{"id":4360,"date":"2013-12-31T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=4360"},"modified":"2013-11-30T21:43:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T05:43:12","slug":"business-technology-top-trends-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/business-technology-top-trends-for-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Technology: Top Trends for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Brian Hopkins bio\" href=\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/brianhopkins88\">Brian Hopkins<\/a>, analyst at Gartner, <a title=\"Technology trend categories for 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/brian_hopkins\/13-11-04-engagement_smart_systems_and_nimbleness_anchor_the_top_tech_trends_to_watch\">reported three main categories of technology trends<\/a> that will characterize technology change in 2014. \u00a0They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Engagement <\/strong>&#8211; Businesses need to create a compelling digital experience to attract and engage their customers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart<\/strong> &#8211; Smart systems will allow business to derive competitive advantage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nimble <\/strong>&#8211; IT must embrace change to help the business become both nimble and secure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More specifically, over the next 18 months, Gartner identifies the following top 10 technology trends:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Digital convergence erodes boundaries &#8211; consumers increasingly don&#8217;t distinguish between physical and digital experiences<\/li>\n<li>Digital experiences increasingly define businesses<\/li>\n<li>APIs become the digital glue for building new services<\/li>\n<li>Businesses adopt new data concepts like Big Data, Open Data, analytics, and collaboration<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll move closer to a reality of the internet of things as we increasingly see more connectivity with devices<\/li>\n<li>Businesses need to rethink security and &#8216;trust&#8217; and how best to avoid loss of data<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure will change from being a barrier to progress to a being a catalyst for it<\/li>\n<li>Mobile and cloud will become better understood, better implemented, and more frequently adopted<\/li>\n<li>IT increasingly will lose ownership of processes and systems to business groups<\/li>\n<li>IT will need to become an agile service broker or lose relevance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fbusiness-technology-top-trends-for-2014%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" 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