income and urbanization of smart homes in these regions.

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Siri and Microsoft Cortana are some of the industry participants in smart home digital assistant market. The rivalry between the technology giants is intensifying as more companies combine their voice assistant software with speaker-style hands-free hardware. Amazon has significantly tapped the market share by launching its Echo speaker and Alexa assistant in the niche market. However, the company is expected to face significant technological and cost pressures from its competitors such as Google, Samsung, Apple and other big industry competitors.
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Smart Dust Has The Potential To Revolutionize The IoT

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The current ultramodern technologies are prominently focusing on miniaturization and automation. The increased connectivity, decreasing computing device size, and increasing communication with the physical world have characterized computing’s history. Recently, the popularity of small computing devices, such as cell phones and hand held computers, diminishing size and cost of sensors, rapidly flourishing internet group and decreasing size of transistors have mainly accelerated technological developments. The emergence of small computing elements, with increased interaction with the environment and sporadic connectivity provides enriched opportunities to reshape interactions between computers and people and spur the ubiquitous computing researches.

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Smart Dust devices are nothing but small wireless microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) that can detect everything from vibrations to light. Smart dust device is of tiny dust size with enhanced extraordinary capabilities. It consists of nano-structured silicon sensor which can spontaneously orient sense, assemble and report on the local environment it is present in. This new technology combines computing, sensing, autonomous power supply and wireless communication capabilities within the distance of only a few millimeters. It is very hard to detect the presence of the Smart Dust and it is even harder to get rid of them once deployed.

Smart Dust are useful in monitoring and processing the real world phenomenon without disturbing the environment. These smart dust devices are proposed to be so light in weight and small in size that they can remain suspended in the environment like an ordinary dust particle. These properties of Smart Dust will render it useful in monitoring real world phenomenon without disturbing the original process to an observable extends.

The demand for related information and the innovation of advanced technologies such as are further estimated to support the growth of smart dust market over the forecast period. The high efficiency of devices along with the elimination of technical support staff accompanied with these technologies are estimated to propel the smart dust market growth. High implementation cost may act as a challenge to the market. Moreover, one of the major disadvantages of Smart Dust is the privacy issue for organizations using it.

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Global Smart Dust Market has been segmented on the basis of its end-user industry, enterprise size and region. On the basis of end-user industry market can be segmented such as Banking Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Healthcare, Government, Commercial, retail sector and other. Government sector is expected to remain one of the leading end-use industry in the global smart dust market over the next coming years.

Increasing application areas in military sector such as monitoring activities in inaccessible areas, accompany soldiers and alert them to any poisons or dangerous biological substances in the air are the is the prominent growth factor of the segment.  The commercial and healthcare sector are predicted to grow at a considerable rate attributing to the increasing over the forecast period. Other end-use industries include aerospace and media and entertainment
Based on the enterprise size the global market can be segmented as large size enterprises and Small and Middle size enterprises (SME’s). Region wise, global smart dust discovery market is segmented into North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC) and Middle East and Africa (MEA). North America is estimated to be the major regional market over the coming years, mainly attributing to the presence of the technological advancements and major industry participants.

Moreover, the convergence of enterprise information systems security and solutions may provide new means for the growth in North America.  Asia Pacific is predicted to grow significantly on account of the growing information and technology industry in countries such as Japan, India, China, Philippines and the South Korea.

The key vendors in the global smart dust market are are IBM Corp, Hitachi, BetaBatt, Inc., Smartdust Solutions Ltd. and Crossbow Technology, Inc.
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Power over Ethernet (PoE) Chipsets Industry – New High-Power Solution for Next-Generation Ethernet Devices

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The Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology enables the transfer of electrical signals and data over cables, thereby avoiding the usage of separate power cords. Demand for fast and cost-effective communication is rising due to the increase in the number of internet users. Under the PoE technology, power is supplied through two or more differential pair of wires seen in Ethernet cables. Implementation of the PoE chipsets for the transfer of data signals saves the cost for setting up separate network of cables.

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On the basis of product type, PoE chipsets have been classified into proximity sensors, VoIP phones, Ethernet switches, wireless radio access points, and pan-tilt-zoom cameras. The VoIP applications contribute significantly toward the growth of the global PoE chipsets market. PoE chipsets are deployed in majority of business-class IP phones. The PoE technology provides value proposition for wireless LAN access points, as it can be deployed without tethering to an AC outlet. Network security cameras are anticipated to hold the maximum growth potential for the market in the next few years.

