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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Global Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Market to Reach US$10.6 Billion by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 17, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn ? Developments in satellite based mapping over the past few years have led to a drastic rise in available geographic information/data. As a result, GIS technologies are finding application in a wide range of new industrial end uses. Furthermore, data available in GIS engineering applications has become an integral part of the functioning of businesses across several industries. Increasing awareness among organizations about timesaving attribute of GIS and price stabilization at lower levels has contributed in large measure to the widespread adoption of the technology. The healthy growth posted by GIS industry was however interrupted by the global economic crisis during 2009-2010. European governments stopped purchasing GIS technology during the period in anticipation of low tax collections. Meanwhile, the North American GIS market remained comparatively strong, largely due to the efforts of governments to improve homeland security. Expenditures on GIS technology however, rebounded significantly in 2010.

Global Geographic Information Systems market is expected to witness significant growth driven by increasing adoption of the technology in industries such as oil and gas distribution, electric power, and other government sectors. Presently, GIS is used in wide range of applications including gas and oil exploration, identification of utility lines, and mapping and planning among others.

Despite the immense popularity garnered over the past few years, certain issues continue to hinder market growth. Integration of the technology with cloud technologies remains one of the major challenges for the industry. A major factor hindering growth of the GIS industry is the high cost associated with the technology. Although, prices have declined in the recent past, the technology is still considered to be expensive for smaller companies. Going forwards, as the significance of geospatial technologies and content increases, conventional markets such as governance and infrastructure sectors would continue to strengthen. Defense is expected to remain the single largest market for geospatial technologies while demand from infrastructure development sector is also expected to grow.

The research report titled ?Geographic Information Systems (GIS): A Global Outlook? announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers an aerial view of the global Geographic Information Systems industry, identifies major short to medium term market challenges, and growth drivers. Market discussions in the report are punctuated with fact-rich market data tables. Regional markets elaborated upon include North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World. The report also offers a recapitulation of recent mergers, acquisitions, and corporate developments in addition to an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of participating companies worldwide.

For more details about this comprehensive industry report, please visit ?

http://www.strategyr.com/Geographic_Information_Systems_GIS_Industry_Market_Report.asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a leading publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company currently employs over 800 people worldwide. Annually, GIA publishes more than 1300 full-scale research reports and analyzes 40,000+ market and technology trends while monitoring more than 126,000 Companies worldwide. Serving over 9500 clients in 27 countries, GIA is recognized today, as one of the world's largest and reputed market research firms.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Telephone: 408-528-9966

Fax: 408-528-9977

Email: press(at)StrategyR(dot)com

Web Site: http://www.StrategyR.com/

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Global PR Industry to Reach US$26.8 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Follow GIA on LinkedIn ? Public Relations as an industry has dynamically evolved to be a vital part of present day political and business life. With image building being recognized as an essential part for the success of a business, public relations and related communications have come to play an indispensable role in the corporate sector. Through the usage of popular media such as radio, television and newspapers, PR firms have been traditionally engaged in promoting business and products of clients, so as to create a positive image among various potential consumers. Besides this, such firms are now also providing new services such as monitoring customer opinions expressed in social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, responding to negative comments, creating and posting blogs on critical issues on behalf of clients and creating videos on matters of customer interest to be shared on popular video sharing sites.

Like many other industries, the Hi-Tech PR industry is also excelling in leveraging the Internet for building long-standing relationships with clients. Such firms are capitalizing on the growing popularity of social media to create interest about products and services among consumers for future business growth of clients. In the global PR industry, specialist and independent PR companies are witnessing faster growth as compared to large agencies. In the US and the UK, which are the leading markets for communications spending, PR services have surpassed overall economic growth over the last decade. Further, in terms of service areas, the marketing and brand communications segment has played a major role in generating revenues for many PR agencies in these markets. In Europe, crisis management has also gained reasonable significance with the phenomenon of corporate restructuring occurring in the majority of the developed nations, as a result of the 2007-2009 economic recession.

