What are the advantages with Raman for remote industrial process monitoring?

Advantages for Raman process analyzers:

Little or no sample preparation or sample extraction.
No interference from water or CO₂ vapor - Aqueous solutions are easily analyzed (compared to FTIR).
Inexpensive glass or quartz sample holders are ideal and no consumables are required (compared to GC, MS, ICP).
Contact/ Non-contact sampling probes.
Chemical and molecular information rich- high specificity compared with NIR.
The standard spectral range covers from 150 cm^-1 to 3200 cm^-1 ideal for both organic and inorganic species.
Multiplexing advantage - multiple probes from a single base unit.
Suitability for harsh environments, such as high pressure and temperature.
Optical fibre coupling (up to 100's of meters in length) can be used for remote probes and micro-sampling.