Recently, IDC presented its top 10 technology predictions for 2015. The predictions encompass IT categories such as wireless, mobile, cloud computing, data-as-a-service, and more. In a Forbes article called “IDC: Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015,” author Gil Press gives us his take on IDC’s predictions. Below I’ve listed the 10 technology predictions and supported it with a piece of data from Gil Press’ article that I thought was most compelling.
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Here’s my edited version of IDC’s 2015 predictions:
1) New technologies will account for 100% of growth
Worldwide IT and telecommunications spending will grow 3.8% in 2015 to more than $3.8 trillion.
2) Wireless data, the largest segment of the telecommunications sector, will also be the fastest growing
Wireless data will be the largest ($536 billion) and fastest growing (13%) segment of telecom spending.
3) Phablets will be the mobile growth engine
Phablet sales will grow 60%, cannibalizing the tablet market.
4) New partnerships to redraw cloud computing’s landscape
Spending on the greater cloud ecosystem (public, private, enabling IT and services) will reach $118 billion (almost $200 billion in 2018), $70 billion ($126 billion in 2018) of which will be spent on public clouds.
5) Data-as-a-Service will drive new big data supply chains
Worldwide spending on big data-related software, hardware, and services will reach $125 billion.
6) The IoT will continue to rapidly expand the traditional IT industry
Internet of Things (IoT) spending will exceed $1.7 trillion, up 14% from 2014 (and will reach $3 trillion by 2020).
7) Cloud service providers will become the new data center, redrawing the IT landscape
By 2016, over 50% of compute and 70% of storage capacity will be installed in hyperscale data centers.
8) Rapid expansion of industry-specific digital platforms
The new technologies combine to create a business innovation platform, not just a technology platform, helping transform “every industry on the planet.” One-third of market share leaders in every industry will be disrupted by vendors selling new IT products and services.
9) Adoption of new security and printing innovations
Securing the edge: 15% of mobile devices will be accessed biometrically (over 50% by 2020). Securing the core: 20% of regulated data will be encrypted by year-end 2015 (80% by 2018).
10) More China, everywhere
China will have a “skyrocketing influence” on the IT and telecomm market in 2015 with spending that will account for 43% of all industry growth, one third of all smartphone purchases, and about one third of all online shoppers.
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Doug Atkinson
An entrepreneur and executive with a passion for enterprise technology, Doug founded Solutions Review in 2012. He has previously served as a newspaper boy, a McDonald's grill cook, a bartender, a political consultant, a web developer, the VP of Sales for e-Dialog - a digital marketing agency - and as Special Assistant to Governor William Weld of Massachusetts.
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