With respect to emerging markets for PR, countries such as India and China are expected to witness sustained growth, partly driven by the growing democratization, liberalization, and globalization trends witnessed by these countries. MNCs in these nascent markets are therefore spending more to communicate with regulatory authorities, validate their authenticity to politicians, attract employees, connect with consumers and prove their standing with the capital markets.

The research report titled ?Hi-Tech PR Firms: A Global Outlook? announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a rudimentary overview of the industry, highlights latest trends and demand drivers, in addition to providing statistical insights. Regional markets briefly abstracted and covered include United States, Europe (Ireland, Italy, Russia and UK), and Asia-Pacific (Japan, China, and India). The report offers a compilation of recent mergers, acquisitions, and strategic corporate developments. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of companies worldwide.

For more details about this comprehensive industry report, please visit ?

http://www.strategyr.com/Hi_Tech_PR_Firms_Industry_Market_Report.asp

Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Telephone: 408-528-9966

Fax: 408-528-9977

Email: press(at)StrategyR(dot)com

Web Site: http://www.StrategyR.com/

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TerraGo? Technologies Opens U.K. Office, Hires GIS Industry Expert to Advance Expansion and Meet Customer Needs in Europe, Middle East and Africa

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 19, 2012

TerraGo? Technologies, an innovative provider of widely adopted geospatial collaboration software, has expanded its global presence with the opening of an office in the U.K. to promote further expansion in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and to support customers in the region.

Industry veteran Stuart Miller has joined TerraGo to run the Perth, Scotland office and lead the company?s growth in EMEA. Miller, who brings 25 years of geospatial industry experience to TerraGo, has a successful record of sales, business development and cartographic production with organizations including Vigil Solutions, STAR-APIC, Reed Elsevier Group, Laser-Scan Ltd. and others. He has been active in several international user and special interest groups, as well as committees with the Association for Geographic Information, which represents the interests of the UK's geographic information industry.

?The new UK office to serve EMEA, in addition to our Washington, D.C. office for U.S. federal customers and headquarters in Atlanta, underscores the growing global market adoption of TerraGo?s geospatial intelligence software solutions,? said Rick Cobb, president and CEO, TerraGo. ?Stuart Miller is one of the industry?s most seasoned and well-respected professionals, and we are confident that his deep technical expertise in meeting customers? requirements will greatly benefit our EMEA customers and partners and fuel the growth of TerraGo?s business across EMEA.?

?The opening of a U.K. office to support customers in the region demonstrates TerraGo?s commitment to helping enterprises increase the use of geospatial information and enhance return on their geospatial investment,? said Miller, EMEA manager, TerraGo. ?We enjoy a broad customer base in EMEA and we look forward to helping other organizations to increase their efficiency, productivity and responsiveness.?

In addition to company-operated offices in the U.S. and U.K., TerraGo geospatial software solutions are offered worldwide through its resellers, including Hitachi Solutions, a joint development partner and distributor in Japan and East Asia, and in Canada through Spatial Geo-Link Limited.

For more information, visit http://www.terragotech.com or email sales(at)terragotech(dot)com.

About TerraGo Technologies

TerraGo Technologies geospatial collaboration software and GeoPDF maps and imagery are among the most widely adopted solutions to produce, access, update and share geospatial information and applications with anyone, anywhere. TerraGo solutions enable enterprises to extend, exchange and exploit geo-referenced maps, imagery, audio, video and other intelligence in connected or offline environments. Trusted by government agencies and businesses worldwide, TerraGo solutions increase the use of geospatial data throughout and between enterprises and the return on geospatial investment through greater organizational efficiency, productivity and responsiveness. Founded in 2005, TerraGo is privately held and is an In-Q-Tel portfolio company. For more information, visit http://www.terragotech.com.

TerraGo and GeoPDF are registered trademarks of TerraGo Technologies, Inc.

Other company names and product names are the registered trademarks and/or trademarks of the respective companies.

