Gartner reveals Top IT Predictions for 2014 and Beyond

Gartner has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and IT users for 2014 and beyond. Gartner's top predictions for 2014 combine several disruptive topics  Digital Industrial Revolution, Digital Business, Smart Machines and the Internet of Things  that are set to have an impact well beyond just the IT function.

Daryl Plummer, Managing Vice-President & Analyst, Gartner, said, Gartner's 2013 CEO survey suggests CEOs feel that business uncertainties are declining and yet, CIOs awake each day into a world of technology uncertainty and change. The savvy CIO will get his or her CEO to recognize the change being brought about by disruptive shifts is coming at an accelerated pace and at a global level of impact.

Top 10 predictions of Gartner say that, by the year 2018, there will be a loss of at least $100 billion per year in the intellectual property globally due to 3D printing. By 2016, 3D printing of tissues and organs (bio printing) will cause a global debate about regulating the technology or banning it for both human and non-human use. More than half of consumer goods manufacturers will receive 75 per cent of their consumer innovation and R&D capabilities from crowd sourced solutions by 2017.

Furthermore, it has also been said by Gartner that, by 2020, enterprises and governments will fail to protect 75 per cent of sensitive data, and declassify and grant broad/public access to it. By 2017, 10 per cent of computers will be learning rather than processing.  Whereas, by 2020, consumer data collected from wearable devices will drive 5 per cent of sales from the Global 1000.