IT Trends To Watch in 2014 by Horizonwatching

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January 2014

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Table of Contents

1. The New Computing Platform Is Taking Shape

2. Top IT Trends to Watch in 2014

3. Resources For Further Reading & Understanding





Table of Contents


2. Top IT Trends to Watch in 2014






Recommended reading: The World Economic Forum’s “The Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014”


Top Global Trends

1. Tension in Mideast & North Africa

2. Widening Income Gap

3. Structural Unemployment

4. Cyber Threats

5. Inaction on Climate Change

6. Diminished Confidence in Economic Policies

7. Lack of Values Leadership

8. Asia’s Expanding Middle Class

9. Growing Importance of Megacities

10.Rapid Spread of Misinformation Online

World Economic Forum: “The

Outlook on the Global agenda 2014”

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAB&url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GAC_GlobalAgendaOutlook_2014.pdf&ei=Ju_TUoTuB8upsATJn4H4Cw&usg=AFQjCNFZ-NgvEcCJU1olTdGeXy1EYalQjQ&sig2=Uy86tp2pGlf4TGhYcRp4K

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Carlota Perez: Five Historical Waves of Economic and Social Transformation





The 3rd generation of computing platform, the 3rd phase of the Internet, and the explosion of Big Data are colliding to form a perfect storm of disruption and transformation


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Amount of Data

Collected and

Stored

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Internet

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Source: Bill Chamberlin




IDC calls this shift “The Third Platform” and Gartner calls it “The Nexus of Forces”


IDC: 2014 Predictions by Frank Gens

Gartner: 2013 Gartner

Symposium / Itxpo Keynote

Also see Gartner: The Nexus of Forces: Social, Mobile, Cloud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMQXV5Mukto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JX84qEj-Q





http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/nexus-of-forces/





To fully leverage this new computing platform, enterprises will require secure systems, advanced analytics, and the Internet of Things



“Identifying patterns, anticipating outcomes and proactively optimizing a response will be the

basis for competition in the future. In the next 10 years, the companies that don't have analytics

deeply embedded in their business model will most likely cease to exist.” – Gartner (link)

Requirement:

Enterprise

Security

Business

Analytics

Internet of

Things

http://www.gartner.com/id=2283716




When fully leveraged, this new platform will help enable a new era of computing, called the Cognitive Computing Era


Enterprise

Security

“On a Smarter Planet, those with the best analytics win” – IBM (link)

The Cognitive Computing Era: Realizing IBM’s Vision of a Smarter Planet

• Instrumented – Sensors, Embedded Devices, Generating Big Data

• Interconnected – M2M Communications, Node-Node, Internet 3.0

• Intelligent – Local/Edge Processing, Distributed Analytics, Cognitive Systems


Business

Analytics

Internet of

Things

Cognitive

Systems

http://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/




Table of Contents


2. Top IT Trends to Watch in 2014 1. Enterprise IT Security

2. Cloud Computing

3. Mobile Computing

4. Internet of Things

5. Big Data

6. Analytics

7. Cognitive Computing

8. Social Business

9. Digital Marketing

10. Software



Some of the trends on this list are more

mature in their adoption and

development than others. However,

these are the key trends that CIOs and

IT leaders will be wanting information

on during 2014….and that’s why they

are on the list.




Enterprise IT Security Developments to Watch in 2014

1. “Target”ed Attacks.

2. CISO Role.

3. More Complexity

4. Encryption

5. Biometrics


7. Security Automation

8. Smarter Malware.

9. Mobile Threats

10. BYOWearables

11. Device & Location Important

12. BYOS


Study: IBM Cyber Security

Intelligence Index

Gartner Webinar: Top Security

Trends and Takeaways for 2014

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=gts-LITS-bus-conn-NA&S_PKG=ov12561&S_TACT=601CC26W

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=gts-LITS-bus-conn-NA&S_PKG=ov12561&S_TACT=601CC26W

http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=202&mode=2&PageID=5553&ref=webinar-rss&resId=2645019&srcId=1-3074228965

http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=202&mode=2&PageID=5553&ref=webinar-rss&resId=2645019&srcId=1-3074228965




