Worldwide, wireless, wireline, and satellite networks developed significantly in the last twenty years, setting the stage for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications and equipment to utilize these existing networks.

U.S. Economic Outlook Continues to Stabilize, Uncertainty About the Global Economy Lingers Among U.S. Industrial Manufacturers, According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Q2 2010 Manufacturing Barometer

The next 5 years will see an increase in the number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, from over 500 million in 2009 to nearly 2 billion in 2014, according to In-Stat.

The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the second quarter of 2010 registered 3.28 on a 5-point scale, dropping significantly from the previous quarter's reading of 3.65, indicating a notable decrease of venture capitalists' confidence in the future high-growth entrepreneurial environment in the Bay Area.

According to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the point-to-point microwave equipment market is forecast to grow 30 percent over the next five years to $6.6 billion in 2014.

According to DRAMeXchange, the research department of Trendforce, June notebook shipment is recorded at 17 million units with 9.3% MoM given the raising sea shipment portion and inventory management of PC-OEM.

Driven by fast growth at Apple Inc., leading EMS provider Foxconn Technology Group is set to take more than half of global EMS industry revenue by 2011, up from 44.2% in 2009.

Consumer confidence in the economy reached its lowest level in the history of the CEA-CNET Index in July, while confidence in technology dropped slightly.

Rigid PCB shipments were up 25.3% while bookings increased 29.3% in June 2010 from June 2009. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments were up 19.3% and bookings have grown 35%.

In a race to build bigger and better next-generation fabs, large-sized LCD panel manufacturers in 2010 are set to boost their spending on capacity expansions by more than 40 percent-likely triggering an oversupply of LCD panels by late this year, according to iSuppli Corp.

EMS providers are challenging ODMs' mobile PC domination; Foxconn announced revenues of US $6.15 billion for June 2010--a new historic high for the company; and Pegatron is competing with ECS for motherboard and graphics card orders from system integrators to offset the impact of Asustek transferring orders to other contract manufacturers.

Industrial production advanced 1.2% in May after having risen 0.7% in April. Manufacturing output climbed 0.9% last month, its third consecutive monthly gain of about 1% and was 7.9% above its year-earlier level.

It looks like the economy is on the mend. Momentum is building in all markets. Daily, news reports from around the world carry a similar upbeat message. Is the economic cloud finally lifting, or are we engaging in more false hope?

According to a new forecast from IDC, the EMS industry will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 8% for the 2010-2014 forecast period. But the recovery is still on shaky ground, with periods of weakness expected into 2011.

I-Connect007's team of editors, guest editors, videographers and video editors worked throughout the show to capture the keynotes, the industry's top technologists and business leaders, bringing our readers and viewers the world's most comprehensive event coverage and content.

A Real Time with...IPC exclusive! Watch Wednesday's keynote address from Walt Custer, including the extensive slide presentation. Find out if the recession is really over and what we can expect moving forward in 2010.

The China design market is certainly in its infancy, with young, inexperienced design engineers looking to improve their competencies. Polar Instruments (Asia Pacific) Managing Director Amit Bhardwaj gives his impression of the China design market and its demands. He also discusses the India design market, which might have even greater potential than China.

As the economy improves, companies are beginning to act on strategies and plans to position themselves in the geographic markets that make the most sense for the next decade.

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the seventh consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the tenth consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

Rigid PCB shipments are down 2% while bookings increased 19.8% in January 2010 from January 2009. The book-to-bill ratio for the North American rigid PCB industry in January 2010 remained strong at 1.06.

For years, I-Connect007 has been covering the electronics market in Asia. With video and written content, in Mandarin and English, I-Connect007 has been there, on the ground in Asia, digging for the next story. With the acquisition of SMT Magazine, I-Connect007 has deepened and widened its coverage of the Asian PCB assembly market.

