Forbes 2013 - whats next?

Global future according to Forbes

Prediction #1: Wireless semi industry goes through further consolidation and potential exits.

Prediction #2: Intel licenses ARM’s Cortex technology.

Prediction #3: Samsung goes captive in modems.

Prediction #4: Apple launches a MacBook Air with iOS functionality.

Prediction #5: Telco infrastructure industry will undergo further restructuring, exits and consolidation.

Prediction #6: Huawei signs an enterprise distribution agreement with IBM.

Prediction #7: Handset industry sees further exits, M&A and restructuring.

Prediction #8: Apple to launch tailored “mini” iPhone in mid-2013.

Prediction #9: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 stutter.

Prediction #10: Apple launches smart TVs in the 2013 second half.

Future of the cloud according to Forbes

1. More hosted private clouds
2. Clouds and mobile becomes one
3. New PC's - personal cloud
4. More cloud services brokerages
5. The rise of industry-specific and community clouds
6. Cloud talent shortages looms
7 .“Cloud” as a defining term fades

Top 10 Strategic technologies for 2013

       1.    Mobile devices – By 2015 – over 80% of handsets will be smart phones.

       2.   Mobile applications + HTML 5 – Through 2014 – JavaScript performance will push HTML5 and the         browser as a mainstream application development.

       3.       Personal cloud – will be center of digital life

       4.       Internet of things – By 2020 – will be over 30 billion connected things, with M2M connectivity .

        Key technologies – embedded sensors, image recognition and NFC.

      5.       Hybrid IT and Cloud computing – Changes the role of IT .

      6.       Strategic Big Data – Organizations need to focus on non traditional  data types and external data   sources. Hadoop and NoSQL gain momentum. Big Data will meet social.

Social graph, intent graph, consumption graph, interest graph and mobile graph. Single corporation data warehouse – dead. Multiple system tied together – Integration is the key.

      7.       Actionable analytics – Clouds + packaged analytics + big data accelerates in 2013.

      8.       Mainstream in-memory computing – boost performance + response time.

      9.       Integrated ecosystem 

      10. Enterprise APP stores – Most organizations will deliver mobile apps to workers.

Sources
Forbes - cloud computing
Forbes Technology Predictions