Global Real Time Location Systems (RTLS): Snapshot

‘Platform as a Service’ (PaaS) in combination with IaaS and SaaS is a cloud computing service model. The global Platform as a Service (PaaS) market was valued at USD 1.60 billion in 2013 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 25.7% from 2014 to 2020. PaaS, due to its service model, allows for low capital investment. It enables the deployment of applications without the need for provisioning hosting capabilities. It, thus, helps save on the cost incurred for buying and managing the underlying hardware and software. The PaaS model minimizes the incremental cost required for scaling the system with growth in the service usage, while allowing for resource sharing, reuse, life-cycle management, and automated deployment. For these benefits, PaaS is preferred over other solutions for application and service development.

Software applications designed to run on mobile computing devices such as smartphones, tablet PCs and other devices facilitating various functionality are termed mobile applications or mobile apps. These apps can be easily downloaded to mobile devices via the Internet. Typically, mobile apps are downloaded from application distribution platforms such as Google Play Store (Android), Apple App Store, and Windows Phone Store. Mobile applications benefit users by connecting them to various Internet-based services that are commonly accessed from desktop or laptop computers. Moreover, mobile apps can be used as website bookmarking utilities, which helps in accessing mobile-based instant messaging services such as Gmail and other websites. The mobile apps market is majorly dominated by consumer apps such as gaming, messaging, social networks, and services.

IPTV stands for Internet Protocol television and any user with an IP device such as a tablet, laptop and smart phone can avail IPTV service anytime and anywhere as long as the user has access to high speed broadband internet. With increasing demand for high definition video entertainments and Video on Demand (VoD) by customers, the content network providers have witnessed necessity of advanced network development. The IPTV has thus been intensely developed by the multi-media, telecommunication, and network research players.

Digital impression is a technology used to create three-dimensional (3D) image of intraoral tissues and teeth. Digital impression standalone scanners are used in intraoral scanning for various dental applications including dentures, bridges, inlays, onlays and orthodontic treatments. Advantages associated with digital impression technology over traditional method of impression are the factors driving the market growth. Digital impression standalone scanners eliminate the tedious and painful process of elastomeric impression used for dental applications. Additionally, digital impression standalone scanners reduce retakes required in dental applications such as restoration, thereby reducing the overall time and increasing productivity.

A dispatch console is a chain of panels equipped with signaling, monitoring, and communicating facility enabling dispatchers/operators to effectively manage, co-ordinate, and communicate progress of work with the connected resources. A dispatch console offers a fixed centralized point of contact for wide range of two-way radio resources. Its ability to patch different connected resources enables efficient group communications in emergency situation, thereby ensuring safety and minimizing the financial impact of power failures and telephone system failure. These systems are deployed by military, public service agencies, transport services companies, rail transport, utilities, and first responder organizations such as emergency medical service providers, police department, and fire department among others.

Commercial telematics is used in various applications such as fleet/asset management, satellite navigation, infotainment, insurance telematics, telehealth solutions, remote alarm and monitoring, and others (including emergency warning systems and wireless vehicle safety communication). Commercial telematics caters to a number of end-use industries including transportation and logistics, healthcare, construction, government and utilities, insurance, and manufacturing. The global commercial telematics market was valued at USD 14.67 billion in 2013 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.0% during the forecast period 2014 – 2020.

Cooling towers are heat rejection devices operated to lower the ambient temperatures within enclosed spaces. They are also used to remove heat from heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings. Moreover, in industrial settings, cooling towers are used to maintain the temperature of chillers and attain energy efficiency. They are used in the chemical, oil & gas, food processing, and power generation plant industries.