#2 Industrial Internetgets vertical(sometimes called the Internet of Things)

As more objects become embedded with sensors and gain the ability to communicate, the resulting information networks promise to create new business models, improve business processes and reduce costs and risks.  Many industries are gaining a competitive advantage from “connectedness” – among them:  fleet management (for tracking goods and vehicles), consumer electronics and retail (stock control). Manufacturing, oil and gas, automotive, security, transport and even environmental management (smart cities) are gaining in this area. In 2014 adoption increases as companies continue to search for competitive advantages that also drive cost savings.

#3 Monolithic cloud strategies fade

Companies are moving towards automating the dynamic shifting of workloads from one cloud service to another for optimum performance, price and availability.  IT will gain experience and confidence in moving a workload out of the path of a mega-storm (like Sandy), or to a lower cost service provider, or to a service provider closer to the end-user so the latency is minimized. In 2014, companies will move beyond the “I have a cloud strategy” to “I have a multi-cloud strategy.”

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