The growth of the market for glycinates is majorly attributed to the significantly growing demand for dietary supplements, cosmetics, and personal care products due to the growing disposable income and growing concerns regarding the use of supplements and personal care products. In addition, the burgeoning demand for chelated minerals in the form of food additives is considered to be one of the key factors supporting the growth of the glycinates market during the coming years. Also, the use of high adoption of glycinates for their application in feed additives on account of rising concerns regarding the health of the animals is leading to the restricted use of antibiotics which in turn is projected to amplify the global glycinates market growth. The rising demand for animal feed due to growing demand for poultry products and growing meat consumption is also projected to positively impact the market size over the forecast period. The significantly growing pharmaceutical sector is also anticipated to boost the growth of the market owing to numerous applications of glycinates in medical products.

Glycinates Market, by Application segment

On the basis of application, the global glycinates market has been segmented into pharmaceutical, food additive, cosmetics, feed additives, and others. The rising investments in the chemicals and materials industry in the form of R&D and the development of new products also show the potential for the growth of the market during the next five years. The four major applications of glycinates that are available are explained below:

Pharmaceutical

The wide adoption of glycinates in the pharmaceutical industry is one of the key factors supplementing demand for their application in pharmaceutical products. The growing pharmaceutical industry is one of the prime factors responsible for driving the demand for glycinates for the application in the pharmaceutical segment. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the heaviest regulated sectors in the world. In addition, drugs are evaluated according to their safety, quality, and reliability. Furthermore, increasing pharmaceutical sales and OTC sales is further expected to anticipate the growth of the glycinates market for the pharma industry significantly.

Food Additive

The major factors for the growth of the glycinates market for the food additive segment is leading to the high consumption of fast food and significant consumption of beverages due to changing consumer preferences towards the consumption of food with nutritional benefits. Furthermore, the increase in the middle-class population in the major developing economies is one of the factors bolstering the consumption of food and significantly adding up to the growth of the market during the next five years.

Cosmetics

The growing market for cosmetics products due to rapid urbanization and the deeper penetration of personal care and body care products due to the expansion of the distribution channel is projected to amplify the growth of the glycinates market for the cosmetics industry. Furthermore, growing consumer demand for high-quality, and effective products which further deliver immediate and tangible results is also anticipated to boost the demand for high-quality cosmetic and personal care products.

Feed Additives

A feed additive is one of an additive or an extra nutrient that is mixed with the animal feed majorly for enhancing the level of nutrition of the feed which is given to animals. A significant upsurge in the animal diseases is further fuelling the demand for high-quality feed additives, which in turn is projected to propel the growth of the glycinates market for the application in feed additives. Furthermore, the rising demand for meat and dairy products is also leading to the high adoption of feed additives on account of increased concerns for healthy livestock growth.

North America to hold a noteworthy share in the market

Regionally, the global glycinate market has been classified into North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa and the Asia Pacific. The North American region is projected to hold a noteworthy share in the market owing to the fact that the population is highly concerned about the consumption of nutritional and dietary supplements which is one of the key factors supporting the growth of the market in the region. Furthermore, the presence of the state-of-art pharmaceutical sector is also anticipated to drive the demand for glycinates in countries such as the United States and Canada. The European region is also anticipated to hold a decent share during 2019, owing to the fact that the major European countries such as Germany, France, and the UK are considered as major industries that are well known for their investments in R&D in the pharmaceutical sector. However, the presence of the well-established food and beverage industry and rising concerns regarding personal health is also anticipated to positively impact the growth of the market throughout the forecast period.

The Asia Pacific region is projected to show multiple growth opportunities on account of the presence of major emerging economies such as India, China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The rapid urbanization and shift of consumer preferences towards the consumption of highly nutritional products due to rising health concerns, growing middle-class population, and rising disposable income. Furthermore, the growing aging population in the region is also considered to positively impact the growth of the market due to the high consumption of medicines as the immunity of aged people is relatively lower. Further, the growing food and beverage industry in the region is also driving the growth of the market as the rising consumption of fast food especially in India and China is projected to fuel the demand for glycinates in the coming years. Moreover, the increasing demand for animal products and the high consumption of meat products in the region is also anticipated to propel the demand for glycinates and add up to the growth of the market during the next five years.

