IT Trends Expected for 2014, 2015 & Beyond
Ten Information Technology Trends for 2014 & Beyond
The pace of change in IT today is greater than ever. And it’s been said that the changes we’re due to see in 2014 and beyond start with the way people think. Perhaps this means that a lot of the transformation taking place is due to the growing maturity of the business leaders in the world.Still, the use of new and emerging technologies, such as context-aware mobile apps and enterprise social networking, along with the proliferation of public and private cloud, is forcing businesses to assess and manage the impact these technologies may have on their business. Leaders should understand, prioritize and apply these new technologies within the context of their overall business goals.
And so, below is a list of ten trends in Information Technology as reported by several sources, including Gartner, Inc. and Forrester Research. Keep in mind, too, as you read through this list, that New Horizons has the training associated with each one of these trends:
1. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
According to a biannual survey of SMB IT intentions by Spiceworks, Inc., almost 59% of small-midsize businesses already support the BYOD trend, with the trend even more popular in companies with less than 20 employees.
And according to a recent Gartner report, about half of the world’s companies will enact BYOD programs by 2017 and will no longer provide computing devices to employees. Ultimately, only 15% of companies will never move to a BYOD model, while 40% will offer a choice between BYOD and employer-provided devices, according to the report by Gartner analyst David Willis, which was announced this January.
In the BYOD era, security professionals will need to diligently monitor vulnerability announcements and security incidents involving mobile devices and respond appropriately with policy updates. Employee-owned devices will be compromised by malware at more than double the rate of corporate-owned devices, which means enterprises that adopt BYOD initiatives should establish clear policies that outline which employee-owned devices will be allowed and which will be banned.
2. Cloud Adoption within Small Businesses
Cloud adoption is growing rapidly in popularity, and CRN predicts that by 2015, small businesses will spend almost $100 billion altogether on cloud-based services. Companies are increasingly interested in cloud infrastructure and application services. More than 62% of the SMBs surveyed by Spiceworks are currently using some type of cloud-based service. By 2015, studies by Logicalis IT provider suggest that nearly 80% of organizations will pursue a private cloud strategy.
Cloud solutions actually present business of all sizes with tremendous opportunities for efficiency and cost savings. Obviously, with change comes uncertainty, but endless industry statistics show evidence that cloud computing is worth the investment.
3. Disaster Recovery
Regardless of the region you’re located in, there’s a clear correlation between the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, The Calgary floods of 2013, and the most recent flooding in Colorado leading towards the popularity of businesses adopting recovery options. Following these weather events, numerous businesses across these regions were offline for days in New York, New Jersey, Calgary, High River, and Colorado.
In order to minimize the effects of disasters—such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires or earthquakes—businesses should develop a solid Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP). A DRP will minimize disruptions, ensure organizational stability and provide a quick and orderly recovery for your business.
4. Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Microsoft SharePoint content management and collaboration technology adoption has increased over the past few years. Approximately 63% of midsize businesses are using the platform to organize and share information, according to Forrester Research.
Microsoft SharePoint has been around since 2001 and is one of the top business collaboration resources today. However, it wasn’t until the SharePoint 2007 release that businesses really started to harness the power of online collaboration.Now, with SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has gone even further to offer sought after services straight “out-of-the-box.”
5. Big Data
Big data demand will reach 4.4 million jobs globally, but only one-third of those jobs will be filled. Gartner says the demand for Big Data is growing, and enterprises will need to reassess their competencies and skills to respond to this opportunity. Jobs that are filled will result in real financial and competitive benefits for organizations. An important aspect of the challenge in filling these jobs lies in the fact that enterprises need people with new skills—data management, analytics and business expertise and non-traditional skills necessary for extracting the value of Big Data, as well as artists and designers for data visualization.
Making sense of big data is a combination of organizations having the tools, skills and more importantly, the training to see data as the fuel that drives their business.
6. Gamification
Forty percent of the Global 1000 organizations will use gamification as the primary mechanism to transform business operations. Gamification addresses engagement, transparency of work, and connecting employees’ actions to business outcomes. Companies apply feedback, measurement and incentives, the same techniques that game designers use, to keep players interested and to achieve the needed engagement for the transformation of business operations. Gartner predicts that the worldwide market will grow from $242 million in 2012 to $2.8 billion in 2016, with enterprise gamification eclipsing consumer gamification in 2013.
7. Windows 8
Ninety percent of enterprises will bypass broad-scale deployment of Windows 8. Gartner claims that most enterprises and their trusted management vendors are not yet prepared for the change to Windows 8, and says enterprises will want to wait for more stability before proceeding. While Microsoft as a technology company can make these changes at a more advanced pace, the market will take time to mature, and most enterprises will sit on the sideline for now.
Sidenote: On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP or Office 2003. According to Microsoft, “After this date, there will be no new security updates, no non-security hotfixes, no free or paid assisted support options and no online technical content updates.“
8. Web-Scale IT
Large cloud services providers such as Amazon, Google , Salesforce.com, and the like are re-inventing the way in which IT services can be delivered. Gartner points out that the capabilities of these companies exceed the “scale in terms of sheer size to also include scale as it pertains to speed and agility.” The suggestion is that IT organizations should align with and emulate the processes, architectures, and practices of these leading cloud providers.
9. Mobile Apps and Applications
Gartner predicts that through 2014, improved JavaScript performance will begin to push HTML5 and the browser as a mainstream enterprise application development environment. As a consequence, it was suggested that developers focus on expanding user interface models including richer voice and video that can connect people in new and different ways. Apps will grow and applications will shrink, continuing a trend that has been documented for a while now.
The market for creating apps continues to be very fragmented (Gartner estimates that there are over 100 potential tool vendors), and consolidation is not likely to happen in earnest for a while. It is suggested that ‘the next evolution in user experience will be to leverage intent, inferred from emotion and actions, to motivate changes in end-user behavior.”
10. The Internet of Everything (IoE)
Cisco believes IoE brings together people, process, data, and things to make networked connections more relevant and valuable than ever before—turning information into actions that create new capabilities, richer experiences, and unprecedented economic opportunity for businesses, individuals, and countries. The rise of objects that connect themselves to the internet, from cars to heart monitors to stoplights, is unleashing a wave of new possibilities for data gathering, predictive analytics, and IT automation.
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