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50 infrastructure trends in 140 character

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What does the futureof infrastructurehold?

This reckoner servesas a handy guide.

Technology today is so intrinsic t

functioning of organizations that

strategic role, a far cry from the

played previously.

As technology becomes an incre

business tool, CIOs have a uniqu

be the harbingers of change. To h

their roles and contribu te in busi

compiled a comprehensive list of

trends that w ill inuence the ent

As Darwin pointed out, It is not

species or the most intelligent th

most adaptable to change. Our

providing insights for smar t decis

it is knowledge that will help sur

changing times.

Anand Sankaran

Senior Vice President & BusinessHead - Wipro Infotech andGlobal Infrastructure Services


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#Automation #Datacenters #C

#Cloud #EndUserComputing ##IPv6 #ITOM #UCaaS #Virtua

infrastructure as we know it, will

over the coming years.

As IT leaders strive to transform

organization into a valued busine

responds quickly to business nee

emerging trends, as revealed by v

experts that enterprises should c

planning for 2013.

Each trend is articulated in no mcharacters and is hash tagged. Yo

follow along and extend the conv#


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#Autom


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#AUTOMATIONin virtual and

#CLOUD environments will

allocate resources to

workloads as needed,

returning them when the

job is complete.

1

Automation will change the wa

Cloud environments are manavirtualization are accelerating t

automation, in order to reduce

resources to run jobs and proc

diverse machines and infrastruc

allocation and hence reduction

are key in vir tual and cloud env

execution of workloads and to

associated with cloud computi

the virtual and cloud environm

resources to workload process

the need, and return those reselsewhere after the workload


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With #SELFSERVICEAUTOMATION,

end users will pick and use

services from a catalog,

without the assistance of a

IT operations department.

2 Self-service Automation will seorganization. With business pro

interlinked and reliant on IT tec

self-service automation is the n

concept of self-service automa

the end user of a business pro

a service catalog within an IT a

and initiates the process witho

IT operations depar tment. This

support costs and thereby, ope


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3

The pillars of

automationbatch processing,

runbook/workload

automationwill be unified

and centralized into a single

#AUTOMATIONENGINE.

The single Automation Engine automation solution. All the fou

automationbatch processing

automation and workload auto

be brought under one roof int

centralized automation solutio

automation engine. This solutio

all these and also include a num

entary technologies and capab

infrastructure monitoring, runn

on-demand and automating th

associated with cloud computi


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4

#AUTOMATION of

time-consuming and resource

intensive process will increase

efficiency, reduce errors and

lower cost of operations.

Automation will reduce the cos

Funding IT operations is getting

the number of disparate techno

IT departments is growing, alth

and budgets remain the same. T

automation of time-consuming

intensive processes, and throug

errors from manual interventio

automation will be the catalyst

of operations and drive efcien

always been in the picture, but

resource constraints, it will com

move to center stage.


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5

#AUTOMATION will integrate and

analyze vast volumes of

#BIGDATA to provide businesses

with the ability to take

decisions in near real-time.

Automation helps integration

of Big Data. Increasingly, all bu

data to make critical decisions

Today, not only is the volume o

but so are the number of disp

that feed into da ta warehouse

intelligence solutions. IT autom

and help analyze the moveme

these dispar ate sources to imp

and reporting.


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2

#Datace


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6

The #DATACENTER will go from

traditional, consolidated and

centralised to an internal cloud

where users can consume IT

as a service.

The Datacenter continues its tr

journey: From a traditional, virtuand centralized IT infrastructure

transform into a service-orient

efcient internal cloud, allowing

applications and data and consu

This transformation is the resul

the demands of a growing mob

the need to compete with pub

However, such a transformation

only if IT organizations change t

a command-and- control ideolo

IT services for their internal cu


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7

The infinite

#DATACENTERsmall in size, but

great in density will be highly

#ENERGYEFFICIENT.

Energy management in datace

becoming an important discip

moderately energy-intensive o

trend to analyze performance

This in turn will lead to the de

management information syst


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#HYBRIDIT Services will be

hosted part internally and part

externally. Businesses get both

security and costs/speed of the

external cloud.

8The trend towards Hybrid IT:

must continue to act as interm

internal customers and all IT s

external); at the same time, the

with public cloud service prov

Therefore, they are becoming

IT a set of IT services hoste

and par tly externally. This suits

since, as intermediaries, IT org

internal customers the protect

of the internal cloud, along wit

price, additional capacity and p

of the external cloud.