Cloud Computing Developments to Watch in 2014

1. It’s Not Just About Cutting Costs

2. Cloud as a Distribution Channel

3. Rise of Cloud API Marketplaces

4. Cloud Security

5. Private – Cloudy Forecast

6. Hybrids – Sunny Forecast

7. Mobile Clouds – Sunny Forecast

8. Cloud Brokerage Services

9. Public Cloud Price Wars

10. AWS Innovation Continues

11. Cloud Skills are in Demand


Study: IBM Study Reveals Businesses Using

Cloud Computing for Competitive Advantage

CIO.Com 2014 Forecast for Cloud Computing

“Gartner predicts continued strong growth across all public

cloud services market segments, with a CAGR of 17.4%

from 2011 through 2017. End-user spending on public

cloud services is expected to grow 18% in 2013 to $132 B

and almost $250 B by 2017, including cloud advertising.” -

Gartner (link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qoRSBTuC_k

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/centerforappliedinsights/article/globalcloud.html

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/centerforappliedinsights/article/globalcloud.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qoRSBTuC_k

http://www.cio.com/article/745155/2014_Forecast_for_Cloud_Computing

http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=2642020




Mobile Computing Developments to Watch in 2014

1. Mobile Apps Disrupt Enterprise SW

2. New Architecture Required

3. Growth in BYO

4. BYO Management

5. Mobile Collaboration

6. Mobile SEO Marketing

7. Personal Intelligent Assistants

8. Mobile Wallets

9. Increased Need for Speed

10. Analytics Drives New Requirements

11. Mobile Security


“Mobile technologies are expected to

remain one of the top three CIO priorities

through 2016, and will continue to be a

disruptive phenomenon. IT leaders must

identify the key mobile technologies that

will have the broadest impact and new

ways to exploit mobile potential.” –

Gartner (link)

Video: The upwardly mobile enterprise:

setting the strategic agenda - IBM

“The explosion of mobile applications and the

tremendous rate of smartphone adoption is

revolutionizing the mobile industry. The multifaceted

mobile ecosystem continues to evolve -- reshaping

and redefining the roles and relationships of a wide

range of industry stakeholders.” – IDC (link)

http://www.gartner.com/technology/webinars/mobile.jsp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y86KDl5cOCI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y86KDl5cOCI

http://www.idc.com/prodserv/FourPillars/mobility/index.jsp




Internet of Things Developments to Watch in 2014

1. From Hype to Reality

2. Wireless Sensors and Devices

3. Machine to Machine (M2M)

4. IOT Apps

5. Industry Partnerships

6. Big Data to get Bigger

7. Clouds Required

8. IoT Analytics

9. New Business Processes Required

10. CIOs Need to Prepare

11. Education Needed

12. Product Design

13. Wearables

14. Security & Privacy

15. IPv6 Required


“Sized applications of the Internet of Things could

have direct economic impact of $2.7 trillion to $6.2

trillion per year in 2025.” – McKinsey (link)

Bloomberg Article: Cisco CEO Pegs

Internet of Things as $19 Trillion Market

“By 2020, Internet of Things Will Create $1.9 Trillion

of Economic Value Add. In 2020, Over 30 B

Connected Devices Will Be In Use.” – Gartner (link)

“There will be 212 billion devices or things

connected to networks by 2020” - IDC (link)

“Internet-of-Things (IoT) provides the foundational

infrastructure for a smarter planet, and offers

significant growth opportunities in IT, infrastructures

and services” – IBM (link)

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/disruptive_technologies

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/cisco-ceo-pegs-internet-of-things-as-19-trillion-market.html



http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2621015

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=CT04V

http://www.gse.org/Portals/2/docs/Belgium/Region Conference 2012/C08_The_Internet_of_Things_DataClouds.pdf




Big Data Developments to Watch in 2014

1. The Hype is Over

2. Big Data Grows Bigger

3. Big Data Apps

4. Hadoop Matures

5. Security/Privacy

6. Designing for Cognitive Computing

7. Big Data in Marketing

8. Chief Data Officer

9. Data Scientists

10. Data Quality


“The Big Data technology and services market will grow at a 27% compound annual

growth rate (CAGR) to $32.4 B through 2017 - or at about six times the growth rate of the

overall information and communication technology (ICT) market.“ – IDC (link)