In general, the services, which are offered within the purview of this market are inclusive of but not limited to, advisory services, performance testing services, system, and network integration services such as application load, training services. Albeit deployment and support services aren’t categorized as cloud professional services, they are also offered along with the aforementioned that also includes storage security services as well as data backup and recovery services. Further, increasing inclination towards a service-oriented economy is one of the major factors that is driving the global professional cloud services market growth. The very benefit of doing away with space thereafter reducing the cost incurred in real-estate purchase or rent and managing with minimal computer hardware, organizations around the globe are eagerly inclined to integrate cloud computing in their process.

The key types of consumers in this market

In this market of cloud professional services, there has emerged a few distinctions that are prevalent in today’s scenario. They are typically called traditional, pragmatic, transformational, next-gen types. So, looking at traditional archetypes, it is important to note that that this kind of consumer hasn’t yet embraced the benefits of professional cloud services to the extent it has been embraced however they are open to probability to integrate cloud services and transition from legacy solutions.

The next kind of consumer that of pragmatic archetype, wherein they are engaged with multiple service providers and in service-level or business-level agreements whereby they receive managed services and don’t concern themselves with everyday operations, management, and maintenance of the service. Then comes transformational kinds who actively formulate plans to transform their current IT infrastructure by shifting it to cloud environments. Their main objective is to bring about a change in the environment itself. Besides this sort of consumer is also looking forward to installing a more closely integrated as well as user-friendly applications, systems, and platforms.

The next kind of consumersare the ones called next-gen types who are the early adopters of cloud embraces the cloud-first approach. The objective is primarily to utilize applications to make use of applications to leverage cloud-native capabilities that are further used to develop applications in containers. Later they are provided as microservices, thereafter being managed on elastic infrastructures. The latter is done through the means of an agile DevOps process and continuous deliveryworkflows.

Certain key competitive strategies

To this end, there have been a few key developments, which have been set in motion by certain major market players in the global information and communications technology segment. They are as follows:

A broad multiyear agreement was announced between Microsoft Corp and AT&T Inc. in July 2019. The deal is to the tune of US $2 billion, whereby Microsoft has been tasked to provide solutions to the entire core telecommunications business of AT&T that is known as the AT&T Communications LLC organization. Under this deal, Microsoft’s Azure will become the latter’s preferred cloud platform for workloads that don’t concern its network infrastructure. Further, AT&T had also planned to migrate much of the AT&T Communications workforce to Microsoft 365 that will also enable AT&T to access the artificial intelligence-powered Azure Advanced Threat Protection service for preventing any cyber-attacks. The aforesaid service comes bundled with Office 365.

In February 2020, Prisma cloud – the consulting and managed security services industry’s most comprehensive cloud-native security platform that is designed to govern access, protect data and secure applications were unveiled by Trustwave for Palo Alto Networks. This development has been a step toward ensuring and maintaining the security of Palo Altos cloud footprint. Prisma Cloud will be leveraged by Trustwave to enhance threat monitoring and management of workloads across private and public clouds.

Again, during the same year in October, a leading IT strategic service provider InterVision announced the acquisition of an IT professional services and consulting firm known as Fotis Networks. Through the means of this acquisition InterVision aimed at strengthening its engineering talent and expertise which provides professional services to clients in the commercial, education, government as well as healthcare sectors to augment their capabilities with cloud services.

In 2019, IBM closed its acquisition of Red Hat an open-source, enterprise software maker for the US $34 billion to be integrated with IBM’s hybrid cloud division thereby increasing its prospects in the cloud infrastructure business. Thus, form the aforementioned strategic decisions it could comprehend that the Cloud Professional Services Market trend is on the upward rise and the need for the services has been realized more than ever.

Thereafter, in February 2020, Alphabet Inc’s cloud unit and SADA Systems Inc. have entered into a multilayered deal, were in Los Angeles -based SADA will commit to resell $500 million in Google Cloud services in the next three years. The services encompass the installation and consulting ofanalytics applications, call center and hybrid call on Google cloud. This deal with SADA is primarily aimed at acquiring more market share especially when Amazon and Microsoft have a lot of existing deals with enterprise space already.