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The #HYPEREFFICIENCY of

datacenters will enable delivery

of services cost-effectively and

competitively in relation to the

external cloud.

9IT organizations need to strive in their data centers, especially

competing with the external clo

critical data and applications ma

internal private cloud, IT organi

internal IT services in an efcie

manner. By virtualizing as many

possible, using storage efcienc

as data de- duplication, and buy

enable them to maximize space

consolidate applications, data ce

to squeeze out fu rther costs.


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The #DATACENTER will be

increasingly at the heart of IT

operations and through

#VIRTUALIZATION, #SDNs and

#CONVERGEDINFRASTRUCTURESOLUTIONS.

10

The corporate Datacenter wil

as the ITPowerHouse: As the sdatacentre becomes more cos

provides internal IT delivery m

more efcient methods such a

Software-Dened Networks (

of converged infrastructure so

cloud-in-a-box), this market w

growth. Development and ope

will also be par t of Sustainable

be complete virtualizationof al

datacentre from the database,

to the user. This in turn will nec

automation technologies and t

orchestration layer.


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#Clou

3


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By the end of 2013, most

companies will choose a

mixture of private and

public clouds, or what is

called a #HYBRIDCLOUD.

11 The dawn of the Hybrid Cloudthat by end 2013, more than 6will have some form of cloud a

companies will choose a mixtu

and public cloud techniques, in

a hybrid cloud. Private cloud t

on service-centric delivery of

the organizat ion will soon eme

contender, while companies w

commodity services to the pu


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Organizations will soon consume

everything as a service. Software/

Biz processes as Services are

compelling for their reliability

and cost.

Software-as a-Service (SaaS) w

sought by rms looking to cre

and single solution in the clou

Process- as-a-Service) is also g

In order to deal with complex

initiatives such as Smart Grid a

organizations will rely on man

providers and adopt a shift tow

contracts with service provide

cost model in order to share t


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As devices, platforms and apps

mushroom, so will complexity

and the need for security.

#MANAGEDSECURITYSERVICESwill

quickly gain currency.

The growing variety of devices,

and the need to properly secur

IT complexity, leading to a grow

managed security services, even

some lingering economic uncer

cloud-based security services a

due to demand in North Amer

opportunities in developing ma


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#Consumeriza

4


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14The use of mobile devices

will grow. Although they

will not replace desktops

immediately, unmanaged

device storage will remain

a concern.

Although Consumerization is a g

widespread use and adoption of

mobile devices in business, they

replace the tr aditional compute

Instead for a time , both will coex

devices using specialised apps fo

tasks/projects. Companies using

mobile devices and desktops in

mix should recognise and manag

of unmanaged storage in tablets


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Enterprises will evaluate

#BYOD (Bring Your Own

Device) as a policy to

determine infrastructure

decisions of the future.

Mobility and the personal Cloud

to grow: Mobility and BYOD tre

Hence, enterprises should evalu

own situations, and consider a s

for users. They should also reco

is going to have a cascading effe

physical infrastructure is built in


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16Challenges from

#CONSUMERIZATION will

present both opportunities

and #SECURITYchallenges

for providers in the

managed services space.

Companies have to set up man

for BYOD. Most CIOs are look

hybrid model some parts of

in house, some via managed se

the Cloud.


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#EndUserComputing

5


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17With desktop

#VIRTUALIZATION delivering

users with on-demand

business services, the focus

will shift to information

and resource access.

Desktop Virtualization grows in

will continue to use desktop vir

desktop provisioning and mana

they will use it to deliver exibl

business services in a manner a

as part of a broader, more user

This means that IT department

focus beyond device control an

exible access to information a


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18The need to enhance

end-user productivity

will run at cross

purposes with the need

for ensuring #SECURITY of

IT infrastructure.

Security challenges with end-u

continue to haunt CIOs: Mor

faced with the challenges emp

whilst maintaining security of

IT has to enhance end-user p

maintaining IT control throug

management and help mitigat

mobile devices to datacenters


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The #ENDUSERCOMPUTINGtrend

will see companies deploying a

mix of physical, virtual and

cloud based desktops (DaaS).

19 A mix of devices will drive EnCompanies will deploy a mix

and physical desktops. Cloud,

Service (DaaS) and cloud-hos

play into the equation as well

cost savings, reduced hardwar

maintenance and managemen

reduced need for upgrades.


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#VirtualDesktopI

6


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The resurgence of

#VIRTUALDESKTOPINFRASTRUCTURE will

continue unabated, with over 60%

of enterprises adopting some form

of VDI by the end of 2013.

