Top 10 Tech Trends of

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Windows 8 will continue to in popularity. Microsoft will release Windows “next” codebase early: late 2014 or 2015 instead of 2016, as planned.

DECLINE

1

Windows 8 was released this year with a heard round the

world. Even though the 8.1 release brought back the sorely-missed

Start Button, the latest Microsoft OS seems to be going the way of

Vista. Microsoft will have to kick up the production on the next version

to restore their place in the market.

“meh”

Fewer companies will manufacture tablets as profit margins plunge. Despite their growing popularity, they will replace computers.

2

NOT

Computerworld reported that even though

Kindle Fire, Apple iPad, and Microsoft

Surface are being marketed for productivity

on-the-go, a survey of tablet owners

revealed that less than 10% of users had

intentions of using tablet computers

instead of laptops. It might take another

generation to make old habits die hard.

TV+ Internet = one in the same: Tighter integration of internet and TV will lead to the demise of cable and satellite subscriptions, similar to what happened to newspapers.

3

More people every month are ; replacing high-priced TV services with connected devices that open up a buffet of a la carte media options.

“cutting the cable”

Smartphones and other mobile devices will become more attached (wired or wireless) to other hardware, such as cars, refrigerators, homes, security cameras, gaming consoles, toys, etc

4

You can already start your car, or run your home appliances from your smartphone. There seems to be no limit to what we are interested in connecting to our phone. Next up, your phone will drive the car, make dinner, AND plan your birthday party.

HTML 5 will continue to grow in popularity, and more functionality will be added.

5

In mid-December, W3C announced that the HTML5 definition is complete and will likely be a standard by the middle of the year.

Flash will DIE.

6

Apple fans have been calling for the of Flash for years, predicting its end since, what, 2008? They may finally get their wish in 2014. The prevalence of mobile (especially iPhones) assures the final days of Flash are upon us.

DEATH

Social Mining: Will continue to expand; privacy and compliance

practices will dominate.

7

This year’s buzz will make way for the next big thing in information collection and management- mining data in the cloud of social media. With all that rich user data we are making available for the taking, social sites will need to take more responsibility for protecting their users while remaining profitable.

“big data”

Web development will go from a traditional server with serverside language connections to a web service that can more easily be ported to multiple configurations (hosted/cloud) and uses (app/website).

8

In 2014, it will be difficult to name a technology that won’t have some kind of cloud integration. Software as a Service (SAAS) is quickly becoming the gold standard for effective software solutions. Application developers should take note, and go to the cloud to succeed.

Rise of the VIRTUAL MACHINES. The built-in integration of Hyper-V in the newer OS's, plus workstations that are powerful enough to support it well, will result in expanded use of VM's.

9

Productivity is always a paramount priority in business. Virtual Machines make working with remote systems faster and more efficient, putting your team ahead in the game.

technologist career roles will continue to

emerge. Universities and other educational institutions

will continue to diversify their curricula to support this.

10

Blended

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