Why Frost & Sullivan

For more than 50 years, Frost & Sullivan, a Growth Partnership Company, has partnered with our clients to create innovative growth strategies that help them accelerate growth and improve their decision-making processes. Our Growth Partnership Services enables you to leverage our global team of industry consultants to help you address your growth objectives by utilizing a variety of techniques and methodologies. By integrating all of these services into a customized solution for your company, we are able to provide you with a continuous flow of critical, timely information both inside and outside your market.If you do not have a global perspective of your market, you are putting your company at risk. Globalization is here now, and it’s changing the competitive and customer landscape faster than most companies can adapt. You can no longer survive and prosper in regional markets, and the risk of not monitoring global competitive and technology trends is now too high to accept. Regional markets are disappearing. One of the most important aspects of our partnership is the global support, coverage, and perspective that Growth Partnership Services provide.
Frost & Sullivan has developed a team of consultants and research analysts who are global experts. This team not only provides global coverage of the marketplace, but also – more importantly – gives you a global perspective of the market. Without this new viewpoint, companies are at great risk of missing growth opportunities and at a greater risk of being forced out of business entirely.Our integrated TEAM Research approach provides your company with a comprehensive solution, from a true global perspective, that encompasses four distinct research types that are crucial to your company’s growth and survival. TEAM is a methodology, a comprehensive review of all research categories to minimize risk in the decision-making process. It integrates the essential research elements of technology, economic/demographics, and analytical application tools to support decision-making.Technical – Technical Insights Alerts and Research Services provide new and emerging technology intelligence; R&D breakthroughs; patent information; and real-time, cutting-edge developments taking place in the top research laboratories today. We deliver this information to you before it becomes common knowledge and also provide you with the contact information for those companies driving the new technologies to market. This information will enable you to identify potential disruptive technologies as well as potential opportunities for growth.Economic – Country Industry Forecasts provide you with socio-metric, economic, demographic, political, and regulatory information. Applying our years of expertise, we also provide you with a cause/effect link back to your specific industry. This is essential information when considering expanding into new geographic regions and extremely useful to stay current on these factors in those regions where you already operate.Decision Support Databases are a set of multiple quantitative data tables that cover a sector’s demand, supply, select customer demographics, and pertinent economic measurements. Each Decision Support Database table provides comprehensive global coverage through 48 leading countries over an 11-year period and includes forecast figures. This is an indispensable forecasting tool that will save you time and help you to make more informed decisions.Market Engineering Research – Our years of continuously monitoring your market enables us to “bring life” to your services. Our Industry Expert Analysts draw out the most relevant issues in your market, capitalizing on the strength of our contacts within your industry. The broad range of highly relevant intelligence gives you a view of the market derived from a rigorously tried and tested process. Using these services in your business planning/strategy will give your company a continuous process for improvement.Applications – In order to take full advantage of our years of expertise, we realize that access to our global team is paramount in our partnership. Working together we will help you identify the best opportunities for growth and also help you apply those strategies to achieve measured results. Growth Partnership Services enables you to leverage our expertise in a variety of ways.
Client Councils – The client council process is a critical methodology for ensuring that the future flow of research matches your strategic decision-making needs. Client councils are arranged periodically between your team and Frost & Sullivan to discuss challenges, new opportunities, disruptive technologies, or other issues on which your team needs support. Your participation makes these meetings a thousand times more powerful and is a key element in changing the growth culture within your firm.
