How IT will change our lives massively?

How IT will change our lives massively?

Gartner Inc’s annual predictions says a nexus of forces will drive massive transformation in many industries. The Gartner Predicts 2013 says most industries will face massive changes during the period from 2013 through 2015. CIOs and other IT and business leaders can use Gartner’s predictions and recommendations to better understand the forces that are changing their world and develop strategies to address the requirements of a fast-changing business environment. The top industry predictions include:

2014 Pay-as-you-drive insurance will rise significantly to account for 10% of overall annual auto insurance premiums. Less than 2% of consumers globally will adopt Near Field Communication (NFC)-based mobile payments. More than 50% of government shared-service organisations that provide cloud services by 2015 will discontinue or downscale them by 2017. Enterprise software spend will increase by 25% from current figures as a consequence of the proliferation of smart operational technology (OT). 2015 Non-traditional money creation and exchange will enable 125 million more people to participate in the mainstream global economy. Natural-language processing (NLP) use among large healthcare delivery organisations (HDOs) in English-speaking countries will quintuple, fueled by documentation, coding, quality reporting and research. To avoid becoming simply transaction factories, successful payer organisations will turn to information integration as their competitive differentiator. 50% of Tier 1 consumer goods manufacturers will invest in technology startups to maintain access to emerging business-to-consumer (B2C) technology. 2016 Three automakers will have announced concrete plans for upcoming automobile launches that will offer autonomous — or self-driving — vehicle technology. Patients will be harmed or placed at risk by a medical device security breach. National governments will require institutions to surrender student records for a redesigned, cost-cutting curriculum based on big data analysis. Half of US utility customers will have access to standardised energy usage data, but only 20% will use it. At least 25% of discrete manufacturers will adopt 3D printing to produce parts for products they sell or service. 2017 More than 50% of the media sold to advertisers by agencies will be priced based on performance.