Software industry 20,130 Prediction: Large data more attention to data analysis

Big data, cloud computing, social networking and mobile computing are some of the big trends driving the IT industry right now. These trends created a lot of news stories in the 2012, and in 2013 will also drive a large number of it vendors and solution providers into the fast-growing software market to maintain their competitive edge.

Can Microsoft take advantage of Windows 8 to capture a world of mobile computing? Will Dell and HP continue to acquire software companies to expand their product lines? New technologies such as HTML5 will win the industry's acceptance when some old technologies such as relational databases are fading?

Let's look at what stories are going to happen in the software industry for 2013 years.

Effective management of BYOD tools will be the main growth point

According to Forrester, Two-thirds of employees and managers in many companies are working with their smartphones and tablet computers. As a result, IT managers are freaking out because they have to manage and secure their own devices, as well as enterprise-class applications on these devices, and allow all these assorted devices to access the enterprise system.

Today, more and more products can be included in the mobile device Management (MDM) product list. Big-name vendors such as SAP, IBM and Symantec provide MDM software, and many small businesses such as AirWatch, Fiberlink, MobileIron and Zenprise are among them.

In the 2012, IT managers were busy coping with BYOD's problems, but 2013 years was the year they really started to take the trouble to deal with them. And that means huge business opportunities for system integrators, hosting companies, and MSP.

Windows 8 will make a steady profit

Last November, one months after Windows 8, Microsoft said it had sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses, and industry analysts immediately claimed that such sales were at best medium level. Of course, the prophets have always liked to declare the death penalty immediately after the release of the new version of Windows-some accurate and some inaccurate. Our forecast is that Windows 8 sales will make a steady profit in 2013, but it is far from being a star product. Businesses and consumers that are already using Windows 7 are not in a hurry to upgrade. The new user interface also presents some obstacles to adoption.

According to the NET Applications survey, there are still a large number of Windows XP users-accounting for about 40% of all desktop PC users. We suspect that most of these XP users will be upgraded to Windows 8 when they replace their new PCs. The success of Windows 8 relies heavily on the healthy development of the PC market. However, the outlook for PC sales in 2013 was bleak (the Barclays forecast was down 4% per cent year-on-year), which could hamper sales growth in Windows 8.

SMB will increase the use of middleware

Middleware has long been viewed as primarily a technology used by large companies with large IT systems and large data centers. However, in the 2013, middleware technology such as business process management, application integration and data integration software will increasingly be adopted by SMEs.

Cloud computing is a big driving force. Because SMEs ' IT systems are more likely to cross mixed cloud/local cloud, their demand for integrated middleware will grow. At the same time, cloud-based middleware is easier to implement, and prices will be accepted by more SMEs.

Large data focus on data analysis

Growth in the big data industry will continue in 2013. But the prospect of big data is not just a continuation of 2012 years. In recent years, many start-ups have been developing software around Hadoop, and Hadoop has become a fact-standard platform for developing distributed, data-intensive applications. Many startups are focused on technology that manages big data. In the new year, greater emphasis is expected on the use of large data, such as manipulating and analyzing large data for business intelligence purposes, particularly real-time and predictive analysis. Most of these solutions will focus on specific vertical industries, such as retailing and healthcare.

In the 2013, mergers and acquisitions in large data areas will accelerate, and big manufacturers such as IBM, Oracle and SAP will expand their large data product lines by acquiring pioneering start-ups with leading technologies. We will also see more vendors and solution providers, either through acquisitions, or bundled with software from multiple vendors, to provide a more complete solution for large data.

Dell to continue major software acquisitions

2012, Dell's acquisition spree is not small, has bought Wyse, SonicWALL and Quest.

We expect Dell to continue with acquisitions, with particular emphasis on developing systems and network management, security and virtualization software, and other companies that focus on infrastructure applications.

Dell is not going head-to-head with major software vendors such as Oracle and SAP, but is more intent on bundling its software technology with its hardware to provide an integrated IT system. But Oracle, IBM and other IT vendors are also taking the so-called "complete IT systems" strategy. In the new year, they will find themselves competing in more areas with Dell.

The year of medical software

Demand for software related to healthcare will soar in 2013, as companies and government agencies in the United States must meet the requirements of the reasonable medical bill this year and next. The Act encourages physicians, hospitals and other medical providers to implement electronic diseases that have historically reduced costs and improved medical services.

Medical providers will also be hitchhiking with "big data" this year to accelerate the adoption of data analysis applications for the healthcare industry. According to Frost & Sullivan, although only 10% of hospitals in the United States used medical data analysis tools in 2011, the proportion will reach 50% in 2016.

Another big driver is that more doctors, nurses and other medical professionals are using tablets and other mobile devices in their day-to-day work, which will also boost demand for medical mobile applications.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)