{"id":10727,"date":"2011-11-08T22:25:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T02:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=10727"},"modified":"2022-08-19T15:46:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:46:44","slug":"gartners-top-tech-trends-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/gartners-top-tech-trends-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner’s Top Tech Trends For 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gart\"Gartner's<\/a>ner VP David Cearley described<\/a> their top ten strategic technology trends for 2012 to attendees of the Gartner Symposium IT\/Expo<\/a>. Gartner<\/a> (IT<\/a>) defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Here are Gartner’s top strategic technologies for 2012.<\/p>\n

\"Gartner<\/a>Media tablets and beyond:<\/strong> Bring-your-own-technology (BYOT<\/a>) at work has become the norm, not the exception.\u00a0 By 2015 tablet shipments will reach around 50% of laptop shipments and\u00a0Windows<\/a> 8 will likely be in third place behind Google<\/a>‘s (GOOG<\/a>) Android<\/a> and\u00a0Apple’s<\/a> (AAPL<\/a>) iOS<\/a>. The net result is that\u00a0Microsoft<\/a>‘s (MSFT<\/a>) share of the client platform, be it PC, tablet, or smartphone, will likely be reduced to 60% and it could fall below 50%, Mr. Cearley says.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/a>The implication for IT is that the era of PC dominance with Windows as the single platform will be replaced with a post-PC era<\/a> where Windows is one of a variety of environments IT will need to support. Gartner says it expects iOS\/Android will dominate the market with 80% of tablets shipped by 2015. IT leaders need a managed diversity program to address multiple form factors, as well as employees bringing their own smartphones and tablet devices into the workplace.<\/p>\n

Mobile-Centric Applications and Interfaces. <\/strong>User interfaces with windows, icons, menus and pointers which have been in place for more than 20 years are changing. The UI<\/a> will be replaced by mobile-centric interfaces emphasizing touch, gesture, search, voice, and video. Applications themselves are likely to shift to more focused and simple apps that can be assembled into more complex solutions. By 2015 half the applications that would be written as native apps in 2011 will instead be delivered as Web apps.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Internet of Things:<\/strong> The Internet of Things (IoT<\/a>) describes pervasive computing where cameras, sensors, microphones, image recognition, everything, is now part of the environment. In addition, increasingly intelligent devices create issues such as privacy concerns. Gartner<\/a> says. Drivers of the IoT are:<\/p>\n