2014 Top Ten Strategic Technology Trends

The following article is from Gartner.com. The translations of the selected articles are as follows:

The Gartner Symposium / ITxpo summit in Orlando, USA, was just over and the participating executives shared their thoughts on the IT trends for the coming year. Gartner, the world's first information technology research and analysis firm, summarized the following ten strategic technologies in 2014:

First, the diversity and management of mobile devices

Gartner hinted that from now until 2018, spontaneous "BYOD" leads to an endless variety of mobile devices, and different user environments and modes of interaction will result in a "any device, anywhere" strategy not available achieve. According to Gartner's estimates, bringing device plans can result in unexpected consequences. By then, the number of mobile workers in IT and financial institutions may now double or triple, raising new questions as to how companies can devise new policies on BYOD to balance flexibility with privacy and privacy demand.

Second, mobile applications and applications

Gartner predicts that by 2014, the improved JavaScript performance of web client-side scripting languages ​​will drive the popularity of HTML5 and its browsers will become the mainstream enterprise application development environment. As a result, developers need to focus on the expansion of the user interface model, including richer voice and video development that connects users in new and different ways. The current trend is that application services are expanding, while applications are shrinking, creating a very fragmented market for applications. According to Gartner's estimates, potential tool suppliers have checked 100 and short-term consolidation is not realistic. The next step in user experience evolves into researching user intent, inferring the triggers of change in behavior from the end user's emotions and activities.

Third, Internet of Everything

The Internet has expanded to include corporate assets and consumer products such as cars and TVs. The problem now is that most businesses and technology providers are still exploring the Internet and are not yet ready for actual operations and organizational structure. At present, the four basic application models for the Internet are management, monetization, operation and expansion respectively. These models can be applied to anyone, things, information and places, so the "Internet of Things" will eventually be replaced by "all things connected."

Fourth, hybrid clouds and IT become service brokers

Gartner hinted that personal cloud and external private cloud service integration is imperative. Companies designing private cloud services need to take into account future hybrid cloud trends and ensure the viability of future integration / interoperability. Early hybrid cloud services may be more static, engineering portfolio development. Gartner Hints As more cloud service proxies evolve, more cloud deployments will appear.

Fifth, the cloud / client architecture

The increasing power and performance improvements of mobile devices have increased the demand for networking, increased network costs, and the need to manage bandwidth usage, requiring "in some cases to establish incentives to minimize cloud application computing and storage space, And make good use of client device information and storage capabilities. " Gartner also pointed out that mobile users increasingly complex mobile applications will also drive server segment computing and storage capabilities continue to rise.

Sixth, personal cloud era

The development of personal cloud technology will lead to the transfer of equipment to service. In this case, the features of the device will no longer matter, and personal cloud data will be accessible across multiple devices and will replace some of the features of traditional devices.

Seventh, the software defines everything

Software-defined everything (SDx) refers to the shift of data center interoperability driven by its own initiative to cloud computing, DevOps, and rapid infrastructure provisioning as infrastructure programmability standards improve. Leading providers of infrastructure may choose to jump out of competitive and profit-cutting standards, but end-customers will surely benefit from simplification, cost-cutting opportunities and the possibility of consolidation.

Eighth, Web-scale IT

A number of large cloud service providers, such as Amazon, Google and Facebook, are reshaping the IT world with IT service deliverables. Gartner pointed out that the ability of these enterprises can not be defined by the scale, but also relates to the delivery speed and agility. If IT companies want to keep pace with them, they need to emulate the processes, architectures and practices of these leading cloud providers. Garnter defines the collection of these three elements as "Web-scale IT."

Ninth, smart machine

Gartner believes that "the era of intelligent machines will be the most disruptive era in IT history." Smart machines cover a wide range of devices, including not only environment-aware devices, smart personal assistants, and smart consultants such as Watson, the latest IBM computer system, but also rapid advances in advanced global industrial systems and driverless vehicles. It is expected that after enterprises start investing in this area, the power of smart machines will be even more powerful.

Tenth, 3D printing

Shipments of 3D printers are expected to grow by 75% in 2014, doubling by 2015. Gartner notes that hype in the consumer market has led companies to realize that 3D printing is actually a viable and cost-effective way to save money by reducing design costs, optimizing prototypes, and shortening production cycles.