From pervasive computing to
gamification, PriceWaterhouse Coopers highlights the ten most significant
trends that will impact companies this year. These emerging and disruptive
technologies likely will reshape strategies, business models, and enterprise
investments, it says.
"Our top trends report shows that a
diverse and complex set of technologies are emerging, which CIOs and the
C-suite need to embrace and incorporate into their business from strategy
through execution," says Chris Curran, a PwC principal and chief technologist
for the U.S. firm's Advisory practice. "Collaboration within organizations will
be crucial to business success as each of the technologies has the potential to
be a key driver in an organization's business agenda."
According to PwC, ten significant
trends will impact businesses this year:
1. Pervasive computing: The ability to
digitally engage and interact (via your mobile devices) with enabled objects
around you.
2. Cyber security: Continues to be a
pressing issue, as technology enabled processes increasingly underpin and fuel
the global economy.
3. Big Data mining and analysis: More than
managing dizzying amounts of data faster and cheaper; it is about making better
business decisions.
4. Private cloud: Due to security and
regulatory concerns, larger enterprises have been primarily operating in a
trial mode of private/hybrid clouds and this will change in 2013. Consumers of
IT are demanding greater value from IT services.
5. Enterprise social networking: Becoming
a core tool for the new social workforce; the key insight for organizations
succeeding in building value from this technology is social business processes
redesign.
6. Digital delivery of products and services:
Customers are driving companies of all shapes and sizes to develop new,
technology-based ways of delivering value. Digital delivery of products and
services can open tremendous new pathways for growth, but companies must shift
their underlying business operations to support this new business model.
7. Public cloud infrastructure: Cloud
adoption will continue to mature with hybrid cloud architecture becoming the
mainstay as companies of all sizes leverage public cloud services.
8. Data visualization: Leading edge
companies will explore dynamic virtualization techniques and advanced display
devices to navigate through multiple dimensions of data.
9. Simulation and scenario modeling:
Organizations are increasingly focusing on simulation models that enable
executives to envision the potential impact of their choices before making
investments.
10. Gamification: With its combination of
game mechanics, social networking, interactive media, and behavioral analytics,
gamification can transform a business.
Read the report
[This article was posted on February 5, 2013, on the website of ABA
Banking Journal, www.ababj.com.]
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