Global Client Value Enhancement Support – A strong relationship is the foundation of any partnership, and this Global Team of experts is dedicated to making sure you are receiving maximum value from your investment. They are your knowledge base for Frost & Sullivan Services, your company portal, and frost.com navigation. Through periodic touch points throughout the year, your satisfaction is guaranteed.
Analyst Briefings – We’ll take the steps necessary to alert you to new services that hold value to you. When we are about to release new services on frost.com, you will have the opportunity to attend a presentation by the analyst that wrote that particular service. This informative overview will speak to the state of the industry, as well as the elements that are covered in the research, followed by a short question-and-answer session.
Industry Tracker – Configuring your industry tracker to your specific needs will enable you to stay updated on new, relevant services as they become available on frost.com. We’ll alert you to these services through an e-mail and on your personalized Web portal.
Events – Our Executive MindXchange Events have redefined the conference. Interactive Think Tank Sessions, Roundtable Discussions, and Executive Workshops provide you with high-level strategies and insights all geared to give you even more tools to further your Growth Objectives. Network with high-level executives across a wide range of industries.Executive Briefings – Transcripts of the valuable sessions from our Executive MindXchange Events enable you to disseminate this information company-wide. Delivered to you on your personalized company portal, these valuable sessions will aid your entire company in better understanding various aspects of their day-to-day job functions. Topics such as Advanced Marketing Research, Competitive Intelligence, Internet Marketing Strategies, and Healthcare and Life Sciences Opportunities, will help them become more focused and efficient in all aspects of their job responsibilities.eBroadcasts – To aid in the success of your growth initiatives, we may also recommend an eBroadcast to maximize market awareness. In conjunction with our market analysts, we’ll produce a one-hour, content-driven, information-packed, webcast with you as the sponsoring company. We’ll identify and invite high-level decision-makers that have real-world business needs related to your new product or services. These are contacts that we have worked closely with for years. Attendance for them is free, and the result is a vast source of highly qualified leads for you.On-Site Growth Workshops – During these one- or two-day sessions with your key management people and our global expert consultants, we work with you to gain a deeper understanding of the market as it relates to growth opportunities identified. We will also work with you to understand your internal implementation capabilities and challenges. We accomplish this by using a variety of proven, recognized tools and techniques, as well as proprietary Frost & Sullivan tools. Our industry experts will work closely with you to translate formulated strategies into measurable results. This collaborative approach delivers creative growth strategies in an in-depth critical analysis of all the opportunities available and how to prioritize them to optimize future growth.
Growth Consulting – Focusing on maximizing real-world results enables us to create innovate growth strategies that will provide you with concise information to grow your business and reduce the related risk when considering new growth initiatives. We consider our projects to be partnerships, allowing us to challenge assumptions and decisions based on what we know or discover. The combination of our strategic growth understanding and our market expertise makes us uniquely qualified to partner with you in implementing your growth imperatives.
Customer Research – Gaining a comprehensive understanding of your customers is critical to growing your company. Our Customer Research Services will provide you with a comprehensive view of the supply side of the market, such as detailed information on end-user attitudes, needs, behaviors, channels, and geographies. This gives you a complete picture of the market by evaluating the supply and demand sides.
Corporate Training & Development – These are solutions based on our market understanding and strategy consulting expertise. It is because of our expertise we are able to translate your wants, needs, and growth objectives into Sales, Marketing, Management, and Technology training that will assure measurable results. Our training solutions will ultimately increase your ROI in Growth Partnership Services by helping your people to fully understand the best ways of putting your services to use.