Further, from a regional perspective tech giant like Microsoft and Google with Indian telcos Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio) have recently announce partnerships to offer cloud services to small and medium enterprises or SMEs that outlines a growing eagerness of technology firms to leverage the growing the Indian cloud services market. Airtel’s partnership with Google will enable Airtel to provide Google’s G-Suite services that include productivity as well as collaboration tools like Gmail, Google Drive Docs and Calendar in the cloud to its consumers of the SME segment of India.

These offerings will be a part of Airtel’s integrated information and communications technology (ICT) portfolio. On the other hand, India’s largest telco reliance Jio with its partnership with Microsoft’s partnership enables Reliance Jio to offer its cloud-based productivity, collaboration and business applications, including Microsoft Office 365 to Jio’s SME customers. These two deals are symbiotic in the sense that the collaborations will benefit the SMEs to accelerate their business agility and serve the evolving needs of customers through the means of the new innovative digital solutions and the cloud-cased productivity apps. Moreover, it will also enable the tech giants to acquire a significant market share of India which is projected to grow exponentially due to the swift adoption of cloud infrastructure and services.

Savory or sweet, confectionary or boulangerie, for domestic consumption or for commercial consumption, the chips & nibs, flakes & crunches, liquid, nuts, pieces and powder that we come across while we indulge in our gastronomic endeavors not only enables us to experience the flavorful magnificence achieved by a maestro but aid s us to reach the crescendo of our sensorial pleasures through enhanced textures, rich colors. Edible sparkles, candies, chocolate chips take our experience of celebration to unprecedented heights every year. Bedsides the aspects of texture, color and flavor it also plays another role of increasing the health profile of the main food product especially considering fruits and nuts. Furthermore, to retain existing consumers and woo in the new generation of consumers, food service companies and food and beverage producers are increasingly resorting to a variety of food inclusion.

Secondly, the current generations of consumers have a proclivity to shift away heavily processed food and artificially sweetened beverages and favor the ones that they perceived to be healthy and natural. Besides, the aspects of the global dietary patterns, especially in urban and peri-urban areas have significantly transitioned into veganism and what is being increasingly known as flexitarian. Apart from the aspect of convenience, identity, taste, and value, the has been an increasing consideration of the degree of the ethics that food products resonate and the benefits that one can derive from consuming the food and /or beverage concerned. This is too has led to a change that is taking place in the food inclusion sectors that is leading to growing premiumization of the same.

The response to this demand could be met simply by adding 100 % pure chocolate or by increasing the amount of plant-based inclusions. Speaking of plant-based inclusions there has been a lot of interest in what is known as the fifth taste or the fifth flavor – the umami flavor. Mushrooms have been known to impart this kind of flavor which is being increasingly added to vegetarian and vegan products for that has become increasingly recognized for its meaty- savory flavor.  It is a quite common addition to sauces, soups and meat pies. Thus, expanding preferences in food and beverage that spill over the traditional national geographical boundaries, evolving consumer demographics, changing consumption patterns, among others are poised to drive the food inclusions market growth.

The key competitive strategies in the food inclusions market

There also has been an uptick in food inclusions that contribute multisensorial experiences to the consumers.  Among them is the preference of filled inclusions that offer a variety of textures and levels of creaminess to the consumer which simultaneously are helping the bakery and confectionary segment as well as the frozen dessert segment to diversify their portfolio of products. Concomitantly the newer varieties of food inclusions are also being carefully considered to ensuring that the nutritional profile of their products does not get affected. Thus, within such expanding market players are increasingly engaging in competitive strategies enabling themselves to be at the forefront of this market. Further, the various acquisitions, expansions and new launches indicated by the instances provided below clearly indicate that the food inclusions market is going to grow during the forecast period augmenting the food and beverage global segment.

