>Technology-Driven Trends for 2012
- Rapid growth of big data.
- Cloud computing and advanced cloud services
- On demand services will increasingly be offered to companies needing to rapidly deploy new services. Hardware as a Service (HaaS) joins Software as a Service (SaaS), creating what some have called “IT as a service.”
- Virtualization of storage, desktops, applications, and networking.
- Consumerization of IT increases.
- Gamification of training and education.
- Social business.
- Smart phones and tablets become our primary PCs, and the mobile web.
- Tablet computers with enterprise level web apps.
- Intelligent electronic agents.
- Digital identity management.
- Visual communications.
- Enhanced location awareness.
- Geo-spatial visualization.
- Smart TV using apps.
- Multiple app stores.
- 3D displays for smart phones and tablets.
- eBooks, eNewspapers, and eMagazines pass the tipping point.
- Interactive multimedia eTextbooks.
- Wireless machine-to-machine applications.