#9 Mature app stores shift focus to proprietary apps for the enterprise

Currently people get most of their apps through online app stores.  But as companies build up their mobile app development skills, there will be a shift towards developing proprietary, company-specific apps.  Adoption and delivery of these apps will be facilitated by companies’ private enterprise app stores.  These company-created apps will enable them to include industry-, geography-, and role-specific features that boost productivity.  This same enterprise app stores will also help regulate the use of 3rd party apps that users can install.

#10 Massive open online courses (MOOC) enable IT to keep pace with technology changes

A MOOC is a web-based class environment aimed at large-scale global participation and open access via the Internet. MOOCs have been dubbed a potentially disruptive technology trend (especially for traditional higher education). As these courses gain traction, future employees, engineers and researchers will receive a significant portion of their education through MOOCs and associated digital learning methods and tools. Because technology is evolving faster than individuals can absorb, in 2014 this new trend will enable IT organizations to more rapidly evolve their skill sets and ultimately more effectively keep pace with technology changes. Specifically, MOOCs will help IT ramp up quickly with analytics, mobile development, and agile methodologies to help with big data, consumerization, and DevOps, respectively.

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