{"id":844,"date":"2014-12-08T13:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T18:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/?p=844"},"modified":"2016-09-29T13:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T17:24:29","slug":"top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015 from the IDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/12\/Top-10-Technology-Predictions-For-2015-from-the-IDC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-870\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/12\/Top-10-Technology-Predictions-For-2015-from-the-IDC-175x150.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015 from the IDC\" width=\"175\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>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 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gilpress\/2014\/12\/02\/idc-top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015\/\">IDC: Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015<\/a>,\u201d author Gil Press gives us his take on IDC\u2019s predictions. Below I\u2019ve listed the 10 technology predictions and supported it with a piece of data from Gil Press\u2019 article that I thought was most compelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/free-2014-business-intelligence-solution-vendors-buyers-guide\/\">+ Check Out a Free\u00a02015 Business Intelligence Tools Buyers Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Here\u2019s my edited version of IDC\u2019s 2015 predictions:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) New technologies will account for 100% of growth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Worldwide IT and telecommunications spending will grow 3.8% in 2015 to more than $3.8 trillion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Wireless data, the largest segment of the telecommunications sector, will also be the fastest growing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wireless data will be the largest ($536 billion) and fastest growing (13%) segment of telecom spending.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Phablets will be the mobile growth engine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phablet sales will grow 60%, cannibalizing the tablet market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) New partnerships to redraw cloud computing\u2019s landscape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Data-as-a-Service will drive new big data supply chains<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Worldwide spending on big data-related software, hardware, and services will reach $125 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) The IoT will continue to rapidly expand the traditional IT industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Internet of Things (IoT) spending will exceed $1.7 trillion, up 14% from 2014 (and will reach $3 trillion by 2020).<\/p>\n<p><strong>7) Cloud service providers will become the new data center, redrawing the IT landscape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By 2016, over 50% of compute and 70% of storage capacity will be installed in hyperscale data centers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8) Rapid expansion of industry-specific digital platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new technologies combine to create a business innovation platform, not just a technology platform, helping transform \u201cevery industry on the planet.\u201d One-third of market share leaders in every industry will be disrupted by vendors selling new IT products and services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9) Adoption of new security and printing innovations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p><strong>10) More China, everywhere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China will have a \u201cskyrocketing influence\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gilpress\/2014\/12\/02\/idc-top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015\/\">Click here<\/a> to read the full Forbes article and get more information on each technology prediction for 2015.<\/p>\n<h3>Check out these additional resources:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"box box0\"><div class=\"column one-third\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/get-a-free-business-intelligence-software-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/get-a-free-business-intelligence-software-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-145 \" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/01\/oie_transparent.png\" alt=\"BI_Data Analytics_Buyers_Guide_Cover_350\" width=\"181\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"column one-third\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/buyers-matrix-report-business-intelligence-solutions\/\">BI and Data Analytics Buyer\u2019s Matrix: Comparing 28 Vendors Features<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/buyers-matrix-report-business-intelligence-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-599 \" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/06\/BI_Buyers_Matrix_Report_Transparent-235x203.png\" alt=\"Business Intelligence Solutions Buyers Matrix Comparison\" width=\"174\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"column one-third last\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentaho.com\/resources\/gartner-magic-quadrant-business-intelligence-analytics-platforms-2016\"><strong>Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise BI and Data Analytics<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentaho.com\/resources\/gartner-magic-quadrant-business-intelligence-analytics-platforms-2016\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/06\/Gartner-IDaaS-Magic-Quadrant.png\" alt=\"Gartner Magic Quadrant Enterprise Business Intelligence\" width=\"139\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u201cIDC: Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015,\u201d author Gil Press gives us his take on IDC\u2019s predictions. Below I\u2019ve listed the 10 technology predictions and supported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015 from the IDC | Solutions Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doug Atkinson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/\",\"name\":\"Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015 from the IDC | Solutions Review\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/12\/Top-10-Technology-Predictions-For-2015-from-the-IDC.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-08T18:11:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-29T17:24:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#\/schema\/person\/5992f02d38e7b28251ad933cd131dcae\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/12\/Top-10-Technology-Predictions-For-2015-from-the-IDC.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/12\/Top-10-Technology-Predictions-For-2015-from-the-IDC.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015 from the IDC\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/top-10-technology-predictions-for-2015-from-the-idc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top 10 Technology Predictions For 2015 from the IDC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/\",\"name\":\"Solutions Review | Business Intelligence &amp; Analytics\",\"description\":\"Enterprise BI software reviews, buyer\u2019s guides, and expert insights from industry leaders.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#\/schema\/person\/5992f02d38e7b28251ad933cd131dcae\",\"name\":\"Doug Atkinson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/092cfcbe5c7f2c185c21f152aada2d2f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/092cfcbe5c7f2c185c21f152aada2d2f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Doug Atkinson\"},\"description\":\"An entrepreneur and executive with a passion for enterprise technology, Doug founded Solutions Review in 2012. 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