20 Virtual Desktop Infrastructurea renaissance, as businesses bo

are showing both interest and

enterprise solution that was o

associated with mainfr ame an

Studies show 60 percent of en

some form of VDI in use by y

just 10 percent in 2008.


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#VDI will simplify desktop

provisioning and management

improving the efficiency and

effectiveness of an organizations

#ENDUSERCOMPUTING policy.

21

Over the past decade, VDI im

been driven primarily by the

lower hardware costs by d

PC refresh cycles. Other reas

deployment included simplic

application provisioning, incre

and control of desktop infras

such as data security and pat

Today, it is used to also simp

provisioning and managemen

improve the efciency and ef

organizations end-user comp


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In the next three years, over 30%

of large organizations will deploy

Hosted Virtual Desktops #HVDs.

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VDI adoption rates will skyroc

technology turning mature, sim

inexpensive. Although desktop

remains an end-user niche du

performance levels, this is set

performance is improving and

becoming more mature, less e

complex. Research shows tha

2016, 30% of large organizatio

more than 1,000 users) will h

hosted virtual desktops (HVD

users or more. In all, HVDs w

deliver client computing capab

million users by 2016.


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#FabricComputing

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As IT organizations seek greater

agility and lesser time to deploy,

they will turn to #FABRICCOMPUTING

for better integration of servers,

storage and networking.

23 Due to increased penetration othe growth of cloud computing

has been on the radar of many

virtualization penetration increas

will deploy virtual machine (VM)

require a fabric-based infrastruc

integrates server, storage and ne

agility and faster time to deploy.


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Rather than a single #FABRIC

there will be two.

24Instead of a single fabric, there

between the cores and memo

between memory and the res

center. This second fabric will a

data center infrastructure to b

thereby enabling low latency. S

the fabric is equal, application

located anywhere without imp

and thus the applications beha


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#FABRICCOMPUTING will unify

HPCs, storage, and

networking and bring

flexibility, scalability and

accommodate variable

workloads and apps.

25 As costs become important, Fahave been gaining attention. Fa

end-to-end Next Generation I

infrastructure architecture. By s

High Performance Computing

storage/ backup, networking an

data centers will bring greater

to continuously changing facto

application portability and time


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#Infrastructure

8


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Generalists will be better

equipped to understand the

complexity introduced by

virtualization, mobility and

cloud computing.

26Trends such as virtualization, computing, combined with th

technical changes, is increasin

IT management. Which mean

generalist who can look beyo

specialist, with the ability to b

stand the cascading e ffects of

required. More so in todays

environment, where breadth

required to balance depth of


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The key to managing #BIGDATA

will be #CLOUDCOMPUTING with its

ability to provision computing,

storage and network resources

with agility.

27

Big data will continue to expl

consequently, there will need

storage as well. Key to manag

be cloud computing with its a

computer resources, storage,

capacity with agility. Compan

to analyze the big data to spo

could be useful to their busin

of the data is unstruc tured, a

correlated in novel ways befo

be a challenge. Companies m

use pattern-based strategies

sense of this vast data to crea

and gain competitive advanta

investments in new data analydevelopment of new skills.


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#HELPDESKS will give way to

#CROWDSOURCING

28The new trends of Mobility, c

IT, the cloud may lead to the

Helpdesk, at least as we know

trend is more reliance on cro

web resources of vendors or

result in the need for a trans

related to how IT troubles ar


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#SOFTWARE will define

#HARDWARE

29In the future, software-dened

designed such that hardware ha

from software in a way that wil

with the box-by-box approac

congurations of today, toward

workow for the next-generat

trend is furthered by the new f


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#CLOUD #SECURITY will be

the most contentious

issue of 2013.

30As enterprises move data to t

security is rapidly gaining prom

the condence in cloud is gro

vendors will strive to establish

controls to protect informatio

adoption. Large enterprises w

the potential benets of cloud

and exibility against risks of b

condentiality, identity and acc


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9

#IPv6


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In 2013, there will be

widespread rollouts of #IPV6

across enterprise networks.

31Enterprises will soon have to across their entire network, a

the IPv6 is part of the system

life cycle. An effective migratio

help protect business-critical

also provide network manage

efciencies. Companies that h

ahead will be able to progres

those who have not will be le

with last minute efforts to cat


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#ITOperationsManagement

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#ITOPERATIONSMANAGEMENT(#ITOM)

will see an upswing as business

value must be demonstrated.

