Technology trends in 2013

With 2013 having rung its presence with a big bang, we take the view of CIOs on technology that will be bang in the limelight in 2013. Prod on...

"I genuinely feel that Cloud Computing will continue to be in limelight in 2013 and BYOD will start intensifying. To make a bold statement, "Adoption of Cloud Computing is directly proportional to BYOD." I am a firm believer that Cloud Computing and BYOD goes hand in hand and their triumph are codependent. "Big Data" would be another hot topic next year but now sure, if we will be able to see a good applied large scale impact."
Raj Khemani, Head - IT, Clariant

"Organizations will look at optimization and increasing productivity. End computing will converge with office equipment and personal equipment like smart phone, there will be use of cloud instead of local machine and servers hosted within the company." 
Dr Selvam K, Group Chief Information Officer, Siva Industries & Holding

"In my view, mobility will be the key trend. Web access through mobile devices will overtake PC based browsing and web access. Tablets and smartphones will grow at a fantastic rate. Enterprises will build great applications with right footprints. A shift may happen from native applications to HTML 5 applications. Bigdata will be another trend. From the traditional way, a major shift will happen in content management, storage and data ware housing. Well performing analytics engine will evolve and decision makers will be more depending on data analytics. More servers will be virtualized. Trend will continue to reduce IT operating cost."
A Balakrishnan, CTO,Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services

"In 2013, we expect to see tractions related to analytics of big data. I see numerous tools and technology solutions gaining great maturity in this area. 'Data Center Efficiency' will continue to be the mantra and we expect large enterprises adopting public cloud next year. Social technologies will become the primary mode for communication and collaboration in enterprise space

Mobile Apps for enterprise will come of age as Apple, Google and Microsoft enter into a death battle for corporate IT dollars.

And, in the security space, expect new tools and technologies to provide Real-Time visibility into data movement in order to detect suspicious/ unauthorized security events and attacks." 
Sanjay Vidyadharan, Chief Information Officer, Marlabs Software

"With the year 2013 kicking in, the following whopping technological advancements can be witnessed-
With Write Once Access Anywhere- Will enable data accessing data from anywhere on any device. This happens as the user data synchronizes with any device seamlessly and without any manual intervention. Users can use anything from a laptop, tablet, Smart phone or TV between and be assured of easy availability of data.

The ever growing mountain of data - both from the enterprise and from the external world of social media generated audience -new technologies and capabilities will be needed to study, segment and interpret this huge volume and derive business insights.

Social Media, Mobility and Cloud: This will transform the face of IT in terms of how it is used and managed. Organizations are now allowing people to derive enterprise information through their own devices with the BYOD concept. Public, private and hybrid clouds can vividly modify how applications are built, deployed and accessed.

eWaste Handling: The all important subject of eWaste handling and recycling due to device proliferation - The rapid changes in technology is resulting in more frequent release of improved devices and appliances and therefore, the resulting obsolescence will cause a significant amount of ewaste to be generated.

Taking into account the above trends, there will be a need for increased Information Security practices. These practices will have to evolve and change for providing better confidentiality, integrity and privacy of data." 
Suresh Iyer, Executive Vice President - IT, Blue Star Infotech