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| Smart metering: penetration levels set to surge in North America |
| While smart metering in North America has a relatively low penetration at present, with just 5.5% of households having installed the technology in 2006, this is set to increase rapidly over the next few years to reach close to 90% of households by 2012. This will be driven by both state/province-level legislation and by the fact that smart meters are already prevalent in residential premises in North America, compared to other markets where the transition of smart metering from commercial and industrial to residential premises is in its infancy. |
| 10 Aug 2007 |
| Healthcare IT: BI spend to rise as scope of usage grows |
| The pharmaceutical industry has historically used business intelligence (BI) applications in the later stages of a product's lifecycle - after product launch. As the industry begins to re-evaluate existing structures and processes, and shifts towards translational medicine, BI solutions will be evident in earlier stages of the drug development process, starting in R&D and spanning through the clinical phases. Given this, spending on BI solutions by the US and European pharmaceutical industry is expected to grow from $392 million in 2006 to $620 million in 2012. |
| 6 Jul 2007 |
| Manufacturing technology: PLM market making for growth |
| The product lifecycle management (PLM) market is growing at a rapid rate compared to its enterprise application peers. Growth in software license revenue (excluding maintenance) is expected to grow from $1.9 billion worldwide in 2006 to $4.1 billion in 2012, at a compound annual growth rate of just over 13%. Leading this charge will be the discrete manufacturing industry, which looks set to make significantly more of an investment in PLM than the batch and process industries. |
| 25 May 2007 |
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