This time last year, we spoke about how 2013 will see increased personalization of IT and mobile devices like smartphones. That did
happen, but it also led to privacy walls being breached. In the coming
year, thanks to Edward Snowden's revelations, people will be more
conscious about privacy, and will take care to protect information
stored on their devices and ensure their online behavior remains
confidential.
Michael Joseph, manager, systems
engineering, Saarc, Fortinet, says home automation devices that control
electrical consumption, temperature of fridges, etc could become new
targets.
Security fears notwithstanding, we
will be more dependent on technology. Devices like Google Glass and
smart watches will get better. Person to person, person to machine, and
machine to machine interactions will increase.
Sunil Lalvani,
MD, BlackBerry, India, feels technologies like NFC and M2M will move to
the next level driven by smartphones. S Rajendran, CMO, Acer India,
says people will use at least three connected devices for their diverse
needs like editing, watching videos or simply connecting with friends.
Apple's Mac Pro fairly easy to repair, says iFixit.
Apple's Mac Pro fairly easy to repair, says iFixit.
Phillip
Beniac, regional VP, Qlik-Tech, Asia Pacific and Japan, sees the
emergence of touch as a shift from consumerization to humanization of
IT. "Touch technologies encourage interactivity in surprising ways -
people simply enjoy working with touch and appear to be more willing to
explore with a tactile interface than with a mouse-driven environment."
Television revolution
High
definition and ultra-high definition technologies will be more
affordable, presenting us with exciting opportunities for new video
experiences not seen before. According to Cisco, video technology in
ultra-high definition will become imperative for smartphones , augmented
reality glasses, tablets and other devices equipped with camera.
Manoj
Padmanabhan, business head, new media, Zee Entertainment, says 2014
will see a sharp upswing in the number of users consuming video and TV
on-the-go . "With smartphones offering bigger screens and better audio
/video outputs, live TV has already caught the attention of the youth in
a big way. Further, players like Ditto TV are available across all OS
and devices giving the youth multiple access points." He says there is a
possibility of content providers tailoring content only for mobile TV
in the near future.
Big data and analytics
With
increasing ease of collecting data, analytics will boom. According to
Anand Ramakrishnan, business head, HCL Services, "Real-time access to
multi-structured data improves decision making and enables businesses to
be more agile to market conditions. They will have to leverage social
networking , cloud services, analytics and mobility."
Gaurav
Vohra, founder of business analytics school Jigsaw Academy, feels more
businesses will leverage social media to connect to customers.
"Techniques like text analytics and sentiment analysis will gain
credence," he says.
Enterprise app stores
Due
to increasing penetration of mobile devices at the workplace, users
expect enterprises to provide the capability, flexibility and power they
get in the consumer world. "This is likely to lead to organizations
setting up app stores of their own, referred to as enterprise app store
where an employee can go and get access to all the applications required
to perform a business task/activity," says Sanjay Deshmukh, area VP,
India subcontinent , Citrix.
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