 | Gartner’s IT experts have come together to determine the top 10 technology trends for this year. In order to make the cut these trends need to have the potential to significantly affect individuals, businesses, and IT organizations in the next three years. These trends are seen as forces behind creating new technology business opportunities so they're something to look out for. |
Computing Everywhere
As technology becomes more readily available mobile devices and wearables are creating a need for on-the-go computing. The environment in which users are computing is changing and IT needs to keep that in mind. User Experience needs to be adapted for the rapid and simplified experience customers now expect.
The Internet of Things (IoT)
This is the development of the Internet where everyday objects will have network connectivity and have the ability to transfer data without the need for human interaction. IoT has created four usage models (manage, monetize, operate, and extend), which are not limited to any one industry, so enterprises all around should be leveraging these models.
3D Printing
The sale of 3D printers will grow by 98% in 2015 and over the next three years low-cost printers will become available where we will see a rapid growth in industrial use. This will make 3D printing a huge trend as it demonstrates how it is a sustainable and profitable way to cut costs through short-run manufacturing, improved design, and streamlined prototyping.
Advanced, Pervasive and Invisible Analytics
With the Internet of Things taking over most devices there will be a massive amount of analytics coming from every device. Every app will become and analytic app, embedded systems will create vast amounts of both structured and unstructured data to be analyzed so organizations need to determine how and what to filter out.
Context-Rich Systems
Intelligent technology that uses analytics to become aware to their surroundings and adjust accordingly is already in the works, and in 2015 we will more of it. Context-aware security already holds this capability where the technology understands the context of the user’s request, then adjusts its response according to the context. This process simplifies the interaction between human and computer, making the computing world less complex.
Smart Machines
Smart machines are a combination of analytics and context-understanding systems. Advanced algorithms will allow systems to understand their environment, then adapt, allowing them to act for themselves once the process has been learned.
Cloud/Client Computing
The immediate focus for cloud/client computing is portability and syncing content and application state across numerous devices and environments. Next the focus will be on the simultaneous use of television and mobiles to enhance multiple screen viewing where both mobile devices and wearables will add to the experience.
Software-Defined Apps and Infrastructure
Agile programming will be the only answer now that applications need to be extremely responsive and flexible to changing requirements. Computing will have to move away from static to dynamic models if a system is going to survive the rapidly changing demands of the new digital business where systems must be scaled up or down suddenly.
Web-Scale IT
This is the prediction that more and more organizations will begin imitating tech giants like Amazon and Google, where cloud service providers are merged with world class computing abilities in an IT business setting. The initial step towards Web-Scale IT is implementing DevOps- the marriage of the development and operations process where they work together for continuously adaptive development.
Risk-Based Security and Self-protection
Finally, Gartner predicts that security will continue to be a main consideration for all of IT. With the numerous security issues of 2014, self-protection is going to be a trend for this year. Risk mitigation and assessment will become a more common and heavily implemented process. Security testing and security application design will help aid in the process.
As technology becomes more readily available mobile devices and wearables are creating a need for on-the-go computing. The environment in which users are computing is changing and IT needs to keep that in mind. User Experience needs to be adapted for the rapid and simplified experience customers now expect.
The Internet of Things (IoT)
This is the development of the Internet where everyday objects will have network connectivity and have the ability to transfer data without the need for human interaction. IoT has created four usage models (manage, monetize, operate, and extend), which are not limited to any one industry, so enterprises all around should be leveraging these models.
3D Printing
The sale of 3D printers will grow by 98% in 2015 and over the next three years low-cost printers will become available where we will see a rapid growth in industrial use. This will make 3D printing a huge trend as it demonstrates how it is a sustainable and profitable way to cut costs through short-run manufacturing, improved design, and streamlined prototyping.
Advanced, Pervasive and Invisible Analytics
With the Internet of Things taking over most devices there will be a massive amount of analytics coming from every device. Every app will become and analytic app, embedded systems will create vast amounts of both structured and unstructured data to be analyzed so organizations need to determine how and what to filter out.
Context-Rich Systems
Intelligent technology that uses analytics to become aware to their surroundings and adjust accordingly is already in the works, and in 2015 we will more of it. Context-aware security already holds this capability where the technology understands the context of the user’s request, then adjusts its response according to the context. This process simplifies the interaction between human and computer, making the computing world less complex.
Smart Machines
Smart machines are a combination of analytics and context-understanding systems. Advanced algorithms will allow systems to understand their environment, then adapt, allowing them to act for themselves once the process has been learned.
Cloud/Client Computing
The immediate focus for cloud/client computing is portability and syncing content and application state across numerous devices and environments. Next the focus will be on the simultaneous use of television and mobiles to enhance multiple screen viewing where both mobile devices and wearables will add to the experience.
Software-Defined Apps and Infrastructure
Agile programming will be the only answer now that applications need to be extremely responsive and flexible to changing requirements. Computing will have to move away from static to dynamic models if a system is going to survive the rapidly changing demands of the new digital business where systems must be scaled up or down suddenly.
Web-Scale IT
This is the prediction that more and more organizations will begin imitating tech giants like Amazon and Google, where cloud service providers are merged with world class computing abilities in an IT business setting. The initial step towards Web-Scale IT is implementing DevOps- the marriage of the development and operations process where they work together for continuously adaptive development.
Risk-Based Security and Self-protection
Finally, Gartner predicts that security will continue to be a main consideration for all of IT. With the numerous security issues of 2014, self-protection is going to be a trend for this year. Risk mitigation and assessment will become a more common and heavily implemented process. Security testing and security application design will help aid in the process.
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