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11/26/2014 Gartner'stop10technologytrendsfor2015:AllaboutthecloudTechRepublic
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Gartneranalystssuggestyoukeepacloseeyeontheitemslistedinitslatesttrendreport.MichaelKassnerexaminesthetechnologiesonthelistandfindsacommonthread:cloud.
Since2007,GartnerhasbeenpredictingthetopstrategictechnologytrendsforthecomingyearnotaneasytaskconsideringthevolatilityoftheITmarket.DavidCearley(http://www.gartner.com/analyst/25698/David%20W.Cearley),Gartnervicepresidentandfellowwhoanalyzesbusinessandtechnologytrends,hasbeeninvolvedwiththisresearchprojectfromthebeginning."Wehaveidentifiedthetoptentechnologytrendsthatorganizationscannotaffordtoignoreintheirstrategicplanningprocesses,"hesaid."Thisdoesnotnecessarilymeanadoptionandinvestmentinallthetrendsatthesamerate,butcompaniesshouldlooktomakedeliberatedecisionsaboutthemduringthenexttwoyears."
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Gartner'stop10technologytrendsfor2015:AllaboutthecloudByMichaelKassnerin10Things,November3,2014,10:21AMPST
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Inthisyear'sreport,GartnerIdentifiestheTop10StrategicTechnologyTrendsfor2015(http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2867917),theanalystsdescribetheirfocusthisway:"Factorsthatdenotesignificantimpactincludeahighpotentialfordisruptiontothebusiness,endusersorIT,theneedforamajorinvestment,ortheriskofbeinglatetoadopt.Thesetechnologiesimpacttheorganization'slongtermplans,programsandinitiatives."
Cearleysuggeststhatthreeoverarchingthemessurfacedinthe2015report:
MergingrealandvirtualworldsAdventofintelligenceeverywhereTechnicalimpactofthedigitalbusinessshift
Thereisaninterestinglongtermtrendformingaswell.InspectingGartner'spicksforthepastthreeyearsanditschoicesfor2015(linkstoeachyear'sreportareatthebottomofthisarticle),onenoticesthateveryyearcloudservicesplayanincreasedroleinwhichtrendsareselected.
Infact,afairassumptionmightbethatall10ofthe2015trendsrelyonsometypeofinteractionwithcloudservices.SeeifyouagreehereareGartner'stop10strategictechnologytrendsfor2015.
1:Computingeverywhere(firstyearonlist)Mobiledeviceproliferationisanobvioustrend.Gartnerthinkstherewillbeashiftoffocusfromdevicestohowtheuseranddeviceinteractindifferentenvironmentsandcontexts.
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2:InternetofThings(fourthyearonlist)Gartnerhaschosentoreemphasizeitsfourbasic"usage"models:Manage,Monetize,Operate,andExtend(http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2699017).Italsoreiterates:DonotfocustoocloselyontheIoT,buttakeintheentirepicture.HungLeHong,vicepresidentandGartnerfellowsaid,"ThisexpandedandcomprehensiveviewoftheinternetiswhatGartnercallstheInternetofEverything."
3:3Dprinting(secondyearonlist)Gartnerbelievesthat3Dprintingwillcontinuetogrowatanincredibleratefortheforeseeablefuture.Businessesmustbealertandreevaluatetheirmarketpositionbasedonwhatimpact3Dprintingwillhaveontheirproductsandcoststructure.
4:Advanced,pervasive,andinvisibleanalytics(firstyearonlist)Gartnersaidthatembeddedsystems(IoT)willonlyaddtothecrushofstructuredandunstructureddataalreadyfillingcompanydatabases.Theamountandvarietyofdatawilldemandmoreadvancedanalyticsthanarecurrentlyavailable.AGartnerresearchersaid,"Thevalueisintheanswers,notthedata."
5:Contextrichsystems(firstyearonlist)GartnerthinksthenextstepwillbetoingrainintelligenceintoIoTdevicesthatwillinteractwiththeadvancedanalyticsmentionedearlier,resultinginsystemsthatwillnotonlyreport,butalsorespondtoenvironmentalconditions.AccordingtoGartner,"Contextawaresecurityisanearlyapplicationofthisnewcapability,butotherswillemerge."
6:Smartmachines(secondyearonlist)Thecombinationofadvancedanalyticsandcontextrichembeddedsystemswillevolveintosmartmachines.Prototypesofautonomousvehicles,advancedrobots,andthelikewillbringinthemostdisruptivesmartmachineerainthehistoryofIT.
7:Cloud/clientcomputing(sixthyearonlist)"Cloudisthenewstyleofelasticallyscalable,selfservicecomputing,andbothinternalapplicationsandexternalapplicationswillbebuiltonthisnewstyle,"Cearleysaid."Whilenetworkandbandwidthcostsmaycontinuetofavorappsthatusetheintelligenceandstorageoftheclientdeviceeffectively,coordinationandmanagementwillbebasedinthecloud."
8:Softwaredefinedapplicationsandinfrastructure(secondyearonlist)Expandingthedigitalenvironmenttoincludetheentirephysicalworldwillrequireflexibilitysomethingexistinghardwarecontrollednetworksdon'thave.Softwaredefinednetworks,storage,datacenters,andsecuritywillberequiredtomakeitallwork.
9:WebscaleIT(secondyearonlist)Gartnerbelievesthatorganizationswillstartincorporatingglobalclasscomputingintothecompanysetting."Thefirst
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stepshouldbeDevOpsbringingdevelopmentandoperationstogetherinacoordinatedwaytodriverapid,continuousincrementaldevelopmentofapplicationsandservices."
10:Riskbasedsecurityandselfprotection(firstyearonlist)Gartnerisfollowingtheleadofsecuritypunditsandreassessingwhatsecuritymeans.Ratherthanworkingtowardcompleteprotectionasinthepast.Gartnerandotherssuggestsecuritypositioningthroughriskassessmentsisamorerealisticgoalanditwon'timpedeprogress.Gartneralsobroughtupaninterestingconcept:"Perimetersandfirewallsarenolongerenougheveryappneedstobeselfawareandselfprotecting."
TrendreportsTop10StrategicTechnologyTrendsfor2015(http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2867917)Top10StrategicTechnologyTrendsfor2014(http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2603623)Top10StrategicTechnologyTrendsfor2013(http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2209615)Top10StrategicTechnologyTrendsfor2012(http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/1826214)
Alsoread...ThefutureofIT:Astrategicguide(http://www.zdnet.com/topicthefutureofitastrategicguide/)(ZDNetspecialfeature)Executive'sguidetostrategictechplanning:2015andbeyond(http://www.zdnet.com/executivesguidetostrategictechplanning2015andbeyondfreeebook7000035345/)(freeebook)
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