The 48 firms ranked on the fastest-growing list generated U.S. revenue of $7.7 billion and an average growth rate of 36.4 percent over the five-year period.

“We are pleased to see CMI recognized as a pacesetter in our industry. Our growth in the last five years can be attributed to the expansion of our work with existing clients and the acquisition of new clients primarily in the insurance, pharmaceutical and financial services industries,” said Chet Zalesky, president of CMI. “This ranking validates CMI’s commitment to delivering relevant research that drives results for our clients.”

About CMI Research:

CMI is a full-service marketing research company that helps clients understand target customers in the context of their world – the choices they make and why – to prioritize resources and generate growth. Since 1989, CMI has delivered unique solutions to uncover opportunities, optimize marketing strategies, and improve performance for clients in consumer and B2B markets. CMI’s experienced team of market research consultants leverages a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods and technologies to translate research into insights and insights into actions.

CMI serves primarily Fortune 1000 clients. The company is ranked on the Honomichl Top 50 list of the country’s largest marketing research organizations, as well as the Inside Research top 10 fastest growing marketing research firms in the U.S. For more information about CMI, visit www.cmiresearch.com .

“CMI has maintained a healthy growth trajectory through a very challenging recession while many companies have struggled. In particular, we’ve seen gains in the pharmaceutical and financial services industries,” said Chet Zalesky, president of CMI. “I attribute our success to the fact that we fulfill our promise to deliver relevant research that drives results. CMI’s consultative approach is designed to leverage the diverse expertise and experience of our staff to exceed our clients’ expectations.”

Research industry veterans Jack Honomichl and Laurence N. Gold, publishers of Inside Research, produce the annual industry report and rankings every June. This year’s Honomichl Report includes extensive charts describing industry trends and analysis from industry leaders, based on input from 203 research firms. The Honomichl Top 50 and State of the Industry report appears annually in the June issue of Marketing News, a publication of the American Marketing Association.

About CMI Research:

CMI is a full-service marketing research company that helps clients understand target customers in the context of their world – the choices they make and why – to prioritize resources and generate growth. Since 1989, CMI has delivered unique solutions to uncover opportunities, optimize marketing strategies, and improve performance for clients in consumer and B2B markets. CMI’s experienced team of market research consultants leverages a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods and technologies to translate research into insights and insights into actions.

CMI serves primarily Fortune 1000 clients and is currently ranked on the Honomichl Top 50 list of the country’s largest marketing research organizations. For more information about CMI, visit www.cmiresearch.com .

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.

According to Insight Research’s market analysis study, “Carriers and Ethernet Services: Public Ethernet in Metro & Wide Area Networks, 2010-2015,” the economic recession that emerged in late 2008 has not dampened US enterprises appetite for Ethernet service. Insight is projecting the surge in demand will peak by 2011 as the economy improves Ethernet revenue growth rates hit 29 percent on a compounded annual basis. Ethernet services are marketed under various names: transparent or native LAN, Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, GigE, metro Ethernet, Ethernet private line, Ethernet virtual private line, Layer 2 virtual private network, Ethernet access, and virtual private LAN service.

“The momentum behind retail sales of Ethernet services to the enterprise is being driven by the customer’s steadily increasing demand for data bandwidth and Ethernet’s real cost advantages in terms of providing flexible bandwidth and scalability that is superior to many competitive services,” says Robert Rosenberg, president of Insight Research. “The driving force behind wholesale Ethernet sales is improved interoperability among carriers, greater confidence in emerging and recently adopted standards, as well as shifts by more carriers to a more wholesale-friendly posture,” Rosenberg concluded.

“Carriers and Ethernet Services: Public Ethernet in Metro & Wide Area Networks, 2010-2015″ examines carrier Ethernet market spending and usage patterns by topology (E-line, E-LAN, and access), regional domain (metro, wide-area, and access), retail/wholesale, and various bandwidth levels.

An excerpt of this carrier Ethernet services market research report, table of contents, and ordering information is available online at www.insight-corp.com/reports/ethernet10.asp. This 154-page report is available immediately for $4,695 in an electronic format (PDF) and can be ordered online.

“JD’s 25 years of experience in the financial services, regulated utilities, consumer packaged goods, restaurant, and transportation industries is a tremendous asset to CMI and our clients,” said Ellen Mowbray, senior vice president, business strategy for CMI. “JD brings an extremely valuable perspective to client service because he has extensive experience on both the client and agency sides of market research.”

