News: Reports and Studies

BOONTON, N.J. -- The Carrier Ethernet market is expected to grow from $1.4 billion in 2007 to nearly $6 billion in 2012, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. With metro-area Ethernet services now available from virtually all major data service providers and wide-area Ethernet about to get a shot in the arm from the dominant carriers, the market is poised to take off.

BOONTON, N.J. -- The market for residential video telephony services is expected to break the billion dollar barrier for the first time this year, as an increasing number of households as well as individual cell phone users around the world start making video phone calls. According to the study, nearly $1.1 billion will be spent on residential video telephony services worldwide in 2007, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania (CFA/PA) announced today the results of the economic impact of the nonprofit arts industry in Pennsylvania. These statewide results were compiled as part of the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States.

BOONTON, N.J. -- With increased competition and lower-margin products cutting into their profitability, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending nearly $1.4 trillion over the next five years on outsourced services in order to reduce costs, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp. By the close of 2007 alone, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending more than $198 billion on outsourced services worldwide.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Accents In Water, an Englewood based manufacturing company, invested in a study to see if any health benefits would result from having an indoor water feature. The study's conclusion is surprising. It shows water features cleaning air better than most air cleaners. In addition, the study indicates that Accents In Water's features not only remove dust they also neutralize bacteria and potential viruses from the air.

BOONTON, N.J. -- The transformation of various enterprise applications from fixed to mobile access technology will generate more than $66 billion in carrier service revenue over the next five years, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp. By the close of 2007, service revenues generated by mobile applications traversing wired and wireless networks in the US will reach just over $9 billion.

BOONTON, N.J. -- The top 20 cable operators are ramping up to grab a slice of the lucrative small business phone market, a move that could cost incumbent phone companies more than four billion dollars over the next five years, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp.

MILL VALLEY, Calif. -- AutoHomeHealthLife.com, a third party insurance quote provider, has released results comparing 21 aspects of the nation's top 18 insurance providers. For the most part, nationally-based insurance providers can be broken down into the following buckets.

LOVELAND, Colo. -- According to the 2007 Call Center Best Practices Benchmarking Reports from leading contact center research firm Centerserve(R), key findings show that customers are the number-one driver of contact center changes. Featuring 250 companies from 51 countries, the reports show that "improving the customer experience" was listed by call center managers as the top priority.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Demand for contract workers with information technology skills is on the rise in the U.S. and Canada, with enterprise resource planning (ERP), Web development and project management skills leading the way, according to the HotGigs 2007 IT Contract Workforce Report, released today. The report is a key measure of IT skills in highest demand in North America.

BOONTON, N.J. -- Spending on digital rights management (DRM) software and hardware to protect entertainment, commercial software, and other information will exceed $9 billion dollars over the next five years, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp. By the close of 2007, total worldwide spending on DRM will reach just over $1 billion, and by 2012 business spending is forecasted to grow to nearly $1.9 billion, according to the new research study.

BOONTON, N.J. -- Telecommunications companies will be investing billions of dollars over the next five years on service delivery platforms (SDPs) in order to bring the benefits of on-demand services to their wireline and mobility enterprise customers, says a new report from Insight Research Corporation. SDPs are computing platforms and software that support emerging standards such as IMS and SIP while continuing to inter-work with legacy protocols.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lehman Brothers' 2006 Security Industry Annual Report, providing useful information on the security industry, is now available through Sandra Jones and Company (www.sjandco.com). Authored by Jeff Kessler, Sr. VP at Lehman Brothers, the report is invaluable when measuring the market, developing business plans, updating valuations and getting new perspective on the industry.