Global Power over Ethernet (PoE) Chipsets Market: Overview                         

Increase in adoption of IP telephony has driven the demand for Power over Ethernet (PoE) chipsets. Rise in the deployment of network security cameras and Ethernet-based RFID readers will further boost the global PoE chipsets market. Introduction of industrial Ethernet PoE solutions is expected to contribute significantly toward the expansion of the market. The overall market has an opportunity to grow in the near future, with the rising popularity of PoE for digital signage.

Increasing costs of energy have pushed energy-efficient PoE solutions into the spotlight. Introduction of upgraded PoE plus is anticipated to propel the applications of PoE in high-power devices. However, non-standard PoE chipsets cast a long shadow of worry over the growth of the market.

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Deployment of PoE technology requires high capital investment on electrical and data infrastructure. Lack of awareness about the benefits of the technology and insufficient power requirements will also impede the global PoE chipsets market.
Introduction of standards such as IEEE 802.3 for the PoE technology has expanded the applications of PoE chipsets, including wireless access points and security surveillance cameras. When integrated into application and switching infrastructure, the PoE technology offers reduced deployment costs and increased control and monitoring capabilities across large enterprises and businesses.

Global Power over Ethernet (PoE) Chipsets Market: Region-wise Outlook                              

The global PoE chipsets market has been segmented into four key regions: Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World. Due to the availability of technologically advanced infrastructure, North America has been contributing significantly toward the growth of the market. In the near future, Asia Pacific is expected to emerge as a potential market for PoE chipsets, as a large number of players are operating in the region.

Key players in the global PoE chipsets market include Shenzhen Quanma Industry Co. Ltd., Silicon Laboratories, STMicroelectronics, Flexcomm Technology, VISIX, Maxim Integrated, Akros Silicon Inc., Microsemi Corporation, and ON Semiconductor. The market has witnessed an influx of a number of vendors from various other sectors such as semiconductors, power infrastructure, network infrastructure, and cabling and network devices.

Market players are primarily focusing on product development and innovations. Furthermore, the key vendors are seeking mergers and acquisitions to expand their business. For example, U.S.-based chipmaker Microsemi Corporation acquired Zarlink Semiconductor, a specialty chip manufacturer, and AML Communications, a manufacturer of microwave and microelectronic assemblies, to enhance its expertise in the manufacture of PoE chipsets.
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PC/Mac Gamer and PC/Mac Gaming Peripheral Market – Positive Outlook for Industry Opportunities & Trends

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In recent times, interactive gaming such as PC/Mac games has gained popularity, especially among the younger population. There are over 1 billion PC gamers across the globe. PC/Mac gamers can be broadly segmented into enthusiast gamers, casual gamers, and hardcore gamers. Hardcore gamers spend a large amount of their time on PC/Mac games and are the main target consumers in the global PC/Mac gamer and PC/Mac gaming peripheral market. These gamers are aware of the latest technological developments in the field of interactive gaming and look out for advanced gaming peripherals. Though enthusiast gamers take a keen interest in games, they do not spend much of their time on these games, as hardcore gamers do. Casual gamers spend lesser time on PC/Mac games as compared to hardcore and enthusiast gamers. PC/Mac gaming peripherals include gamepads/controllers, mice, external speakers, keyboards, headsets, and headphones.

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Global PC/Mac Gamer and PC/Mac Gaming Peripheral Market: Overview                           

An increase in disposable incomes, the growing number of gamers, and advancements in gaming technology are the primary factors driving the growth of the global PC/Mac gamer and PC/Mac gaming peripheral market. The market has a huge potential to grow across developing economies such as India and China where an increase in disposable income has enabled customers to spend more on products such as gaming peripherals.

However, the decline in the sales of PCs due to the growing adoption of mobile devices might play spoilsport in the growth of the market during the forecast period. Players in the global PC/Mac gamer and PC/Mac gaming peripheral market are investing on integrating advanced technology with gaming peripherals. This will further boost the growth of the market.

It is interesting to note that companies such as Sony and Microsoft are expanding the capabilities of their home video game console to PCs and Macs. Microsoft has introduced a remote gameplay feature for the Xbox One. This will allow Xbox games to be played with the help of a PC that has Windows 10 as the OS.

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On the other hand, Sony’s PlayStation 4 has a Remote Play feature that will allow users to play games remotely through a PC or a Mac. Such developments will also support the growth of the global PC/Mac gamer and PC/Mac gaming peripheral market.