• To this instance, in 2020 February, Puratos, a manufacturer of food ingredients that is headquartered in Belgium announced the launch of a new range of food inclusions that will reportedly contribute a creamy texture and rich taste, called Smoobees. These soft beads will allow the bakers to add the aforesaid characteristics to their products without injections equipment thereby enabling the baker to adapt to the variation in consumer demand without any overhaul or any major investment in their production processes.

• Further, in 2019, Meadow Foods acquired the Welsh decorations, toppings, and inclusions firm Nimbus Foods to expand its product portfolio. The acquisition included the BRC AA grade factory that is reputed for supplying food manufacturers worldwide across categories such as bakery, confectionaries, ice creams, desserts, and cereals.

• Further in the same year during June, Denali Ingredients announced that it will be expanding its food ingredients manufacturing capabilities by opening a 98,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in New Berlin that is set to produce a new range of baked inclusions. These inclusions will comprise brownie and cheesecake pieces intended to be used in ice cream and other sweet snacks. This expansion has been reported to double the production space and enhance the organization’s production flow of its present products like bark, bits, doughs, flakes.

• Besides, a business unit of Glanbia P.L.C. Glanbia Nutritionals, Fitchburg, Wisconsin a nutritional ingredients and cheese business, introduced its crunchie milk protein crisps through which a healthy dose of protein is offered as well. These inclusions can be customized to various sizes and pave new avenues for nutrition confections, bars, trail mixes, and new snack formats. This offering has been made possible with the acquisition of Watson, Inc. a manufacturer and supplier of custom nutrient premixes, bakery ingredients, edible films, and material conditioning products, which is based out of Connecticut.

• Earlier in 2017, a global private equity firm The Riverside Co. had agreed to acquire Parker Products the maker of inclusions and other specialty ingredients primarily used in baking, dairy, confectionery, beverage, and foodservice industries. Through this acquisition, the objective of The Riverside Co. is to augment its growing portfolio of specialty food companies that included its Nustef Foods, Tate’s Bake Shop, Uinta Brewing Co. and YumEarth.

Thus, from the aforesaid, it could be discerned with certitude that food inclusions are nor more restricted to the glittery elements of your go-to product to woo in consumers from their respective shelves or web adverts. They have grown into a much functional role that led the product developers to add new kind of inclusions that ranges from seeds, nuts, fruits as well as vegetables. In this manner, the various players in the market are innovating a convenient way to add nutrition to retain the clean label of their products as well as to retain their perception among the health-savvy and value-driven consumers.

Plastic Additives are defined as the additive materials that are added in the various plastic polymers with the basic purpose of enhancing their properties and improving their performance. The types of plastic additives used also depend on the application the plastic is being used for. The plastic additives are used in a plethora of industries such as in automotive, construction, packaging, transportation, and others for a variety of purposes.

There are different types of plastics that plastics additives are used to improve their properties. The plastics include polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which is a type of thermoplastic material. In addition, plastic additives are used for enhancing the properties of other plastics such as polyethylene, polyurethanes, polyamide among other plastics.

Plastic Additives Market, By Type Segment

Plastic additives are gaining popularity quickly due to the various functions they are able to perform in order to upgrade and enhance the properties of plastic materials.  Different types of these proteins are used to enhance the properties of plastics or to provide the plastics adequate protection such as flame retardants, antioxidants, biostabilizers, antistatic agents, plasticizers, fragrances, and others. plastic additives cater to end-user industries like Chemicals and Materials and Manufacturing among others. The sub-segments under type are discussed below.

Biostabilizers

Biostabilizers are a type of biological additives that are added to the plastics of different types of plastics such as PVC, polyethylene among others in order to prevent the degradation of the plastic and to help it retain its properties and quality.

Antistatic Agents

The addition of antistatic agents to polymers in order to minimize the build-up of static electricity/charge in plastic materials is important. Due to the build-up of static charges in the surface hampers the processing procedures and can pose serious hygiene and aesthetic issue. There are both internal and external antistatic agents. With external antistatic agents, the procedure followed is coating the plastic via spraying or through the immersion method. The internal antistatic agents migrate to the surface after being mixed in the polymer. Conductive fillers are also used to solve the purpose of antistatic agents. These properties of the antistatic agents are increasing the demand for plastic additives and bolstering the plastic additives market growth.

