siliconindia|4|January2013Thecurrentworldissoagilethatwecanmultitaskandhavewideaccesstotheinformationstream. Mobileplaysawideroletothisaccessinthiscen-tury.Forinstance,themomentIlaststoppedpeeringintomySmartphoneand was cut off from information stream is when it was drained out of batterycharge. That’s the momentum mobile has created in this century and the enter-prises, entrepreneurs and investors unanimously believe that there are lot morebusinessmodelsandinventionsyettoarrivefromthemobilespacein2013.Aspertheanalystsandentrepreneursopinion,it’snotjustthemobile,CloudandBigDataisalsojoiningthebandwagonandthesetechnologiesareexpectedtodrive 90percentoftheITgrowthfrom2013through2020.ButwhatIhaveobservedtodayiseventhoughenterprisesandentrepreneursare aware of the trends and problems well in advance; there is not enough pre-parednesswithintheenterprisestoimbibethesetrends.Thevastmajorityofprob-lemsindividuals,organizations,andnationsfacearefullypredictable,butwearealltoofocusedonourcurrentproblemsthansolvingtomorrow’spredictableprob-lems.Asmentionedearlier,bigdataisonahockeystickgrowthandenterprisesarewitnessingthisexplodingdatabeneficialfortheirbusiness.However,thefactisthatmanyenterprisesstilldonothavematuredtalentwhocananalyzevoluminousandincreasinglycomplexdatatoderiveinformationthathassignificantbusinessvalue.AsperGartner,bigdatademandwillsee4.4millionrelatedjobscreatedgloballyby 2015 but only one third of those jobs will be filled. Over the next 24 to 36monthsthemajorchallengethatorganizationswillfacewillberecruiting,retain-inganddevelopingpeoplewithadvancedinformationmanagement/analyticsskills.Theserolesincludedatascientists,informationleaders,datastewards,chiefdataof-ficersandinformationarchitects.Moreoverthecloudintelligencewillevolveintobecominganactiveresourceinourdailylives,providinganalysisandcontextualadvice.Forentrepreneurs,thesetechnologieswillwelcomemoreofinvestmentsfromVentureCapitalists. Moreoveritissaidthatcorporationshave$1.8trillionincashavailableformergers&acquisitionsandprivateequitygroupshave$430billion,whichtheydidnotusemuchin2012.Thisalsogeneratesahopeforentrepreneursin 2013.These changing trends will push entrepreneurs to benchmark their rele-vanceandre-articulatetheirdifferentiatorsin2013.WishyouallHappyNewYear!Pleasedoletusknowwhatyouthink.ChristoJacobManagingEditoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialA Year of Hopes!Editor-in-ChiefHarviSacharManaging EditorChristoJacobEditorial StaffAnamikaSahuRachitaSharmaVigneshAVisualizerAshokKumarSubscription ManagerPMagendranMMaaiilliinngg AAddddrreessssSiliconIndia Inc44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.440.8249, F:510.440.8276siliconindiaJanuary 2013, volume 16-1 (ISSN 1091-9503) Published monthly by siliconindia, Inc. siliconindia’scirculation is audited and certifiedby BPA International. siliconindiais available throughmainstream retail outlets such as Barnes & Noble, Borders, andTower Records. It is also available at ethnic Asian Indian stores inmajor Indian hot spots across the U.S. The magazine is also dis-tributed at major trade shows and conferences, including Comdex, InternetWorld and PC Expo.Copyright © 2009 siliconindia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproductionin whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without writ-ten permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumesno responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustra-tions. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not neces-sarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed bythe publisher thereof. siliconindiaTo subscribe to siliconindiaVisit www.siliconindia.com or send email to subscription@siliconindia.comJANUARY- 2013
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