Research and Markets: Business Opportunities and Development Trends of Emerging Smart Cities in China Provides Insight ...

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/tjkmvq/business_opportuni) has announced the addition of the "Business Opportunities and Development Trends of Emerging Smart Cities in China" book to their offering.

Due to the high population density in urban areas worldwide, China - with the world largest population - is facing the increased pressure with respect to resource management. In order to sustain its economic growth, China has begun seeking new opportunities and the smart city concept, boasting a potential market value worth trillions of RMB, seems to be an optimal solution to attract more investment funds from international and Chinese ICT companies. This report profiles the definition of a smart city and provides insight into the government policies, current industry development strategies and new opportunities expected to create for cities undertaking the smart city initiative in China.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction

2. Smart City Concept

3. Smart City Policy Development in China

4. Chinese Smart Cities in Reality

5. Major Smart City Vendors and Their Development Strategies in China

6. Smart City Opportunities in China

7. Conclusion

Appendix

List of Tables

List of Figures

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Net Insight Creates Opportunity In The New Video Landscape With Its Solutions For Service-Aware Media Networks - TMCnet

Stockholm, Sweden, Feb 29, 2012 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Net Insight's unique SAMN approach meets the call for smarter delivery of IP video so service providers can enter the OTT-value-chain and capitalize on the new media trends STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Net Insight, a leading provider of efficient and scalable transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, unveils key industry insights outlined in a recent analyst whitepaper by an independent research firm. The white paper provides an overview of how service providers can capitalize on the many emerging business opportunities developing from today's changing video and media landscape. It recommends utilizing a service aware media network (SAMN) architecture to drive revenue opportunities in video production, distribution and delivery over existing IP networks.

The white paper "New Video Landscape Dynamics Require Smarter Delivery of IP Video," explores how today's new video landscape opens up opportunities for IP service providers to become part of the OTT-value chain, and this opportunity is heavily contingent upon their ability to meet the Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) demands of content owners, media and broadcast companies. The implementation of a SAMN architecture is critical to meeting the quality demands of premium services, as it provides service-centric network management that ensures service integrity is upheld throughout the delivery process and improves the performance of the IP network.

As more video traffic continues to flood networks, and the lines between traditional broadcast television and OTT video services are blurring, consumer expectations are increasing and quality will become even more of a challenge. Live content, interactivity and personalized advertising are also complicating network quality issues. Yet this challenge comes hand-in-hand with a lucrative opportunity. By leveraging a SAMN architecture, network owners have the capability to re-insert themselves into the content value chain by offering premium video contribution, delivery and distribution networks.

"The great untapped opportunity is for network owners to sell premium access to content owners that can monetize the higher QoE via subscriptions and advertising. This will drive service provider revenues and the needed infrastructure upgrades that can move our whole industry forward," says Brian Partridge, vice president of Yankee Group's Network Research group and author of the whitepaper. "In the report we detail how service-aware media networks, with the ability to look at each individual service in the network, are the first technical step in this much-needed direction." Once the SAMN architecture is in place for premium QoS and QoE, Partridge outlines how monetization opportunities for service providers are realistic and extensive. For content delivery and distribution, media-aware premium CDNs and OTT hosting services are two areas on most service provider's strategic agenda and for which a SAMN architecture is ideal and game changing. Ideas presented in the paper include creating direct relationships with content owners to create content-specific data access packages. In addition, IP network operators can build on-deck, IPTV and three-screen entertainment propositions. In these models, they can also leverage existing network footprints to cache stored content closer to the consumer to support high quality live streaming.

"At Net Insight, we have architectured our solutions to provide the technical capabilities required for service providers to monetize on the OTT-value chain," adds Per Lindgren, founder and VP, business development, Net Insight. "Customers are willing to pay for quality and that means that the right network architecture makes the new environment a good revenue opportunity for innovative service providers." The white paper "New Video Landscape Dynamics Require Smarter Delivery of IP Video," is commissioned from Yankee Group by Net Insight.

