2013 technology and business trends

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Happy New Year and welcome to 2013. According to the experts, 2013 will be a very interesting year for High Tech. Here are some articles and predictions for technology in 2013:

As expected, Cloud, Big Data, Mobile and Social Technologies will play a major role and continue to increase in importance.

Cloud:

• Cloud computing – 10 trends for the year ahead, Sven Denecken
  http://scn.sap.com/community/cloud/blog/2012/12/13/cloud-computing-10-trends-for-the-year-ahead
• Technologies to Watch 2013: The Cloud Will Make BYOD a Non-Issue – Eventually, CIO Magazine
  http://www.cio.com/article/725095/Technologies_to_Watch_2013_The_Cloud_Will_Make_BYOD_a_Non_Issue_Ev...

Big Data:

• Smarter Information, Smarter Consumers,  Harvard Business Review
  http://hbr.org/2013/01/smarter-information-smarter-consumers/ar/1
• Big Data: Rise of the Machines, New York Times Technology
  http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/big-data-rise-of-the-machines/?smid=tw-nytimesbits&seid=aut...

Mobile:

• Record-breaking Christmas week: 50M iOS and Android devices activated, 1.76B apps downloaded
  Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/02/record-breaking-christmas-week-50m-ios-and-android-devices-activat...
• Forbes: 2013 roundup of mobility forecasts and market estimates
  http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2013/01/17/2013-roundup-of-mobility-forecasts-and-market-e...

Social media:

• Seven Trends in Community and Social Business for 2013
  http://community-roundtable.com/2013/01/seven-trends-in-community-and-social-business-for-2013/
• Looking at digital business in 2013
  http://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/looking-at-digital-business-in-2013-018946.php

General Trends & Predictions:

• The Future Of Enterprise IT: 30 Executives Share Their 2013 Predictions
  Read more at http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/the-future-of-enterprise-it-30-executives-share-their...
• 2013 IT Outlook: Innovation Trumps Cost-Cutting, CIO Magazine
  http://www.cio.com/article/725093/2013_IT_Outlook_Innovation_Trumps_Cost_Cutting?source=sflowtweet&u...
• The Top CRM Trends For 2013, Forrester Research
  http://blogs.forrester.com/william_band/13-01-02-the_top_crm_trends_for_2013
• IDC Releases Chief Financial Officer Top 10 Predictions for 2013
  http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23905913#.UPRRn-VOnFo

And what is your view on 2013?