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Global Industrial Machinery Market to Reach US$514 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn ? The global industrial machinery segment is showing signs of improvement. The key players in the Industrial Machinery sector include industrial machinery and component manufacturers, while the main buyers are commercial users and construction, metalworking, manufacturing, power producing, agriculture, and other such industrial companies. The market for industrial machinery is highly fragmented. The top four players, comprising Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and MAN hold about 14% of the overall market value. Several companies, that are relatively smaller, compete with large players by producing a specific kind of machinery. Among the larger players, the competition is intense driven mainly by higher fixed costs as well as lower-switching cost for the buyers.

The global agricultural equipment market is predicted to experience moderate rate of development, with emerging markets set to offset the effect of recession in advanced countries. Europe and the US are the major markets for farm equipment, representing a significant share of the global market. Growing mechanization of farm sectors in emerging markets, specifically in India and China, is expected to drive the demand for agricultural machinery across the world. Chinese and Indian agriculture sectors are still marked by manual and inefficient performance of farm tasks, when compared to farm sectors in developed countries. There is a high potential in China and India as the level of automation is low and farm equipment is ineffective. The highly mechanized US farm sector growth is expected to lag behind the average global growth rate, owing to the slowdown in the sector?s growth. Western Europe is expected to realize much lower growth than the US, with reduced regional farm output through 2015.

A growing desire for fuel diversification is generating growing interest in the boilers market. The market will be impacted by factors such as fuel price differential, forward pricing for power, impact of new environmental legislation and regulations, global pressures to reduce CO2 emissions, and public acceptance. The global demand for various machine tool devices, including metal forming machine tools, metal cutting machine tools as well as machine tool accessories, is expected to grow by a robust 7.2% annually through 2015. The electronic equipment sector is expected to contribute the most for machine tools demand through 2015. The gains in this particular segment would benefit from the rising per-capita wealth in developing countries, which would enable more purchases of electronic products.

Major demographic changes over the next decade, such as aging and retirement of the current workforce, would create large gaps in the workforce, thus creating demand for automation and Industrial Robotics. Increasing sophistication and miniaturization of end products will also drive the demand for use of industrial robots, especially those capable of handling complex processes involved in producing such products. Technological advancements, in the field of machine vision and distribution motion control, bode well for the future of this market. The evolution of voice technology, which can enable ?cooperative machining?, wherein inspection of manufacturing processes will be assisted by human voice/machine interchange systems, and introduction of light-weight robots that can save energy also create substantial market opportunities over the next few years. Though Europe continues to account for a major portion of total volume sales of industrial robots, it is the Asia-Pacific market, which has been displaying tremendous appetite for industrial robots in the recent times.

The global welding industry is mature, and growth is concomitant with that of the industrial production in developed economies, such as Japan, Europe, and North America. Developing economies present ample growth opportunities for welding equipment manufacturers. Electrodes, components, apparatus and accessories market is the largest segment, with sales estimated at US$ 5.6 billion for 2010. The welding machinery market, worldwide, is highly fragmented. There are more than 1,500 manufacturers, including leading players such as Lincoln Electric, ESAB, Miller Electric, among others.

The global Turbines and Turbine Generator sets market has long benefited from the increase in demand for power, constant changes in the energy policies all over the world, and rapid technological developments in the power generation equipment sector. Continuous industrial development, improving living standards, ever growing population has and will remain major factors driving demand for power. Offshore wind farms are the new frontier of wind technology, as the industry leapfrogs to the next level of development. The potential for offshore wind turbines is vast, and current research and development activities are targeted at achieving a harmonized international design standard.

The research report titled ?Industrial Machinery: A Global Outlook? announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a rudimentary overview of the industry, highlights latest trends and demand drivers, in addition to providing statistical insights. Regional markets briefly abstracted and covered include the US, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific (including Japan), Latin America, and Rest of World. The report offers a compilation of recent mergers, acquisitions, and strategic corporate developments. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of companies worldwide.

For more details about this comprehensive industry report, please visit ?

http://www.strategyr.com/Industrial_Machinery_Industry_Market_Report.asp

Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Telephone: 408-528-9966

Fax: 408-528-9977

Email: press(at)StrategyR(dot)com

Web Site: http://www.StrategyR.com/

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