Global PC/Mac Gamer and PC/Mac Gaming Peripheral Market: Region-wise Outlook        

The global PC/Mac gamer and PC/Mac gaming peripheral market has been split into four key geographical segments: North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Rest of the World. The developed economies in North America and Europe have majorly contributed to the growth of the market. However, during the forecast period, Asia Pacific is anticipated to emerge as one of the fastest growing regions in the market owing to the increase in disposable income across countries such as India and China.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics China, the annual per capita disposable income of urban households reached US$3,408.5 in 2012. In India, the overall annual income across medium households was US$1,587.6 bn in 2013. These countries have witnessed a consistently rising demand for mainstream and performance class PC/Mac gamer and PC/Mac gaming peripherals across internet cafes.

Some of the key players in the global PC/Mac gamer and PC/Mac gaming peripheral market are MadCatz, Logitech, Corsair, and Razer. Key players are focusing on expanding their product portfolio. For example, Corsair has introduced four new gaming keyboards and two gaming mice to the Vengeance and Raptor Gaming lines developed by the company. On the other hand, Razer has launched Turret, a wireless lapboard for PC gaming. It is a wireless and lightweight alternative to other bulky lapboards.
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Higher Education Market – Business Opportunities, Current Trends, Market Challenges

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The higher education market has emerged since the last two decades and is now growing rapidly. The number of players in this market is increasing in the shape of private and public institutions, ministries of education and government agencies, education and testing companies. Educational institutions are becoming more receptive towards adoption of technological components. Technology in education is playing an important role in allowing students and educators to interact and avail upcoming learning opportunities. Within the higher education market, there is an increasing competition between public and private higher educational institutions to emphasize on students and faculty from across the world along with participation of international universities and business partners for research, associations and funds.

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Global Higher Education Market: Segmentation

The total market is segmented on the basis of hardware, software, services, users and geography. The several hardware devices used in the higher education market are tablets, PCs, interactive white boards, projectors, printers and others. Software solutions comprise data security and compliance, campus technology, performance management, content and collaboration and others. Further, the service sector includes implementation, training and support and consulting and advisory. The several users of higher education are private colleges, state universities and community colleges. The geographical analysis in the report covers North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of World.

Global Higher Education Market: Drivers and Restraints

Increasing connectivity and hardware, privacy of several cloud based resources, emerging online and collaborative learning and personalization of the technology are the major driving factors that contribute to the growth of the higher education market. However, increased cost, difficulty in adoption of server-based computing and decreased government funding are some of the challenges for this market. Today, higher educational institutions are not spending increasingly on technology owning to budgetary restraints. The rise in competition among several institutions in long run would result in rapid deployment of cloud-based resources. Thus, the new developments in technology and strategic alliances and partnerships are opportunities for this market.

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Global Higher Education Market: Key Trends

There are a number of new trends generating a prospect for institutions to communicate education in a more interactive and effective way. Higher educational institutions are more conscious about the recent developments in the international market, through structuring efficient strategies for long term associations and determine a superior level in worldwide student market. Universities around the world are making efforts to include unique strategies and activities, through promoting its programmers to a large audience and by providing services in line with foreign students.

The higher education market is expected to exhibit a single-digit CAGR by 2019. The suppliers are not only providing software and hardware solutions but also are focusing on increasing technological deployments within existing as well as the new user accounts. Therefore, it is estimated that more than 70% of learning platforms would be Software as a Service or cloud based.

Global Higher Education Market: Key Players Mentioned in the Report

Some of the key players in the higher education market are Smart Technologies, Inc., Xerox Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Oracle Corporation, EduComp Solutions, Dell, Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Three River Systems, IBM, Blackboard Inc. and Adobe Corporation among others.
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In-Building Wireless Industry | Business Model Innovation in the New Wireless Frontier

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In-building wireless refers to communication solutions that are used to maintain connectivity inside a building where signals from the core infrastructure are not reachable. In-building wireless solutions are of keen interest to network providers that are seeking enhanced delivery of services to their core clients in the most demanding signal environment. The conventional distributed antenna systems (DAS) based in-building wireless has moved its main focus from providing good signal coverage inside a building towards increasing the capacity for bandwidth-consuming services such as data-centric services.

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Currently, several buildings and commercial areas are already availing in-building wireless solutions. In addition, various enterprises are adopting this solution to improve the connectivity and manage employees and labor. In order to keep up with the pace of contemporary technologies, customers want to communicate wirelessly without any drops in the communication. Further, it is expected that, over the coming years, in-building wireless connections will be readily available in airports, stadiums and other public places.