Gartner Webinar: Information

20120: Beyond Big Data

IBM eBook: Understanding

Big Data

IDC Web Conference: Big Data Predictions 2014

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=233485

http://my.gartner.com/webinardetail/resId=2512815&srcId=1-2973089105&pcp=wb_tpc_bgdt



https://www.ibm.com/services/forms/signup.do?source=sw-infomgt&S_PKG=500016891

https://www.ibm.com/services/forms/signup.do?source=sw-infomgt&S_PKG=500016891

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P29853

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P29853




Analytics Developments to Watch in 2014

1. LOB Demands Self-Service Tools

2. Mobile Analytic Tools

3. Customer Insights

4. Predictive Analytics

5. Social Media Analytics

6. Data Visualization

7. Location Intelligence

8. Distributed “Edge” Analytics

9. R Goes Mainstream

10. Hadoop Ecosystem Matures

11. Analytic Skills


“The business analytics technology and services

market is expected to experience a CAGR of

10.8% through 2017” – IDC (link)

Gartner Press Release: Business

Intelligence and Analytics Predictions

IBM Study: Analytics: A Blueprint for Value

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=245099



http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/thoughtleadership/ninelevers/




Cognitive Computing Developments to Watch in 2014


“Aggressive early-adopter companies can realize competitive advantage by employing smart

machines, such as cognitive systems, autonomous vehicles and mobile robots.” - Gartner(link)

Video: Bending the Knowledge Curve

with IBM Watson 1. Computers That Learn.

2. Computers That Think

3. Computers That Interact with Humans

4. Much More Research Needed

6. Pilots / Case Studies

7. This Is Not “Skynet

8. Cognitive API’s

9. IBM’s Watson Group

10. BYOCA (Bring Your Own Cognitive App)

11. Siri and Google Now

12. Microsoft’s Cortana Anticipated

13. Potential for Workplace Disruption High

14. Industries Will Be Transformed

15. Leadership Required

Book: Smart

Machines: IBM's

Watson and the

Era of Cognitive

Computing

Press Release: IBM Forms

New Watson Group to Meet

Growing Demand for

Cognitive Innovations

“The smart machine era will be the most disruptive in the history of IT.” – Gartner (link)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-K_KmUSbQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-K_KmUSbQ

http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Machines-Cognitive-Computing-Publishing/dp/023116856X





http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/42867.wss








Social Business Developments to Watch in 2014

1. It’s Not Just About Marketing

2. It Transforms Business Processes

3. CEOs (& Senior Execs) Step Up To The Plate

4. HR Embraces Social Internally

5. Social Becomes More Visual

6. Relationship Marketing

7. Community Marketing

8. Social Analytics

9. Employee Advocacy Programs

10. Developers Required


IBM Video:

Social Business:

Transforming

the Way We

Work

“Over the next 12 months, the most sought-after business initiative companies will look to

social software to provide will be online communities, with 35% of respondents looking to

this capability” – IDC (link)

IDC: 2013

Social

Business

Survey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M_USDJ5HXU




http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24248713








Digital Marketing Developments to Watch in 2014

1. Digital Experience

2. Predictive Analytics

3. Influencer Marketing

4. Advocacy Marketing

5. Employees as Advocates

6. Thought Leadership Content

7. Content Marketing

8. Mobile Marketing

9. Location-based Marketing

10. SEO Marketing

11. 1-1 Personalization

12. Digital Skill Shortages


“IDC predicts that by 2020, marketing organizations will be radically reshaped into three

organizational "systems" - content, channels, and consumption (data). The core fabric of

marketing execution will be ripped up and rewoven by data and marketing technology.” - IDC (link)

IDC: 2014 Predictions for Chief Marketing Officers

Forbes: 2014 Digital Trends and Predictions




http://www.forbes.com/sites/ekaterinawalter/2013/12/17/2014-digital-trends-and-predictions-from-marketing-thought-leaders/




Software Developments to Watch in 2014

1. Innovate for the “Third Platform”

2. Use of APIs Accelerates

3. Designing For Hybrids

4. IoT & Embedded Systems

5. Integrating Front and Back Office

6. Secure The Enterprise!

7. Software Defined “Everything”

8. Application Containers

9. DevOps Adoption Accelerates

10. Open Trend Continues

11. Crowd Sourcing/Funding

12. Hack Days

13. Hadoop

14. HTML5 Growth

15. Secure Enterprise Mobile Apps

16. Application Performance Management:

17. Consumerization

18. Skills in Demand


Huffington Blog Post: Software Developers Will Be the

Future Masons of the Smart City

Computer Weekly: The future of application

development (by David Mitchell Smith, Gartner)

