The market research firm ABI Research has packaged a series of reports called "Smart Cities Research Cluster" that gather intelligence on the market size for a variety of location-enabled applications. These applications include
- Fleet Management
- Public Safety
- Smart Meters for Smart Grids
- Traffic Information Systems
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Wireless Sensor Networks
...and several more. It’s worth looking into if you have to look at the potential for each segment.
by Joe Francica on 12/06 at 02:49 PM |
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TeleCommunication Systems (TSYS), a high flier among LBS companies, announced $75 Million in new financing. The stock jumped nearly 10% in yesterday’s trading. TSYS grew 12% in value last year after being 2008’s highest gaining stock (145% growth) among all LBS companies that Directions Magazine follows.
by Joe Francica on 01/20 at 07:00 AM |
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People are always asking us for the size of certain markets. Today at the Map World Forum, Prakash Iyer of Trimble offered these numbers for the Field Services Management (FSM) market based on an Aberdeen Research report, which he said was conducted in 2007. [Directions Magazine published results of a 2006 FSM report from Aberdeen)
FSM is predicted b to be $1.7 B by 2012
Market Drivers – better service; constant cost pressure; increased productivity; vehicle and driver safety; Sarbannes-Oxley compliance
Typical ROI
12% increase in service profitability
13% increase in vehicle utilization
15% reduction in average travel time per job
10% decrease in overtime pay
28% increase in driver compliance
by Joe Francica on 02/12 at 12:46 AM |
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This week editors Adena Schutzberg and Joe Francica tackle a question and why it’s so hard to answer. The question is: How big is the geospatial market or a part of it? That’s often followed by: Who has the definitive numbers on how much money is to made and how many users and potential users are out there? They take a look at some resources and tease out why definitive numbers are so difficult to acquire.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 01/15 at 01:00 AM |
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