Global In-Building Wireless Market: Drivers and Restraints

The growing demand for smartphones and increasing data usage by the customers are the major factors contributing to the growth of the in-building wireless market. Additionally, the customers’ demand for high availability of services with 100% connectivity is fuelling the growth of the in-building wireless market. Further, the companies in the market are expected to deploy LTE networks and develop small cells that run on 4G or LTE networks. However, the issues regarding interference, designing and installation are expected to pose challenges to the growth of the in-building wireless market. Additionally, the major problem with such systems would be the isolation and authentic use of the services offered with in-building wireless solutions.

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Global In-Building Wireless Market: Segmentation

The in-building wireless market is segmented on the basis of system components, business models, type of building and its size, end-users and geography. The in-building wireless equipment consists of components such as antennas, cables, distributed antennas such as active and passive DAS, repeaters, amplifiers and small cells such as micro cells, pico cells and femtocells. Further, these components are installed in a building depending upon the model opted by the clients. For instance, there are three types of business models available for the in-building wireless technology, namely, carrier model, enterprise model and host model. Furthermore, these models are based on the type and size of the building in which the in-building wireless solution is to be installed.

The building structure is classified under three categories, namely, large buildings, medium buildings and small buildings. Additionally, the installation process of in-building wireless solution is different for new buildings and for existing buildings. Further, the major application of the wireless in-building market is found in commercial sector, government sector, hospitals, hospitality, industrial sector, educational institutes and retail stores among others.

Global In-Building Wireless Market: Geographical and Competitive Dynamics

The in-building wireless market is segmented into four regions, namely North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Rest of World. The market is fragmented, with several players trying to capture a dominant market share. The major players in the in-building wireless market are Alcatel Lucent, Cobham PLC, Corning Incorporated, Smiths Group PLC, Verizon Communication, Inc., AT&T, Inc., Anixter Inc., Commscope, Inc., Ericsson, and TE Connectivity among others. In addition to these players, there are some players in the market that try to bring new technologies in the in-building wireless market. The major innovators in the market are Ethertronics, Lord and Company Technologies, Betacom Incorporated, Lemko Corporation, Oberon Inc. and Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
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Auto Catalyst Market to Showcase Decent Growth in the Coming Years

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The global auto catalysts market has come into its own in the last few decades due to growing environmental awareness of the global population. Auto catalysts are substances used in automotive exhaust systems to convert automotive exhaust gases into less harmful substances. Automotive exhausts include various toxic and/or greenhouse gases such as oxides of nitrogen and sulfur. Auto catalysts react with these gases as they pass through the vehicle’s exhaust system and convert them into non-toxic and environmentally viable substances. The increasing public support for the protection of the environment is expected to drive the global auto catalyst market at a remarkable pace in the coming years.

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The report presents a thorough look at the historical trajectory of the global auto catalyst market presenting a reliable database. Solid forecasts regarding the market’s development in the coming years are specified in the report. The global auto catalyst market is segmented according to key criteria providing the analysis of the segmentation of the market and its hierarchy therein. Major companies operating in the global auto catalyst market are also profiled in the report to provide detailed information of the market’s competitive landscape.

Global Auto Catalyst Market: Drivers and Restraints

Increasing environmental awareness among the population and governmental initiatives to reduce the impact of human activities on the environment are driving the global auto catalyst market. Reducing automobile emissions have long been considered important to environment conservation, which has been the strong undercurrent for use of auto catalysts in new-age automotive design.

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The booming global automotive industry is another major driver for the auto catalysts market. The demand for vehicles in emerging economies has been boosted by the increasing purchasing power of consumers. Most modern cars have in-built exhaust purification units, increasing the demand of the auto catalysts market.

Global Auto Catalyst Market: Regional Overview

Asia Pacific emerged as a major market for auto catalysts due to the increasing demand for cars from dynamic economies such as India, China, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and South Korea. Apart from the growing consumer base, these countries are becoming important manufacturers of vehicles in the last few years. This has elevated the Asia Pacific automotive market to the ranks of the established European and North American market, which has increased the influence held by the APAC automotive industry over global norms and regulations.

The China market for auto catalysts is particularly important for the global market due to the high volume of automobile production in China and the increasing demand for European luxury cars. The strict 5/v emission regulations in China are expected to be particularly beneficial for the APAC auto catalyst market in the coming years.

The North American market for auto catalysts is expected to exhibit steady growth due to the increasingly stringent environmental regulations being introduced in the U.S. and Canada. The EU has also put in place several regulations aimed at environmental conservation, which are expected to boost the regional auto catalyst market.
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