IDC sees big data, business analytics and business intelligence converging into a new wave of platforms, which will fill gaps between strategic, operational and tactical decision management. In Gartner's vision, 35 per cent of enterprise IT expenditures for most organisations will be managed outside the IT department's budget by 2015.
Meanwhile, vendors will be able to sell through more channels than just the IT department, meaning that the CIO will have to deal with "proliferative innovation", according to Ovum. "To minimise this disconnect, the CIO will need to act as an enabler of innovation for the business, and this creates the opportunity to play a central role in both operational and commercial strategy." "The adoption of new smart devices and sophisticated web services in the consumer market is accelerating, extending the gap between user expectations and the services being delivered by corporate IT," explains Tim Jennings, Ovum's chief analyst for enterprise IT. It also predicts that line-of-business owners will confront CIOs for not being able to meet the specific needs of the department. The carbon tax will mean that energy use will be at the centre of IT decision making for manufacturing, utilities and transport organisations this year.Īccording to Ovum, consumerisation will cause anarchy in organisations, creating problems and opportunities for CIOs. IDC also believes that growth rates will remain above 9 per cent out to 2015. It predicts that the Asia-Pacific IT spend (excluding Japan) will reach US$653 billion this year, representing 10.4 per cent growth. A car that they might buy could even come from a technology company, with Gartner predicting that at least one tech firm will have announced plans to develop its own car by 2016.Īlthough IDC acknowledges the risk of a global recession in 2012, it didn't expect a major impact on ICT spending in the Asia-Pacific region, saying only that companies will be cautious in their spend in the coming year. Meanwhile, Gartner predicts that by 2015, mobile payments will account for 5 per cent of all consumer electronic transactions worldwide, and that most consumers in mature markets will carefully consider buying any car that didn't have internet access. "Nokia has high brand recognition in emerging markets, where its low-cost products, local services and strong carrier relations will prepare it well to regain the top brand position," Gartner analyst Sandy Shen says. Gartner also holds the belief that Nokia will again be the top consumer-electronics brand by that year.
MobilityĪccording to IDC, 2012 will be the year of mobility for Australia.Ĭustomer-facing staff will continue to adopt tablets, Ovum predicts, backed up by Gartner's belief that PC vendors will need a successful tablet offering to remain in the top five vendors by 2015. "Some cloud datacentre operators already include an energy surcharge in their pricing package, and Gartner analysts believe this trend will rapidly escalate to include the majority of operators - driven by competitive pressures and a 'me too' approach."Ĭonsumers, meanwhile, will be slow to jump on the bandwagon, Gartner says, predicting that by 2014, less than 10 per cent of consumers will use cloud services for their main storage. "While cloud operators can make strategic decisions about locations, tax subsidies are no long-term answer to managing costs, and investments in renewable-energy sources remain costly," the analyst house says. For this privilege, they'll have to pay Gartner predicts that 80 per cent of cloud services will include a global energy surcharge by 2015. In general, enterprise cloud use will grow across the board, according to Gartner, which says that over 50 per cent of global 1000 companies will have stored customer-sensitive data in the public cloud by the end of 2016. This includes mapping and analysis for the ocean floor, carbon dioxide storage analysis, and modelling, geothermal energy exploration and geospatial data, to name a few," it says.īut it won't just be the mining sector. "A fundamental requirement as part of the activities involved in exploration and discovery within the mining, oil and gas sectors is the collection of data to inform investment decisions.