Woods’ experience as a corporate researcher for Anheuser-Busch and Brown & Williamson Tobacco makes him adept at developing approaches and presenting insights in ways that can be immediately relevant and effective for clients.

“I look forward to contributing to the diverse experience and expertise represented by the CMI team. They really understand how to deliver valuable research that drives strategic decisions and yields positive bottom line results for clients,” said Woods.

Prior to joining CMI, Woods served as the director of sales and senior research consultant for Infosurv, Inc. And he was an account director at TNS and Walker Information, where he managed large client relationships. He also served as the southeast region practice manager for Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consultancy. Woods holds an MBA from Indiana University and bachelor’s degrees in psychology and business from Hanover College.

About CMI:

CMI is a full-service marketing research company that creates competitive advantages for clients by turning research data into strategic insights and recommendations that drive business results. Since 1989, CMI has delivered unique solutions to uncover opportunities, optimize marketing strategies, and improve performance for clients in consumer and B2B markets. CMI’s experienced team of market research consultants leverages a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods and technologies to help clients align products, services and strategies with customer needs.

CMI serves primarily Fortune 1000 clients and is currently ranked on the Honomichl Top 50 list of the country’s largest marketing research organizations. For more information about CMI, visit www.cmiresearch.com .

“Telecommunications and Capital Investments 2010-2015: Looking Beyond the Financial Crisis” notes that CAPEX spending among fixed-line operators will continue to decline, but mobile operators in developing countries will continue increasing their capital outlays to meet the pent up demand for service. On the other hand, when mobile operator CAPEX spending in the developed countries does rebound, it will be sluggish.

“It was no surprise when our analysis showed that operator CAPEX in the US and the 27-member EU states dropped sharply in 2009, but somewhat less obvious is that while spending in these regions will subsequently recover, they will not recover to 2008 levels over our forecast period,” says Insight’s president Robert Rosenberg.

“The recovery of operator post-2009 CAPEX spending cannot mask the secular trend of declining investments in developed countries. This is the result of principally three factors: completion of broadband rollout programs; mobile sector saturation and technology uncertainty; and operator margin pressure due to competition and the absence of a compelling service value proposition,” Rosenberg concluded.

Capital spending forecasts are provided for the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan, China, and India. On a per country basis, CAPEX spending is provided for fixed lines, mobile, broadband, and video/IPTV services. Forecasts are also provided for CAPEX allocation by equipment types including Carrier Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, SONET/SDHD, WDM, optical equipment, CO Switching, and long haul network gear.

An excerpt, table of contents, and ordering information for this market research report is available online at www.insight-corp.com/reports/invest10.asp .

This 145-page report is available immediately for $3,995(hard copy). Electronic (PDF) reports can also be ordered online. Visit our Web site, or call 973-541-9600 for details.

The report shows that the number of students involved in internships is expected to increase by 4 percent this year, a sign that employers nationwide are turning to experiential education to save money on labor costs. The report also shows that the number of paid opportunities is set to drop by 8 percent in addition to a wage decline of 4 percent, bringing the national average intern wage to $12.38 an hour. However, unpaid and low-paid experiences do not typically translate into results for employers.

The report details that offering as little as one dollar extra per hour could have a direct impact on the student’s future career path and acceptance of a job offer. For example, students who were paid an average of $13.80 strongly agreed they would consider working for their internship employer full-time, where students who earned $11.39 strongly disagreed.

“This is impressive data. We are finally able to directly connect internship program success with the amount of money paid to students,” says Intern Bridge Founder, Richard Bottner. “Unpaid internships have been the status quo for too long, especially when in many cases it actually works against the employers. It’s a practice that needs additional attention. Employers simply do not realize the negative impact unpaid internships have on their business, the economy, and students.”

The report also details that 77 percent of students need to work second jobs when working an unpaid internship experience, with only 35 percent of the total student population able to receive any sort of financial support from their parents. This leaves less time available for interns to focus on working for their employers, or requires students to miss out on important academic activities.

“Part of the problem is that some companies believe that students seek internships to get rich. The data does not support that,” Bottner adds. In fact, the top 8 reasons student pursue internships have to do with building their network and learning about an industry – nothing to do with money. Further, 7 out of 10 students would accept less pay in exchange for greater work experience.

More information about the “2010 Internship Salary Report” can be found online at: www.internbridge.com/workshops/interncomp.htm .

About Intern Bridge:
Intern Bridge was founded by Richard Bottner in 2005 while he was a student at Babson College. Intern Bridge is now the nation’s leading college recruiting consulting firm which serves to assist employers in building meaningful and effective internship programs. Bottner recently published “Total Internship Management: The Employer’s Guide To Building The Ultimate Internship Program.”