Antioxidants

To inhibit the degradation of plastics that is caused by thermochemical r thermomechanical oxidative conditions. Antioxidants are able to elongate the product's life, coupled with enhancing the appearance and the maintenance of the properties such as strength, stiffness, and flexibility. The most commonly used antioxidants include amines, phenolics, phosphites, and thioesters.

Flame Retardants

Flame-retardants are a group of various chemicals, which are added to the plastic materials. The activation of the flame-retardants is carried out through the presence of an ignition source. Their purpose is to slow down or prevent the further development of ignition by different chemical and physical methods. They may be added as a copolymer during the process of polymerization of plastic or at a later stage as a surface finish material. The flame-retardants are of two types reactive and active, both of which are further divided into classes such as minerals, organophosphorus compounds, organic compounds, and organohalogen compounds

Plasticizers

These are referred to as the additives for plastic, which are most commonly phthalate esters in different PVC applications. Approximately 90% of the existing plasticizers are used as additives for PVC. When they are used in this plastic material, they provide the material with increased flexibility and durability. The most important uses they find are in cables and films. For the plastics such as polyvinylchloride (PVC), the more the amount of the plasticizer is added the lower the cold flex temperature is. The presence of the plasticizers in plastic materials is able to facilitate the improvement of characteristics such as increase n flexibility and durability. Moreover, plasticizers make it possible, for the chances of achieving improved compound processing characteristics, thereby improving the quality of the end-use product. The Ester plasticizer is one of the most commonly used plasticizers, as it is able to provide good performance as per its price.

Product Launches in Plastic Additives Market

The number of industries that are making the use of plastics is getting increasingly concerned about the quality of the end-use product, which is driving them to demand plastic additives in order to improve the product and enhance its overall properties. This is a factor, contributing to the increase in the plastic additives market size. Moreover, the market players are highly involved and participating in the market to improve and enhanced Plastic Additives products and to encourage the use of such products among the people. For example, recently on February 13, 20202, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., has announced that they have successfully developed two new grades of epoxy resins, which have characteristics such as enhanced viscosity, which has the ability to facilitate easier processing. They also have developed a new grade of polyethersulfone (PES), which is a type of thermoplastic material. The purpose of the PES additive is to boost the fracture toughness and resistance to micro-cracks for the carbon-fiber-reinforced epoxy composites. The launch of these products was specifically to cater to the aerospace industry, which requires stiff, lightweight and strong materials that can handle rapid changes in the temperature, can withstand exposure to chemicals and provide long service life with enhanced resistance to fatigue.

Conclusion:

Currently, plasticizers and antioxidants of plastic additives is expected to hold a significant share in this market and is anticipated to witness a  fast growth rate in the upcoming years due to the burgeoning demand from the chemical and materials as well as the manufacturing industries.  With respect to current market trends, it is anticipated that the fragrances type of additives for plastics will flourish in the upcoming years with demand being generated owing to the high amount of usage in the manufacturing and packaging industry. There is a growing need for a well-developed and good-quality product, which has good durability among other characteristics. This is one of the major factors, which will continue to play a role in driving this market. In addition, it will attract many new entrants who will bring new and better changes and enhancement in plastic additives. Thus, the market will remain competitive in the upcoming years and it is projected to show modest growth in the upcoming years. 

Data Center physical security is a type of physical or virtual infrastructure that mainly has enterprises application for accommodating different types of computers, servers, and networking systems along with components. The need for such setup stems from the increasing requirement for storing and processing high volumes of data for the convenience of the clients. An extensive backup power supply and cooling system are required datacenters. Due to the critical nature of data stored in the datacenter the maintenance of security of the data centers is of utmost importance to prevent damage caused due to various threats that can disrupt the business activities. Major security solutions, which are being deployed by enterprises for ensuring the physical security of Data Centers are through the means of video surveillance through cameras, access control systems, perimeter security among others.

