RFID systems have been a boon for the retail industry. They help reduce delivery cycle time, provide transparency, streamline supply chain operations, and help retailers capture data, and use data management software identify the buying pattern of customers. RFID technology has also helped vendors step-up both inventory management and security, in a bid to keep a…
What’s a fiber laser? Technically… Fiber lasers employ semiconductor diodes as the light source to pump specialty optical fibers, which are doped with rare-earth elements. The laser emission is channeled and amplified through an optical fiber, and the amplified light is collimated or straightened and then focused by a lens onto the material to perform…
Biologic therapeutics include viruses, therapeutic serums, toxins, allergenic products, antitoxins, blood or blood components or derivatives, vaccines, and proteins used for the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition. Biologics differ from small molecules in molecular weight, structure, synthesis, and immunogenicity. They are generally characterized by a high molecular weight and complex structure,…
Technavio highlights the top companies driving growth in the PET packaging market
For a long time, fat was the enemy of a healthy diet. Then salt emerged as the big bad wolf in the wellness world. Now, healthcare practitioners have pinpointed sugar as the main villain when it comes to good health. In reality, salt, sugar and fat are macro and micronutrients that are all essential for…
In 2014, $60.73 billion worth of event tickets were sold globally. In 2019 this figure is expected to reach $69.49 billion, growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 2.73% over the next five years. The global event tickets market includes live events only, consisting mainly of sporting events, concerts, festivals, fairs and live…
Technavio recently published a new report on the global enterprise social software (ESS) market, which provides detailed industry analysis and market growth forecasts for the next four years. Overall, the report finds that the market is expected to grow at a healthy CAGR of 14.66% from 2014-2019. What is ESS and why is it useful?…
Technavio has published a new report on the global healthcare information systems market, which explores widespread applications for healthcare IT, as well as market projections and key vendors in the burgeoning healthcare info systems sphere. How beneficial are healthcare information systems? Healthcare information systems help capture, store, manage, and provide access to information that is directly…
The rising quantum of digital and connected services has boosted the demand for data centers, which have to operate under stringent service level agreements (SLAs) to provide continuous, uninterrupted service. This makes data centers major consumers of electricity. The global data center power market is expected to nearly double in size to 18.72 billion by…
The beer market in the US was formerly the domain of a few big brands, and not much flavor. But changing consumer tastes have brought craft beers out of local brewery basements and into the national spotlight. Americans consumed 2.71 billion liters of craft beer 2014, and this number is expected to reach 5.87…