More information: www.internbridge.com .

Insight’s newly released market analysis report, “Telecom Services in Vertical Markets, 2009-2014″ reveals that wireless service revenues are expected to grow at a compounded rate of nearly 18.4 percent annually from 2009 to 2014, while growth in wired services remains essentially flat. The biggest spenders on cellular services will come from four market segments: construction; financial, insurance, and real estate; professional business services; and transportation.

The study analyzes 14 vertical industries categorized by the NAICS, and focuses on corporate spending for wireline and wireless telecommunications services in each of the 14 industries.

“The year 2009 was all about cut backs and retrenchment in every industry sector we examined,” says Robert Rosenberg, President of Insight.

“However, it is continued demand for wireless services that will keep the telecom industry in the black over the next five years-and that demand is going to be uneven across the various business sectors,” Rosenberg concludes.

An excerpt of this market research report, table of contents, and ordering information are available online: www.insight-corp.com/reports/vert09.asp .

This 115-page report is available immediately for $3,995 (hard copy). Electronic (PDF) reports can be ordered online.

From mobile Internet to radio that you can listen to anytime, anywhere and with audiobooks available for download at the touch of a button on revolutionary mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPod Touch and now the newest Apple product, the iPad, the prospects for working voice actors has never been so bright.

Audiobook Highlights:
* Audiobook CD sales represent 72 percent of the audio market.
* Audiobook downloads grew to 21 percent of the market.
* Cassette sales stayed the same since 2007, accounting for 3 percent of sales in 2008.

Mobile Gaming Highlights:
* The number of offerings on the App Store hit 150,000 recently and includes popular games like Texas Hold’em and Crash Bandicoot, business tools like Bloomberg News and Salesforce Mobile, and social networking programs like Facebook and Twitter.
* Games spend an average of 21 minutes of game play and 65 page views per iPhone player session, compared to 11 minutes and 15 page views for sessions on other phones.

Podcasting Highlights:
* 150,000 podcasts currently available in the Apple iTunes Store.
* 7.1 million people listened to podcasts in 2009, less than 4 percent of US Internet users.
* Another 50 million people accessed podcasts and Internet radio on average each month.

To access the 32-page 2010 Report on the Voice Over Industry, simply call 1-888-359-3472 to receive the download link via email.

About Voices:

Voices.com was established in 2004 and is now the technology and industry leading website that connects businesses with professional voice talents. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies rely upon the Voices.com marketplace to search for, audition and hire voice talents with the assistance of our innovative SurePay(TM) escrow service and our Web application.

The winner of several awards, including the 1to1 Impact Award for Full-Suite CRM, CRM Elite Award, and the DigiFest New Voices Award, Voices.com has raised its profile significantly this year ranking on the PROFIT Hot 50 recognizing 534 percent growth over the past two years and just this summer was featured on Backbone Magazine’s and KPMG’s annual Pick 20 Listing as an “innovative company.” Clients include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader’s Digest, Comcast, the US Army, the US Government and thousands more.

More information: www.voices.com .

According to Insight’s report, “Private Line and Wavelength Services, 2009-2014,” the transition from frame relay/ATM networking to IP networks will put a drag on private line revenue growth for several years. Revenue from frame relay/ATM legacy services have been counted as private lines since they provide dedicated transport between locations. Enterprise customers are migrating away from legacy services to IP networks because, bit for bit, IP is priced lower. Private line revenue is thus taking a hit.

“The transition away from frame and ATM will put a break on overall private line industry revenue growth for a couple of years,” says Insight president Robert Rosenberg.

“However, private line demand remains strong for wireless backhaul, local bandwidth for caching IPTV video services, and for facilitating VoIP. These are the growth areas for private line, and will be in the years ahead. The transition away from frame and ATM is a temporary blip, and we expect to see overall growth return to the private line sector by 2013,” Rosenberg concluded.

“Private Line and Wavelength Services 2009-2014″ evaluates the total private line market and segments it by local and long distance private line service revenue, wholesale and retail private line revenue, revenue by type of carrier, revenue by T1, T3 or OC-n circuit class, as well as the number of T1, T3, and OC-n private lines sold. Estimates of wavelength revenues are also provided.

A free report excerpt, table of contents, and ordering information is available online at www.insight-corp.com/reports/pl09.asp .

The full, 162-page report is available immediately for $3995 (hard copy). Adobe Acrobat (PDF) report licenses are also offered. Visit our Website or call (973) 541-9600 for details.