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

Thank You!

David Chin Chair, BICSI Southeast Asia

+65 9694 5589 dchin@bicsi.org