Frost & Sullivan to Present Siemens Infrastructure and Cities Sector with the Unique 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award for Leveraging on "City as a Customer"

Frost & Sullivan to Present Siemens Infrastructure and Cities Sector with the Unique 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award for Leveraging on "City as a Customer" PR Newswire LONDON, Sept. 20, 2012 - Siemens is among the first to take cognizance of the tremendous opportunities cities offer as customers LONDON, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan is proud to present the 2012 Global Award for Company of the Year in the "City as a Customer" market to Siemens Infrastructure and Cities Sector. This prestigious award recognizes a company's best practices in identifying global Mega Trends and their implications, and subsequently pioneering products and services to take a competitive lead in servicing this new client base and its unmet needs. The Visionary Innovation Research group of Frost & Sullivan conducts cutting- edge visionary research by tracking the most important global Mega Trends, potential scenarios of specific trends in 2020 and beyond, and the macro to micro implications of these trends. The Visionary Innovation Research teams have conducted extensive work on urbanization, smart as well as sustainable cities, and have identified "City as a Customer" as a New Mega Trend that will force companies to re-organize their organization structure and strategy and create new white space market opportunities.