In its 2013 Top 10 Technology Trends for Business report, PwC U.S. reveals the most significant trends in technology that are reshaping strategies, business models, and enterprise investments this year. They are:
1. Pervasive Computing: The ability to digitally engage and interact (via your mobile devices) with enabled objects around you;
2. Cyber Security: It continues to be a pressing issue;
3. Big Data Mining & Analysis: More than managing data faster and cheaper; it is about making better business decisions;
4. Private Cloud: Consumers of IT are de-manding greater value from IT services;
5. Enterprise Social Networking: Becoming a core tool for the new social workforce;
6. Digital Delivery of Products & Services: Customers are driving companies to develop new ways of delivering value;
7. Public Cloud Infrastructure: Cloud adoption will continue to mature;
8. Data Visualization: Leading edge com-panies will explore dynamic virtualization techniques;
9. Simulation and Scenario Modeling: Organ-izations are focusing on simulation models that enable executives to envision the potential impact of their choices;
10. Gamification: Via game mechanics, social networking and behavioral analytics, gamification can transform a business.
"Our top trends report shows that a diverse and complex set of technologies are emerging, which CIOs and the C-suite need to embrace and incorporate into their business from strategy through execution," according to Chris Curran, a PwC Principal and Chief Technologist for the U.S. firm's Advisory practice.
