IT trends for 2013… according to experts
Now that 2012 is over, let’s discuss some of the biggest priorities for IT in 2013. Beyond theories - what can we expect specifically? I do not suggest it to be a complete list, just what we believe would be most interesting for CIOs.
Feb 14, 2013
Now that 2012 is over, let’s discuss some of the biggest priorities for IT in 2013. Beyond theories - what can we expect specifically? I do not suggest it to be a complete list, just what we believe would be most interesting for CIOs.
Mobile Workforces
ShoreTel suggested that BYOD would not be the focus so much as something it referred to as "CYOD" (Choose your own device). With stats indicating that employee-owned devices will be compromised by malware at more than double the rate of corporate-owned devices, it’s not surprising why some companies are resistant to the BYOD trend. With employees longing for certain devices, and IT departments holding on to control for dear life, 2013 will bring a year of compromise. The practice of giving employees the ability to "choose their own device" instead of "bring their own device" will expand, satisfying both security issues of IT departments and the desire of choice for employees.
CIO of Dematic Asia-Pacific says: "If an employee said, ‘I want to bring in this Android device’, we could say, ‘OK, we have those in our choice. You can use your own but if yours breaks we will temporarily give you ours.’" It is calculated as much cheaper than solving those problems brought in by BYOD.
Gartner Group predicted in its 2013 special report that mobile can actually give back to businesses in more ways than we might expect, which might offset some of the naysayers worried about the infusion of mobility in the workplace.
Datacenters
VMware says that we should expect to see the shift towards software-defined datacenters accelerate in 2013. They explain this trend by the fact that networking and infrastructure security represent some of the stickiest issues when it comes to the drive to a more agile data center. They also add that due to sucj strong customer interest in SDDCs, we will be likely seing more networking vendors and startups modify their roadmaps to steer towards a software-defined networking strategy.
Citrix believes that virtualization has already effected a change on the data center infrastructure, which is being magnified by cloud computing. Thus, the predicted result is that software networking will outpace physical networking.
Hybrid cloud models
ShoreTel declares that "hybrid is the future" for cloud computing. What they mean is the fact that the emergence of cloud-based UC will lead to the adoption of hybrid solutions encompassing a combination of cloud and premise. ShoreTel analysts predict that in the coming years, the market will see additional applications, such as voicemail transcription and email-based fax services, available as cloud services. Obviously, vendors that that offer hybrid solutions in 2013 will be better positioned for growth.
RightScale confirm the trend and posits that if enterprises have not been already working towards a hybrid cloud solution, they would have to do so by the end of the current year. The approach facilitates the way enterprises manage their infrastructure – from geographical advantages (having clouds close to customers) to increased performance and better compliance capabilities.
Mobile Workforces
ShoreTel suggested that BYOD would not be the focus so much as something it referred to as "CYOD" (Choose your own device). With stats indicating that employee-owned devices will be compromised by malware at more than double the rate of corporate-owned devices, it’s not surprising why some companies are resistant to the BYOD trend. With employees longing for certain devices, and IT departments holding on to control for dear life, 2013 will bring a year of compromise. The practice of giving employees the ability to "choose their own device" instead of "bring their own device" will expand, satisfying both security issues of IT departments and the desire of choice for employees.
CIO of Dematic Asia-Pacific says: "If an employee said, ‘I want to bring in this Android device’, we could say, ‘OK, we have those in our choice. You can use your own but if yours breaks we will temporarily give you ours.’" It is calculated as much cheaper than solving those problems brought in by BYOD.
Gartner Group predicted in its 2013 special report that mobile can actually give back to businesses in more ways than we might expect, which might offset some of the naysayers worried about the infusion of mobility in the workplace.
Datacenters
VMware says that we should expect to see the shift towards software-defined datacenters accelerate in 2013. They explain this trend by the fact that networking and infrastructure security represent some of the stickiest issues when it comes to the drive to a more agile data center. They also add that due to sucj strong customer interest in SDDCs, we will be likely seing more networking vendors and startups modify their roadmaps to steer towards a software-defined networking strategy.
Citrix believes that virtualization has already effected a change on the data center infrastructure, which is being magnified by cloud computing. Thus, the predicted result is that software networking will outpace physical networking.
Hybrid cloud models
ShoreTel declares that "hybrid is the future" for cloud computing. What they mean is the fact that the emergence of cloud-based UC will lead to the adoption of hybrid solutions encompassing a combination of cloud and premise. ShoreTel analysts predict that in the coming years, the market will see additional applications, such as voicemail transcription and email-based fax services, available as cloud services. Obviously, vendors that that offer hybrid solutions in 2013 will be better positioned for growth.
RightScale confirm the trend and posits that if enterprises have not been already working towards a hybrid cloud solution, they would have to do so by the end of the current year. The approach facilitates the way enterprises manage their infrastructure – from geographical advantages (having clouds close to customers) to increased performance and better compliance capabilities.