It looks like the economy is on the mend. Momentum is building in all markets. Daily, news reports from around the world carry a similar upbeat message. Is the economic cloud finally lifting, or are we engaging in more false hope?

A Real Time with...IPC exclusive! Watch Wednesday's keynote address from Walt Custer, including the extensive slide presentation. Find out if the recession is really over and what we can expect moving forward in 2010.

The China design market is certainly in its infancy, with young, inexperienced design engineers looking to improve their competencies. Polar Instruments (Asia Pacific) Managing Director Amit Bhardwaj gives his impression of the China design market and its demands. He also discusses the India design market, which might have even greater potential than China.

As the economy improves, companies are beginning to act on strategies and plans to position themselves in the geographic markets that make the most sense for the next decade.

OK International Vice President, Tom Seratti, explains how his company has moved from simply identifying customer pain points to actually relieving the pain. He discusses the company's sales reorganization in Europe, and the centralization of back-end functions with parent company, Dover.

At productronica 2009, DEK's Martin Buttle, Global Product Development Director, reveals how the company is expanding its product portfolio to offer a wider range of electronics assembly solutions.

Technical Editor Pete Starkey offers inside details of Dr. Ram Charan's keynote speech at productronica 2009 in Munich, Germany. Dr. Charan's address focused on the causes of the world's economic crisis and how innovation will be the saving grace for the electronics industry.

Editor Steve Gold recently spoke with Messe Muenchen Managing Director, Klaus Dittrich, about upcoming events and new opportunities around the world. In an exclusive interview, Dittrich reveals several highlights of this year's productronica 2009 exhibition.

The global meltdown we have been experiencing the past 18 to 24 months makes it imperative that management thinks more strategically. The consequences of this meltdown are enormous and likely to impact small- and mid-size companies most dramatically. This is particularly true for the semiconductor and electronic connectivity industries, where small- and medium-size companies prevail.

It looks like the economy is on the mend. Momentum is building in all markets. Daily, news reports from around the world carry a similar upbeat message. Is the economic cloud finally lifting, or are we engaging in more false hope?

As the economy improves, companies are beginning to act on strategies and plans to position themselves in the geographic markets that make the most sense for the next decade.

Technical Editor Pete Starkey offers inside details of Dr. Ram Charan's keynote speech at productronica 2009 in Munich, Germany. Dr. Charan's address focused on the causes of the world's economic crisis and how innovation will be the saving grace for the electronics industry.

Editor Steve Gold recently spoke with Messe Muenchen Managing Director, Klaus Dittrich, about upcoming events and new opportunities around the world. In an exclusive interview, Dittrich reveals several highlights of this year's productronica 2009 exhibition.

The global meltdown we have been experiencing the past 18 to 24 months makes it imperative that management thinks more strategically. The consequences of this meltdown are enormous and likely to impact small- and mid-size companies most dramatically. This is particularly true for the semiconductor and electronic connectivity industries, where small- and medium-size companies prevail.

How are you building your relationship with future customers? Do you have a total strategy or are you just employing fragments of one? As the economy continues to recover, business will increase--this is a great time to gain market share and to find the dominate position in your sector.

It was surprising for most (for sure, for me) in the audience to hear someone so close to the solar industry express so much cynicism. That's just what Paula Mints, Principal Analyst for market research firm PV Services, which has focused on the solar industry for the past 20 years, delivered to the audience.

The Quarterly Technology Forum has been covering the electronics manufacturing sector for over a dozen years. Dr. Eric Miscoll and Matt Chanoff of InForum join I-Connect007 Editors Steve Gold and Ray Rasmussen to discuss the highlights of next week's meeting.

Taking great care of a customer is not a complicated process. And, once you have the reputation, customers come to you. A good reputation makes the selling job much easier and customer retention remains high.

For just $87.50, General Motors could have left a customer with a super-amazing feeling about the "new" GM--instead, the opposite happened. If we get caught in layers of approval to take care of a customer, especially when the problem is ours, we lose and they lose.