workspaces for tomorrow : top it trends to watch in 2016

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Top IT trends to watch in 2016 #workspaces for tomorrow

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The user is the disruptive force in

• By 2018, 80% of B2C and60% of B2B enterprises willoverhaul their ‘digital frontdoor’ to support 1,000–10,000 times morecustomers and customertouch points. (IDC)

• 68% of US online Gen Zers(ages 18 to 24) withsmartphones haveresearched a product ontheir phone at leastmonthly (Forrester)

• By 2017, over 50% oforganisations' ITspending will be forthird-platform (social,mobile, analytics, cloud)technologies, solutions,and services, rising toover 60% by 2020. (IDC)


2016 IT trends Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen radical changes in the way we work. The catchphrase, ‘work isn’t a place I go to, it’s something I do,’ has become a familiar refrain. In fact, images of people with laptops working from the top of a mountain or next to the ocean have become somewhat overused. It’s not only about where anymore – it’s now about what and why.

Workspaces for tomorrow is about evolving your employee and customer experience to accelerate your digital enterprise. It should seamlessly blend mobility, communication, collaboration, and multiple customer contact channels into a connected enterprise. The 2016 trends we’ve identified here will demonstrate how the market is moving towards that imperative.

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2016 IT trends

Much of social collaboration is enabled by consumer-focused tools. Technologies such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and many others have given rise to robust and business-oriented counterparts that offer audio, video, file-sharing, and workflow integration. These include applications such as Cisco’s ‘team-rooming’ solution Spark, Microsoft’s Yammer and Skype for Business, Viber, WhatsApp, Slack, and many others.

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Work behaviours to be shaped more radically by social media

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2016 IT trends

Enterprise mobility is more than allowing your people to use their mobile devices for work. It’s now about enabling end-users to be more productive by moving enterprise-class applications from the desktop to handheld devices of all kinds, and all areas of the business. In fact, we see mobility moving further beyond the ‘carpeted space’ in 2016.

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Enterprise mobility moving beyond ‘bring your own device’




2016 IT trends

It’s important to remember that end-user environments also extend into the retail space. This is where we’ll see a greater adoption of connected devices and sensors that can track people and their behaviour, generating a constant flow of data. Again, networks will be critical in these environments. In order for retail and other organisations to derive the most value from their data, they would have to ensure that the data they analyse comes from the right sources and is delivered securely, accurately, and at the right time.

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Increase in the business use of connected devices, data, and analytics




2016 IT trends

Virtually every collaboration platform today has a cloud-based deployment option. This means that the barrier to entry is almost zero. Business units no longer need to wait for corporate approval or the blessing of IT to make investments in these areas, which leads to what the market calls ‘bimodal IT’.

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Growing challenge to balance agility and standardisation, thanks to cloud




2016 IT trends

By 2020, millennials are projected to be half of the entire US workforce. And the rest of the world is taking notice. These people grew up with the many devices, applications, and platforms we use today. They’re used to being connected, collaborative, and mobile. They’re also used to sharing ideas, communicating through social media, working from anywhere, having a voice, and learning about what interests them.

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Readying the workspace for millennials




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