Isola delle femmine: Un’isola di musica

Palermo Venerdì 24 luglio da Il Molo e Il Pontile in via Lungomare Eufemio a Isola delle FemmineTrio Cunzato. sabato 25 Wet floors, domenica 26 Radio Baccano. Un calendario di spettacoli fatto da artisti siciliani, che accompagneranno il dopocena dei due locali.
Venerdì 24 luglio alle 21,30 sarà tempo di musica con il Trio cunzato e il loro repertorio pop nazionale e internazionale. Fabrizio L. Gray, alla chitarra e alla voce, Marcello Zerbo alla batteria e Alessio Parco al basso suoneranno brani di Edoardo Bennato, Jovanotti, Lenny Kravitz Max Gazzè e Zucchero..
Il 25 luglio spazio ai Wet Floors con il loro repertorio country, blues e rock and roll. Vincenzo Pisciotta alla voce, armonica e chitarra acustica, Federico Ciulla al basso e cori, Marcello La Guardia chitarra e cori ed alle percussioni special guest Luca Maggipinto, promettono una serata dove tutti potranno ballare.
Il 26 luglio spazio ai Radio Baccano capitanati da Claudia Fazzello, che proporranno un repertorio musicale tutto italiano fatto di canzoni di Gianna Nannini, Lucio Battisti, Vasco Rossi, Negramaro e Nada.
Il calendario degli appuntamenti di “Un’isola di musica” continuerà sino a settembre. Gli eventi al momento previsti sono: 22 luglio RadioRaptus tribute band Ligabue, 24 luglio Trio cunzato, 25 luglio Wet Floors, 26 luglio Radio Baccano e 31 luglio Double feel, 1 agosto Passpartù, 2 agosto Mantropia, 7 agosto Ottanta roba, 8 agosto Sixtynine, 9 agosto Beat tunes, 16 agosto Gravità zero, 21 agosto Minnifuttu, 22 agosto Claudia Sala e la Cloe’s band, 23 agosto Radio baccano, 28 agosto Radio Raptus (tributo Ligabue), 29 agosto Le Morgane, 30 agosto Flac. Ingresso gratuito con aperitivo a partire dalle 20.

Concerto omaggio a Lucio Battisti con i “Non dire no”

Palermo 23 luglio alle 21 al giardino del ristorante e pizzeria dell’hotel Villa Esperia in viale Margherita di Savoia 53 a Mondello. Daniele Davì alla voce, Davide Consales e Francesco Vannini alle chitarre, Simone Esposito al basso e Daniele Zimmardi alla batteria suoneranno le più belle canzoni firmate Battisti/Mogol. Una riproposizione in chiave classica, per i nostalgici, ma anche per chi vuole imparare a conoscere quel che Lucio Battisti ha significato per la storia della musica. In scaletta: “Ancora tu”, “Un’avventura”, “10 ragazze”, “La collina dei ciliegi”, “Si viaggiare”, “E penso a te”, “io vorrei non vorrei ma se vuoi”, “7.40”, “Anna”, “Fiori rosa fiori di pesco”, “La luce dell’est”.

La politica scarica l’emergenza immigrati sulle forze di polizia

“Da Roma a Treviso, da Terni a Lucca, a Verona, in ogni città d’Italia sta esplodendo un’emergenza sociale legata all’accoglienza di migliaia di immigrati che la politica sta scaricando esclusivamente sulle Forze dell’Ordine, che continuano a registrare feriti su feriti”. E’ quanto afferma Franco Maccari, Segretario Generale del COISP – il Sindacato Indipendente di Polizia, che spiega: “Mentre monta il malcontento della cittadinanza, la politica e le Istituzioni preposte continuano a gestire l’enorme flusso di immigrati con incredibile superficialità, riducendolo ad un semplice problema di ordine pubblico, e così esasperando da un lato gli stessi immigrati, lasciati allo sbando e senza alcun reale sostegno, dall’altro gli abitanti delle città destinate ad ospitarli, giustamente preoccupati per la propria sicurezza. Nel mezzo ci siamo noi, i Poliziotti, a prendere le botte dall’una e dall’altra parte, e spesso costretti ad interventi di ordine pubblico di cui non possiamo che vergognarci. E’ assurdo che ci venga chiesto di alzare i manganelli contro gente perbene che si sente abbandonata dalle Istituzioni e che tenta di difendere la propria casa. Non vogliamo indossare la divisa per essere forti con i deboli, mentre in altre occasioni siamo costretti a stare fermi mentre hooligans e teppisti distruggono le città. Non indossiamo la divisa per essere aggrediti e feriti da immigrati, alcuni dei quali comprensibilmente esasperati, perché anziché trovare un’accoglienza dignitosa,vengono trattati come bestie da chi usa l’emergenza immigrazione soltanto per fare soldi. La Politica e le Istituzioni affrontino il problema con serietà e competenza, e non con l’improvvisazione che li sta contraddistinguendo, mentre mandano le Forze dell’Ordine a prendere le botte ed a fare sfogare la rabbia di cittadini e immigrati”.