Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Smartphones and tablets are slowly taking over the PC space, and are expected to constitute nearly 80 percent of device spending by 2017. Research firm Garter predicts that by 2017, nearly half of first-time computer purchases will be a tablet. Gartner further states that global IT spending is expected to touch $3.8 trillion in 2014, a 3.6 percent increase from 2013. “The Digital Industrial Economy will be built on the foundations of Nexus of Forces (which includes confluence and integration of cloud, social collaboration, mobile and information) and the Internet of Everything by combining the physical world and virtual." adds Sondergaard.
“Digital changes the IT market in a big way through the Internet of Things. In the technology and telecom sectors, revenue associated with the Internet of Things will exceed $309 billion per year by 2020.”
On concerns related to Data security and
management, Sondergaard said: “The security of embedded technologies
that your organization has right now may be the most important
operational responsibility you will have in 2020. Digitalization will
create new infrastructures and new vulnerabilities in our
infrastructures. We recommend that you build a portfolio of security
vendors because no single vendor addresses more than a fraction of your
problem. Everyone will need to establish more agile security processes.”
Gartner's prediction corroborates the IDC report
that also forecasted that tablet shipments will surpass PCs by Q4 2013,
and annually by 2015. The report stated small connected devices,
comprising PCs, tablets, and smartphones, have grown nearly by 27.8
percent year on year in 2013. The research firm added that the growth is
driven by tablets and smartphones sales.