Forbes: Roundup of Cloud Computing

and Enterprise Software Predictions for

2014

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/himanshu-sareen/software-developers-will-_b_4155780.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/himanshu-sareen/software-developers-will-_b_4155780.html

http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-future-of-application-development

http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-future-of-application-development

http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2013/12/23/roundup-of-cloud-computing-and-enterprise-software-predictions-for-2014/






Table of Contents


2. Top IT Trends to Watch in 2014 1. Security

2. Cloud Computing

3. Mobile Computing


5. Big Data

6. Analytics

7. Cognitive Computing

8. Social Business

9. Digital Marketing

10. Software Development

3. Resources For Further Reading & Understanding 1. List of Trend and Prediction Articles

2. HorizonWatching Trend Reports

3. About HorizonWatching





Information Technology 2014 Trend and Prediction Articles, Reports, Blog Posts, and Press Releases


Retrieved From Source Article Title ACCA Digital Darwinism: thriving in the face of technology change (Full PDF)

ACCA Digital Darwinism: thriving in the face of technology change (Summary PDF)

Alliant Technology Group Top Three IT Trends for 2014

Amdocs 2014: The Ride of Your Life

Appirio The Coming Disruption: 2014 Technology Predictions

Aspect.com Top B2B Tech Trends for 2014

Automic Realtime Data And Execution Will Drive Enterprise Strategy In 2014

Avnet Tech Trends: Top IT Trends of 2014 (video)

Avnetinc Top IT Trends of 2014 (video)

B2BMarketing The Top Technology Trends and Predictions for 2014

Baseline Six Top Tech Trends to Watch in 2014

BetaNews Ten technology predictions for 2014

BGR Google chairman Eric Schmidt shares his predictions for 2014 (Video)

Business Insider THE US 20: Twenty Huge Trends That Will Dominate America's Future

Business News Daily 10 Tech Trends for 2014: What Awaits Small Businesses

BusinessWire Customers, Not Technology, Top Forrester’s Asia Pacific Technology Predictions in 2014

CFO World Top 10 trends that will impact IT organisations in 2014

Chicago Tribune The Top 7 Technology Trends That Will Dominate 2014

In the detail version of this report, a list of over 130 articles are provided that discuss the author’s view of 2014 trends and predictions

within the Information Technology Industry. A summary of the full list of 130 articles are provided below in this summary version. The

titles have been hotlinked, allowing you to quickly go to the article that is listed.

http://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/acca/global/PDF-technical/futures/pol-afa-tt2.pdf

http://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/acca/global/PDF-technical/other-PDFs/Five-mins-on-Digital-Darwinism.pdf

http://www.allianttechnology.com/top-three-it-trends-for-2013/

http://blogs.amdocs.com/insightfuel/2013/12/17/m2m-network-cloud-big-data

http://appirio.com/category/business-blog/it/2013/11/coming-disruption-2014-technology-predictions-gartners-daryl-plummer/

http://blogs.aspect.com/2013/11/12/top-b2b-tech-trends-for-2014/

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/16/6004632/realtime-data-and-execution-will.html



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRxEoIai9_w&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRxEoIai9_w

http://www.b2bmarketing.net/blog/posts/2013/12/18/top-technology-trends-and-predictions-2014

http://www.baselinemag.com/innovation/six-top-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2014.html/

http://betanews.com/2014/01/09/ten-technology-predictions-for-2014/

http://bgr.com/2013/12/30/2014-tech-predictions-eric-schmidt-google/

http://www.businessinsider.com/business-insider-us-20-2013-2013-11?op=1

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5698-tech-trends-2014.html

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131119006511/en/Customers-Technology-Top-Forrester%E2%80%99s-Asia-Pacific-Technology

http://www.cfoworld.com/print/77153




http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-nsc-the-top-7-technology-trends-that-will-dominate-20131031,0,548619.story




Detailed HorizonWatching Trend Reports for each of the 10 Trends highlighted in this report will be available for download


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Contents of the Detailed Trend Reports

1. Trends to Watch (Important developments to watch in 2014)

2. Trend Information (Market Opportunty, Growth Drivers, Adoption Challenges, Implications)

3. Quotes: What Analysts and the Media is saying about the trend

4. Lists of Websites and Resources

• Analysts

• Media

• Selected IT vendor and consultant websites and resources

• Top Trend and Prediction Articles

• Social Media Sites & Searches

• Selected Online Influencers

• Selected white papers and other websites

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