Top 10 IT Trends that will shape 2014 David Chin Chair BICSI Southeast Asia
Top 10 IT Trends that will shape 2014
David Chin Chair
BICSI Southeast Asia
Gartner Hype Cycle: Emerging Technologies 2013 Convergence of cloud, social, mobile, devices, analytic-driven automation and visualisation, mass customisation and social engineering
Top 10 IT Trends for 2014 2012
1. Media Tablets 2. Mobile-Centric Apps 3. Context & Social NW 4. Internet of Things 5. App Stores 6. Next-Gen Analytics 7. Big Data 8. In-Mem Cmptng 9. V. Low-Energy Servers 10.Cloud Computing
1. Mobile Device Wars 2. HTML5 & Mobile Apps 3. Personal Cloud 4. Internet of Things 5. Hybrid Cloud 6. Strategic Big Data 7. Actionable Analytics 8. In-Mem Cmptg 9. Integrated Ecosystems 10.Enterprise App Stores
2014
Source: Gartner
1. Mobile Device Diversity 2. Mobile Apps 3. Internet of Everything 4. Hybrid Cloud & IT Svs Broker 5. Cloud/Client Archi 6. Personal Cloud 7. Software Defined Anything 8. Web-Scale IT 9. Smart Machines 10.3-D Printing
2013
# 1. Mobile Device Diversity and Mgmt
• BYOD is doubling / tripling the size of the mobile workforce • Huge pressure on the IT and financial resources Actionable Advice • Review, update and extend employee owned hardware usage
beyond corporate devices • Review policies to balance flexibility, confidentiality and
privacy
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 1. Mobile Device Diversity and Mgmt
Source: Business Times, 14 Oct 13
# 2. Mobile Apps and Applications
• Going Flash-less: Better Javascript performance will push HTML 5 and the browser as a mainstream enterprise development platform
• HTML 5 apps work on all mobile and desktop platforms (Apple, Android, Windows) like how HTML works across browsers
Actionable Advice • Get familiar with HTML 5: Enables videos and real-time visual
analytics to be easily embedded; also easier to share and link • http://www.vslashr.com/ (Singapore-based data visualisation
company that uses HTML 5 extensively
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 2. Mobile Apps and Applications
http://viz.vslashr.com/dengue/
Source: 20 Jun 2013, The Straits Times
# 3. Internet of Everything
• Internet expanding to enterprise assets and consumer items like cars and TVs
• Frost & Sullivan estimate: – 80 billion connected devices by 2020 – 500 devices with unique digital IDs per square km
• Cisco estimate: – 212 billion connected devices by 2020 – Unprecedented opportunities as devices get embedded with sensors
Actionable Advice • Business must look to map, manage and monetise the Internet
of people, things, places and information Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion and other analysts in Italics)
# 3. Internet of Everything
Source: Business Times, 4 Nov 13
# 3. Internet of Everything
Google Glass
Source: Business Times, 14 Oct 2013
Samsung Galaxy Gear Watch
Nike + iPod
# 3. Internet of Everything
Tesco Home Plus virtual grocery shopping in Korea
# 4. Hybrid Cloud and IT as Service Broker
• Convergence of personal and external cloud services Actionable Advice • Design private cloud services with a hybrid cloud future in mind • Get ready for cloud service brokers enabling dynamic IT
environments • Go beyond storage, email and backup and plan for using cloud
for DR and BC plus other enterprise apps
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 4. Hybrid Cloud and IT as Service Broker
Source: Straits Times Digital Life, 1 Aug 12
Source: Business Times, 22 Jul 13
# 5. Cloud/Client Architecture
• Spike in mobile device capacity and capability will increase demand on network bandwidth and drive higher levels of server-side storage and computing.
Actionable Advice • Manage bandwidth by minimising the cloud application and
storage footprint and exploit the power and storage on the client device.
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 6. Era of Personal Cloud
• Personal cloud technologies will shift focus from devices to services
• Devices type will be less important as any device will be able to access the personal cloud
Actionable Advice • Embrace BYOD and start migrating budgets away from costly
in-house infrastructure towards enterprise cloud applications and services
• Plan for the convergence of the personal and corporate cloud and understand how to manage it
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 7. Software Defined Anything SDx
• SDx will improve standards for infrastructure programmability and data centre interoperability
• Driven by cloud automation and fast infrastructure provisioning
Actionable Advice • Reconsider dominant vendors that may choose not to follow
standards that increase competition and lower margins • Embrace SDx to benefit from simplicity, cost reduction
opportunities, and consolidation
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 8. Web-Scale IT
• Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com re-inventing the way IT services are delivered
• Large cloud services providers like these care also able to scale in speed and agility
• More usage and users does not slow performance unlike typical IT systems
Actionable Advice • IT organisations should follow the processes, architectures,
and practices of these leading cloud providers
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 8. Web-Scale IT
Source: Business Times, 22 Jul 13
# 9. Smart Machines
• Smart machine era will be the most disruptive in the history of IT. Expect to see: – Contextually aware, intelligent personal assistants – Smart advisors (e.g. IBM Watson) – Advanced global industrial systems – Autonomous vehicles
Actionable Advice • Don’t be a Britannica or Encarta • The real disruption always includes an element of chaos and
risk—AI, crowd-sourcing, swarms
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 9. Smart Machines
Source: CBS News, 3 May 13
Source: Youtube, Nano quadrotors flying in figure-of-eight formation at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
# 9. Smart Machines
Source: Forbes, 8 Feb 13
# 10. 3-D Printing
• 3-D printers projected to grow 75 percent in the coming year and 200 percent in 2015
• Consumer market hype has made organizations aware of the fact 3-D printing is a real and effective approach to reduce cost through improved designs, streamlined prototyping and short-run manufacturing
Actionable advice • Migrate from mass production to mass customisation of
products that can be literally be produced locally and on-demand
Source: Gartner (BICSI Presenter’s Opinion in Italics)
# 10. 3-D Printing
Source: Business Times, 21 Nov 13
The Liberator: First all-plastic printed gun, May 2013
Source: Business Times, 4 Nov 13