Gartner predicts top ten trends in technology in 2013

A few days ago Gartner released the prediction: mobile device battle, mobile application and HTML5, personal cloud, Internet of Things, hybrid IT and cloud computing, strategic big data, feasibility analysis, mainstream memory computing, integrated ecosystem and enterprise application store Become the top 10 technology trends in 2013.

It is not difficult to see that as the dependence of enterprises and individuals on mobile devices is getting higher and higher, the battle of mobile devices has emerged as the number one trend. In this regard, Gartner also predicts that in the future, the enterprise will be a collection of four forces of mobility, social networking, cloud and information that will meet various challenges and opportunities.

Released the same day, Gartner relevant analysts also pointed out that the current business users compared to two years ago, the acceptance of new technologies has become increasingly high pace faster and faster. Therefore, such as mobile, cloud computing, will also be more and more companies are concerned about the adoption.

Location information brings value to the business

Another forecast released on the day is about the 2013 smartphone market: In 2013, Lenovo will become China's leading smartphone supplier. This refers to the market share, Gartner relevant analysts believe that regardless of the momentum of Apple and Samsung fierce, we should see the growth rate of domestic brand Lenovo in recent years, in the third quarter of 2012, smart phone market share, Lenovo To 14.8% over Apple, only this with Samsung's 16.7%, the gap will not exist in 2013, Lenovo's market share will be N0.1.

Xiao Guoping, vice president of Gartner Asia, pointed out that Gartner has been watching the changes and application needs of the Chinese market since its establishment in China in 2007. Currently, China's teams are: Research; Executive Programs (EXP); Sales; Marketing and Events; Finance, Legal Affairs, Technical Support and Administration.

At the same time, Gartner also pointed out that mobile as one of the four forces of the future, its application will be more extensive, of which location information is a big aspect. Gartner predicts that by 2015, 15% of high-risk fairs use mobile location information to prevent trade fraud; by 2015, 20% of large retailers will use indoor locations to increase store traffic and sales.

In the application of increased at the same time, the risk also comes, but at present there is no very strict system to circumvent this, so this is the future policy, operators need to pay attention.

CIOs need to focus on enterprise IT maturity

Specific to enterprise applications, the future of the enterprise in IT spending will show what kind of features it. According to Gartner's data, at present, the enterprises in China are still greatly different in the IT spending on hardware and software. In the past, the enterprise hardware investment in China was large, but in the future, the growth rate of software expenditure is the highest, and the software spending in 2016 Compared with 2012 will increase 11%. Inside the enterprise, software and services are the focus. China's IT spending on hardware, software and services is significant.

This will be more challenging for enterprise CIOs. Gartner pointed out that at present the most concerned topics for CIOs in China are: the construction and development of IT organizations; the improvement of business processes by IT; the role of IT in business transformation; the control of IT costs and the value of IT for enterprises.

For CIOs, you should first understand more about the maturity of IT within your organization. In response, Gartner also gives some advice to Chinese CIOs: Use ITScore tools to assess the maturity of enterprise IT and strive to improve maturity; Use IT Key Metrics to measure the current status of IT expenses and optimize it; Gartner provides the tools and knowledge to work hard to become a business leader.

When the four forces hit, CIO need to grasp and apply them in time to promote business growth.