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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:00:19 GMT
Easy to Build, Quick to Deploy, Mashups Apps to Generate More than $100 Billion for Telcos Over the Next Five Years, Says Insight Research Corp.
BOONTON, N.J., Aug. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In 2010, telecommunications carriers worldwide are expected to generate just over $1 billion in new revenue by helping build and deploy mashups, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. The term "mashup" (first used to describe the smart mixing of disparate musical tracks to create a new entertainment experience) in telecommunications has come to mean quickly integrating connectivity, data, applications, and decision-making components in order to produce a completely new recipe for a service or application that is more attractive than the sum of its parts.
Insight Research's market analysis study, "Mashups in Telecommunications, 2010-2015" found that the ability to quickly combine disparate, existing applications or services in a way that will yield a composite, coherent solution to a need or demand in an agile and economical way will produce revenue growth for carriers in excess of 100 percent per year over the next five years.
Such spectacular revenue growth is a result of the industry's greater openness and standards that, for the first time, make it possible to easily and quickly join existing resources to construct mashup-type applications.
"Mashups are all about reusability, which is a magical word in any business context," says Robert Rosenberg, Insight Research.
"Mashups represent the democratization of application development process. AT&T, BT, Vodaphone and IBM are already on board, while Google and Microsoft are taking a somewhat different tack," Rosenberg concluded.
"Mashups in Telecommunications, 2010-2015" segments the markets into data transfer and the access royalty revenue opportunities for wireline versus wireless carriers and further disaggregates the opportunities by various carrier-enabled applications components including social networking; location based services; presence services; VoIP; messaging; Software as a Service, conferencing; and streaming.
An excerpt of the "Mashups in Telecommunications, 2010-2015" market research report, table of contents, and ordering information are online at www.insight-corp.com/reports/mashup10.asp.
This 168-page report is available immediately for $3,995 (hard copy). Electronic (PDF) reports can be ordered online. Visit our Web site, or call 973/541-9600 for details.
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NEWS SOURCE: Insight Research Corporation
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Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:29:29 GMT
Bank Foreclosure Homes Up 38 Percent in Past Year
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Bank Foreclosures Sale, an online leader in the bank owned homes listings and foreclosure information industry, announced today that bank foreclosures were up 5% in the second quarter of 2010. With 269,960 bank repossessions recorded, a new quarterly record was set for bank repossessions, which are up a staggering 38% from the second quarter of 2009.
The news comes as a good sign for buyers and foreclosure investors looking at buying REO or bank owned property. While the larger foreclosure property market actually decreased 4% during the second quarter, bank foreclosure repossessions mark an area where a surplus of properties could be a source of better deals.
"Due to mortgage refinancing and loan modification programs, we're not seeing as many new foreclosure properties come on to the market right now," says Simon Campbell, a market analyst for Bank Foreclosures Sale. "But what we are seeing is homes that have been in foreclosure for a while are being repossessed by banks trying to work through thousands and thousands of defaulted loans."
With banks now clearing their backlog of foreclosures through repossession, they will soon look to sell them off to regain the capital lost on unpaid mortgages. Experts believe this could lead to record low prices on bank foreclosures and bank owned properties for foreclosure buyers.
"I'd say this summer and fall are the times to look for bank owned homes and bank REOs," remarked Campbell. "With a big surplus, banks will be looking to unload properties, so it's a good chance to find a low and competitive price."
According to Bank Foreclosures Sale, California lead the nation in REO home filings during the second quarter, with over 45,700 currently inventoried throughout the state, especially in areas like Modesto, Los Angeles and Fresno. Florida was close behind with 32,860 REO properties, with hotspots in Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Fort Lauderdale.
Other top states for bank repos and REOs during the second quarter were Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois and Nevada, all of which are expected to see continued foreclosure growth over the rest of 2010.
For more information on the bank repossession and REO marketplace, visit Bank Foreclosures Sale. Browse bank foreclosure listings, view reports and learn more about investing in bank owned homes. More information: www.bankforeclosuressale.com.
NEWS SOURCE: Bank Foreclosures Sale
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Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:57:36 GMT
Center Releases Report on New Jersey Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs
Agencies Make Progress in Providing Culturally Competent Services.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., July 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- During the past two years, twenty-six New Jersey agencies that address domestic violence and sexual assault have participated in the Cultural Competency Technical Assistance Project. The Beyond Diversity Resource Center issued a report today which shows that the participating agencies have made substantial Progress in their efforts to provide culturally competent services to their clients.
"The need for domestic violence and sexual assault programs to provide more culturally competent services has been recognized as a national concern. This work is especially important in New Jersey, one of the most diverse states in the nation," said Pamela Chambers, the Training Director of the Beyond Diversity Resource Center and manager of the project. "New Jersey is one of only a handful of states that have taken on cultural competency statewide. That means better services for victims of domestic and sexual violence and their families."
The report describes the efforts agencies have made to enhance the cultural competency of their services and sets forth five important improvements: (1) agencies are better able to address women's experiences of domestic violence and sexual assault in the context of the cultural factors that shape their lives, (2) agencies are better able to create programs that meet the needs of more diverse populations, (3) clients receive less secondary victimization (like feeling out of place or misunderstood) when they seek services, (4) clients experience fewer cultural barriers to services, and (5) agency staff and volunteers are less likely to make invalid assumptions and generalizations based on an aspect of a client's cultural background.