The rising adoption of Data Center physical security devices is due to the growing number of data center facilities, research, and development in the technological advancements of devoices pertaining to the security of data centers. Moreover, setting up data centers by the Government and the utilization of data centers by the Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector too will fuel the growth of data center security devices. The growth of cloud computing, increasing adoption of virtual currency and Big Data analytics too has also led to the demand for Data Center physical security market.

Today’s ICT industry nictitates a healthy functioning data center.  Thus, its functioning encompasses data center storage solutions that generate gargantuan bytes of data each minute that needs data center storage solutions. Further, to reduce infrastructural burdens, many data centers and managed service providers (MSPs) have transitioned to a software-defined data center (SDDC) service model that puts the virtualization technologies to abstract processing hardware into software from. Plus, hybrid cloud deployment, edge computing, and artificial intelligence have altogether made the data center far more complex than the clichéd image of a room packed with servers. Thus, this complexity has given rise to an array of technologies and practices that are increasingly being used to protect a facility's physical infrastructure and network systems from external and internal threats. The simpler explanation of data center security is preventing unauthorized access. The data center security systems implementation is two-pronged. One aspect includes systems to be integrated like locked access points, surveillance systems, as well as security personnel and controls like access lists, policies and rules, and regulations that are put in place for effective management of the systems with which the data centers are managed. Here a few of the widely used systems that are installed in data centers will be visited and briefly familiarized with.

A Few Solutions Pertaining to Data Center Physical Security 

Video Surveillance

Among the various types of physical security technologies that have been known so far video surveillance is still the most widely known and implemented means of data center security. A full pan, tilt, and zoom enabled Closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) is capable of constantly monitoring the exterior access points, interior doors as well as data floor itself. The footage recorded by the cameras is digitally backed up and archived offsite to prevent any unauthorized tampering of the footage.  To this end, in February 2020, the renowned innovators in integrated video and access control cloud services, Arcules, announced that Arcules-XProtect Hybrid VMS Solution will be commercially made available in North America and Europe. The solution encompasses Arcules Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS), and Milestone XProtect Corporate on-premise video management software (VMS) integrated with each other. Thus, transforming it into a hybrid solution that is a feature-rich flexible solution that is best suited for organizations that intend to centralized their dispersed video surveillance operations. The availability of this product outside the North American and European markets is subjected to possibilities of the market conditioned by data center availability.

Monitoring Solutions

Network performance and security are essential in today’s business world just like the importance of a sound economic policy that keeps the country running, because of the simple fact that business is increasingly relying on IT infrastructure in order have that comparative edge in the market to deliver memorable consumer experience simultaneously ensuring repeat customers. Digital security measures like the basic firewall to measures like Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) are implemented by many data center administrators. In view of the above FortiGate 1800F Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) was launched by Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions. The firewalls are powered by NP7 the orientation seventh-generation network processor that enables the user to achieve unparalleled detection, enforcement capabilities, performance, and scale. This introduction is also in response to the extraordinary demands of data center security concomitantly enabling a Security-Driven Networking approach. Further, the development of hyper-scale architecture with enterprise-level data centers is emerging as a necessity due to the unprecedented scale, availability and application delivery requirement. Fortinet’s NP7 network processor is capable of enabling organizations the ability to develop and segment services, manage internal and external risks simultaneously preserve user experience. This addition to the Data Center physical security market has set a new yardstick for data center physical security devices.

The Sum of all Tiers

The large business and enterprise opt for data centers with Tier III or higher ranking to install their servers because of these data centers unlike the Tier I and II data centers, offer top quality redundancy i.e. in case of any unforeseen outages it will be still a business-as-usual day for them. Additionally, in recent years there have been drastic changes in the manner in which enterprise data centers are designed and implemented. Driven by the ever-growing business transaction, adoption of cloud computing and virtualization technologies, businesses around the world now can enable themselves with infrastructure scale and elasticity, among others that would ensure minimization of cost and faster deployment of services, which in turn will make the ICT industry even more competitive. Thus, with such conveniences comes to their own sets of threats that have necessitated the securing the data centers even more in the face of much-publicized fatal breaches and cyberattacks. To this end systems and solutions brought about by Data Center, the physical security sector is increasingly being adopted.