Technology Trends For 2013

Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. David Cearley is the vice president of Gartner and he wrote, “These technologies are emerging amidst an integration of several forces – social, mobile, cloud and information. Together they are revolutionizing business and society, disrupting old business models and creating new leaders.” The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2013 include:

Mobile devices

The growth in mobile phone use for Web access, data access and business is starting to take over PCs, ending Window’s dominance over corporate platforms.  Windows is now only one of a variety of environments IT will need to support.

This fact emphasizes the importance of IT departments to be able to troubleshoot and support a myriad of mobile devices for different platforms.  One size does not fit all.

David Cearley the vice president of Garner wrote: “”By 2015 media tablet sales will reach around 50% of laptop shipments and Windows will be in third place behind Android and Apple… We believe that Microsoft’s share of the client platform (PC, tablet, smartphone) will likely be reduced to 60% and it could possibly fall below 50%.”

Growth of mobile centric apps and interfaces

By 2014, there will be more than 70 billion mobile application downloads from app stores.  These apps will change the way we interface with our devices and apps through voice, touch, or gestures.

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