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Grazed from Business2Community.  Author: David Deans.

Chief executives have approved digital technology budgets and updated strategic plans, now the Line of Business leaders and their IT counterparts must address the tactical execution for 2015 and beyond.  In hindsight, 2014 was a pivotal year for cloud service platform adoption. Regardless, the trend will accelerate next year. International Data Corporation (IDC) has shared their 2015 predictions about the global cloud computing platforms market, based upon their latest outlook.

These predictions are intended to help senior executives and IT leaders capitalize on the most profound emerging market opportunities and plan for their future growth.  “Digitization and transformation to virtualized, on-demand services are driving very rapid internal IT change. All business technology buyers are now shifting steadily toward cloud-first strategies,” said Robert Mahowald, vice president at IDC…

Grazed from DataPipe.  Author:  David Lucky.

With 2015 all but arrived, it’s natural for technology experts to offer their predictions for the new year. Oftentimes, these take the form of optimistic forecasts of the new advancements on the horizon. However, sometimes industry professionals acknowledge that the coming months will have their fair share of challenges.

The realm of cloud computing security is a case in point. Writing for InfoWorld, David Linthicum recently highlighted three cloud computing predictions that he would like to see come to fruition in 2015 but which are not likely to reach this point. And the rise of cloud computing security mastery among enterprises was his leading pipe dream. In reality, these companies will continue to rely on managed security services to safely leverage cloud resources in the foreseeable future…

Grazed from PCCMobileBroadBand.  Author: Tara Neal.

Much has been said throughout 2014 about the Internet-of-Things(IoT) becoming a significant growth area for telecom operators. While M2M connectivity leverages on both wireless and fiber connectivity to power all the IoT end devices and their connectivity to the cloud, what is going to becoming a bigger business area for service providers is the cloud-based services comprising IoT platforms, data storage and computing services.

All the data that IoT end devices will be collecting will ultimately be stored in huge data lakes, and because there will be huge amounts of unstructured data, providers of IoT/M2M services will require extensive big data capabilities which include the ability to process the data in real time, produce analytics, integrate the processed data to other third party clouds which will then push the data to end-user applications while at the same time, being able to ensure the privacy, security and timeliness of the data and the processes…

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Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: Jan Stafford.

In 2014, news about developing cloud applications using IBM Watson’s cognitive capabilities and mobile-first strategies were top traffic-getters on SearchCloudApplications. An article about developing Internet of Things (IoT) apps and a piece about enterprise architects’ cloud projects were runners up.

Looking at why these four stories attracted over 12,000 readers, I talked with our expert contributor, George Lawton, who wrote all of them. Together, we offered some footnotes to each story.  The year’s top story was “IBM’s Watson supercomputer gives developers access to cognitive cloud.” In it, Lawton describes how software developers are using IBM Watson to build customer-focused cloud-based applications…

Grazed from Investors.  Author: Patrick Seitz.

In tech, 2015 will be big for: wearables, cloud computing, the Internet of Things and, alas, cybersecurity problems.  The year kicks off with the giant International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where wearable devices — from smartwatches and activity trackers to body-worn cameras and computer glasses — will be a major focus.

The four-day conference starts Tuesday. But one much-anticipated wearable will not be at the show, Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch, unveiled by Apple CEO Tim Cook at an October event, is slated for release in early 2015…

Grazed from NewsWorks.org.  Author: Todd Bookman.

The tech industry has a habit of getting ahead of itself.  An idea comes along, investors talk it up, the media catches wind…suddenly, the thing is plastered on every front page and home page, ink on the patent application still drying. Before you can mutter the word ‘disruptive,’ though, doubt slowly creeps in, backlashers begin their backlash, and the bubble is burst.

The people at Gartner, a Connecticut-based research and consulting firm, spend a lot of their time thinking about that cycle. They put out a chart each year, in fact, called the Hype Cycle, that tries to measure what stage different technologies are in, and how fast they’ll move through those stages…

Grazed from CMSWire.  Author: Tom Murphy.

Perhaps nothing in information technology offers a richer mix of expectation and disillusionment than the mobile enterprise. It’s become like the lover who keeps promising a long-term relationship but never commits.

Since workers became enamored with smartphones eight years ago, it has seemed obvious those devices will one day connect with the applications and data within the company’s fire-walled network. And that will happen. It just didn’t happen in 2014…

Grazed from FinancialPost.  Author: Lynn Greiner.

Every year around this time, we get inundated with predictions of what to look for in IT when the calendar turns. Sometimes those forecasts come true, sometimes they’re merely wishful thinking, but it’s usually interesting to see what the pundits believe is in store.

Let’s take a peek into their crystal balls.

International Data Corporation analysts made a series of predictions, some rather startling, about the cloud. For example, they said that three quarters of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings would be redesigned, rebranded, or discontinued in the next 12-to-24 months, despite the expectation of rapid growth as competitors rise up to challenge market leader Amazon…

Grazed from CloudWedge. Author: Editorial Staff.

KPMG’s 2014 Cloud Survey Report of enterprise cloud computing adoption had some significant findings, including the notable shift away from cloud adoption for purely cost reduction purposes and a move to other goals. The Report was compiled from survey answers from 539 C-level global business executives and IT leaders including CEOs’, CIOs’ and CFOs’.

The executives were from organizations spanning more than a dozen major industries, all of which had annual revenues between $100 Million to over $20 Billion. The methodology is explained in greater detail on page 15 of the study. There were a number of points of note including the following; According to Forrester Research, the public cloud market is estimated to reach $191 billion by 2020, a significant climb from 2013’s total of $58 billion…

Grazed from Baseline. Author: Samuel Greengard.

In recent years, the pace of digital change has been breathtaking. New tools, technologies and approaches have entered the enterprise, and the intersection of these factors has introduced new and more complex challenges—along with remarkable opportunities. As the calendar flips over to 2015, here are six trends that will shape business and IT in the coming year.

The Internet of things moves into the mainstream.

Hype notwithstanding, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Internet of things (IoT) and connected devices represent enormous potential for enterprises that learn to use these systems effectively. They represent a goldmine of data for business, along with new conveniences and efficiencies for both the enterprise and consumers…

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