The programs that have participated in the Cultural Competency Technical Assistance Project are those that have received STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funding in New Jersey. A list of the participating programs is available in the report.
For the full report, visit the Center's Web site: www.beyonddiversity.org and click on the "Articles" link.
NEWS SOURCE: Beyond Diversity Resource Center
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Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:59:50 GMT
US Hispanics Will Spend $257 Billion on Telecommunications Services over the Next Five Years, Says Insight Research Corp.
BOONTON, N.J., June 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Over the next five years, US Hispanic communities will spend $257 billion on telecommunications services, accounting for 17 percent of all residential telecom expenditures, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. Early analysis of Census 2010 data suggests that Hispanics will surpass the 50 million mark and that they will command over $1 trillion in buying power. Hispanics are the youngest race/ethnicity segment and, more importantly, have the largest percentage of people under the age of 18, a market demographic that the study says will be crucial to the survival of telecommunications providers over the next five years.
Insight Research's market analysis study, "US Hispanic Use of Telecommunications Services 2010-2015," takes a close look at the purchasing habits and telecommunications usage patterns of the Hispanic segment of the US population, as well as other ethnic communities in the US. The study emphasizes that the US Latino market tends to over-index in mobile content and also notes that US Hispanics are accessing the Internet through more and varied devices than non-Hispanics.
"If the future of mobile carriers depends on their getting consumers to buy their data plans, then the US Hispanic community is right in the sweet spot, and will be receiving increasing attention from both wireline and wireless carriers' marketing departments," says Robert Rosenberg, Insight Research.
"Our study demonstrates that Hispanics are one of the most social groups online, and given the youth-orientated demographic of the US Hispanic community, they become a prime target for the newer 3G and 4G cellular services," Rosenberg concluded.
"US Hispanic Use of Telecommunication Services 2010-2015" examines spending and usage patterns of US Hispanics for wireline, cellular, and pre-paid cellular services, and compares these spending patterns to those of the general population as well as other minority segments, including Asian-Americans and African-Americans.
An excerpt of this Hispanic market research report, table of contents, and ordering information are online at www.insight-corp.com/reports/hisp10.asp.
This 305-page report is available immediately in Electronic (PDF) format and can be ordered online for $4,695.00. Visit our website, or call 973-541-9600 for details.
NEWS SOURCE: Insight Research Corporation
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:01:53 GMT
KnowledgeAdvisors Study of Manager Engagement Reveals Intriguing Insights Relevant to Development of Successful Employees
CHICAGO, Ill., June 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- KnowledgeAdvisors, the world's largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released a brand new research report analyzing the effect of managers upon the development of their talent pool. The research conducted by KnowledgeAdvisors (John Mattox, Director of Research) was based upon substantial data collected across diverse industries in an effort to gain a comprehensive representation of the present condition of manager engagement.
As a result, readers will have their principal queries resolved in terms of whether managers are actively engaged, are contributing toward training effectiveness and enhancing the productivity of direct reports. Furthermore, the paper offers valuable recommendations pertaining to actions organizations can implement to optimize manager support.
Among the key findings were that 76% of the 107 unique organizations which responded indicated that training is a chief organizational technique for honing employee performance. Moreover, the scrap rate was 50% or higher among more than three quarters of all companies.
Additionally, only 21% of the organizations suggested that learners were assessed before training "most of the time or "all of the time" to establish if they were the right person to attend or at the right time. In contrast, 79% assessed learners "some of the time" or "not at all." With regard to a manager's role when selecting training, 40% of survey respondents revealed that managers guided their employees to training opportunities while 25% claimed managers required that training be a part of a larger development plan.
When respondents were posed with the question, "What percentage of managers within your organization formally met with employees to set expectations for the training before approving learning?" 75% stated that expectation setting meetings occurred 25% of the time or less. Merely 9% asserted that managers met with learners more than 75% of the time.
With reference to measurement tools, 60% of organizations controlled manager support by utilizing end of program surveys sent to learners and another 44% of organizations disseminated employee follow up evaluations to learners. Three tools used by organizations to encourage manager and employee relations are survey tools (50%), pre and post-training job aides (35%) and goal setting tools (30%).
In summation, despite the significance of training with respect to employee and executive success, organizations express that less than 10% of training is applied positively most of the time pointing towards a severe lack of manager support training across widespread organizations.
"A manager controls the lever which essentially impacts the status of individual employee performance. Thus this research is of supreme importance because it clarifies that without opportune support delivered by managers, lowered employee performance and consequential inferior organizational effectiveness symbolize points of no return," stated Kent Barnett, CEO of KnowledgeAdvisors.
Organizations interested in further details about this research can access the complimentary white paper found at: knowledgeadvisors.com/media-research/white-papers/research-paper-manager-engagement/.
About KnowledgeAdvisors:
KnowledgeAdvisors is the world's largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions. Leading organizations access its measurement expertise and on-demand software to ensure a high-performing workforce. As a thought leader in Human Capital Analytics, KnowledgeAdvisors provides the most comprehensive analytics solutions in the market. By combining measurement expertise, on-demand evaluation software, and integrated analytics solutions with benchmarking, organizations gain the necessary insights on how to best develop their workforce.
For more about KnowledgeAdvisors, visit: www.knowledgeadvisors.com.
NEWS SOURCE: KnowledgeAdvisors
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Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:55:41 GMT
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