To review the whitepaper in full please visit www.netinsight.net/News/Resource-center/ For further information, please contact: Per Lindgren, vice president corporate and business development and co-founder, +46 8 685 04 00, per.lindgren@netinsight.net About Net Insight Net Insight delivers the world's most efficient and scalable transport solution for Broadcast and IP Media, Digital Terrestrial TV, Mobile TV and IPTV/CATV networks.

Net Insight products truly deliver 100 percent Quality of Service with three times improvement in utilization of bandwidth for a converged transport infrastructure. Net Insights Nimbra(TM) platform is the industry solution for video, voice and data, reducing operational costs by 50 percent and enhancing competitiveness in delivery of existing and new media services.

More than 150 world class customers run mission critical video services over Net Insight products in over 50 countries. Net Insight is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm. For more information, visit www.netinsight.net This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients.

The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.

Source: Net Insight AB via Thomson Reuters ONE HUG#1589704 Net Insight creates opportunities in the new video landscape - http://hugin.info/130084/R/1589704/499267.pdf [ IPTV Community's Homepage ]

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IBM Adds New Services, Programs to Social Business Offerings - CIO Insight

Ahead of its Lotusphere 2012 conference, IBM announced a series of new programs, services and partnerships to continue to push forward the company's social business strategy.

IBM launched its social business play in a big way at Lotusphere 2011, delivering new software and services to lay the foundation for its enterprise customers to take advantage of social networking and media to become truly social businesses. Now, with a Jan. 11 announcement, IBM has introduced a set of new efforts including consulting opportunities, educational programs and workshops to expand on its social business initiative.

"The opportunity to transform into a social business can be stunted without a focus on engagement, culture change and policy," said Alistair Rennie, general manager of Social Business at IBM, in a statement. "Social technologies, when combined with the right skills and culture, can truly unlock the potential of people within the organization to collaborate, innovate, make smarter business decisions and ultimately drive their bottom line."

With its Lotus software, IBM has a legacy of social software products and is poised to tap further into the lucrative market for social business software and services. According to Forrester Research, the market opportunity for social business software is expected to grow at a rate of 61 percent through 2016, reaching $6.4 billion, compared with $600 million last year.

Indeed, in June 2011, market research firm IDC ranked IBM No. 1 in worldwide market share for social platform software for 2009 and 2010. Also according to IDC, the worldwide revenue for the social platforms software market was more than $500 million in 2010, representing growth of 31.9 percent. The market opportunity for social platforms is expected to grow by a factor of nearly 2 billion worldwide by 2014, IDC said.

With this latest move, IBM is investing in its clients and business partners to develop the skills, technical support and industry resources that will allow them to effectively adopt social networking capabilities to transform their business operations, the company said. This includes introducing new technical workshops designed to improve skills and consulting offerings to help develop a business culture that fosters open collaboration and sharing among employees, clients and business partners.

The new IBM social business initiatives include:

Strategic consulting from IBM Global Business Services to help organizations better understand their current adoption of social business tools for both internal and external purposes and to help articulate how social business accelerates and alleviates business challenges. Global educational and mentorship programs for clients and business partners on how to become effective community managers, the fastest growing job in social, while increasing employee engagement over top, line-of-business communities on the social software platform. Technical certification programs that help customers and business partners validate and demonstrate their skills through assessment exams and training resources so they can plan for and perform the installation, configuration and day-to-day tasks associated with ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of social software solutions. Social Business Agenda workshops at IBM's Virtual Innovation Center providing immediate access to discussion forums focused on the benefits of becoming a social business, providing clients and business partners with case study examples of successful social businesses, and helping them to develop an agenda for driving social adoption. 

IBM also announced a partnership with The Dachis Group, a large social business consultancy, to help organizations quickly drive adoption success through a social business adoption quick start workshop. The workshop combines IBM services for the implementation of social business solutions for enterprises with additional services from The Dachis Group and focuses on the use of social business technology while fostering cultural skills and engagement, IBM said.

"You can really see a growth of maturity in the marketplace that IBM helped create," said Sandy Carter, vice president of Social Business Evangelism and Sales at IBM, in an interview with eWEEK's sister publication ChannelInsider. Carter was referring to IBM's major push into the space at Lotusphere 2011.

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