32 With IT budgets attening, IT will be under greater pressure

business value by ensuring inf

operations are in sync with en

The potential benets include

better management of risks, a

alignment of IT and business.


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There will greater spending on

#ITOM to improve utilization of

existing resources.

33Cost containment and improv

existing assets is one of the ma

ITOM spending. Tools for impr

management and performance

fastest-growing segment. While

maturing, more maturity and in

the IT organization will be req

the promised value.


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#ManagedServices

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#MANAGEDSERVICESwill

continue to grow through

the decade.

34 As more companies outsourcServices are growing in channgenerated revenue, and are ex

through the end of the decad

growth in demand, one-half of

say managed services is either

of their product portfolio.


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#MANAGEDSECURITYSERVICES

will grow with the growth

of the #CLOUD.

35The growth of Cloud will acce

of cloud-based managed secu

This new development may

traditional business relationsh

providers have with their valu

for example. But we see the o

leading to more managed sec

provided through cloud delive


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#Networ


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The #NETWORK will play a

larger role as an enabler

to business.

36

Increased network capacity an

intelligence is enabling service

monetize their network invest

capabilities will make it easier

enterprises network is being

troubleshoot issues quickly. It

service providers sell new ser

real-time view of how custom

network. Enterprises in turn c

network capabilities to analyze

and enhance customer exper


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#NETWORK architecture will

see significant evolution.

37 As networks become more cointelligent, innovation in netwooptimisation technologies will

These include software-dene

solutions that provide unprece

and access into network and i

support the huge growth in d


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38

Emerging and developing markets

will show different patterns of

#INFRASTRUCTURE growth.

Infrastructure markets are follo

different growth patterns based

economics, regulation, competi

cycles, and customer requireme

therefore must develop a gran

these opportunities and formu

to achieve sustainable, long-ter


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#Security

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As the devices proliferate and

threats get increasingly

sophisticated #SECURITY will

remain a priority.

39Given the sheer number of nthe greater levels of risk of so

threats, security will remain a

enterprises. According to rese

worldwide spending on secur

reach $86 billion in 2016 and

(managed security ser vices), s

gateway (appliance), and secu

and event management (SIEM

fastest-growing security segm


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#SystemsInt

14


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#SYSTEMSINTEGRATION will play a

pivotal role in moving companies

towards a converged environment.

40 As companies move towards aenvironment they will look to m

return from their infrastructure

system integration to address t

to consolidate IT resources thr

will further boost system integ


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#UnifiedCommunications

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The difficulty with implementing

an enterprise wide

#UNIfiEDCOMMUNICATION (UC)

platform will necessitate a hybrid

approach to UC.

41

The proliferation of Unied C

and the struggle that large en

deploying enterprise-wide U

put the focus on the adoptio

approach to UC. Combining

on-premises deployment wit

deployment, the hybrid mode

the core infrastructure and a

in the enterprise, managed b

IT staff while components su

and federation are hosted in

through globally distributed d


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The highlight of #UC

will be #UX.

The highlight of #UC

will be #UX.

4242 The focus in Unied Commuwill be on User Experience (

software and solutions that e

experience will reach the ma


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#UCAAS (#UnifiedCommunication

as a Service) unsurprisingly will

continue its growth trajectory.

43

According to a recent resear

for UCaaS is set to grow to 4

3-5 percent in 2009. It is easy

UCaaS is attractive it offers

functionality as premise-based

lower cost associated with le

collaboration applications. Ou

consolidation, convergence a

technology and mobility will

this trend.


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#Virtuali

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After successfully employing

#VIRTUALIZATION for servers,

virtualization technologies will

be adopted in other areas.

44Most large enterprises have avirtualised 20 to 30 percent o

and are now ready to adopt

technologies in other areas. v

to transform data centres, ne

and applications, delivering m

agility and ROI. The trend wil

by a decrease in cost of virtu

increasing competition.


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#VIRTUALIZATION will move

beyond compute and storage.

45Having already transformed th

storage, virtualization technolo

moving into other key IT segm

datacenter will be transformed

widespread adoption of virtua

technologies, delivering concre

return on investment to the S


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The multi-hypervisor

#DATACENTER becomes

a reality.

46

As organizations look to exp

virtualization footprint, they h

explore alternative vir tualizaAlso, open source will increas

next wave of cloud and vir tua

and adoption. Lastly, virtualizat

containerisation will coexist, a

Service (PaaS) platforms wi

prevalent to take advantage o

virtual-machine, and containe

systems. This will enable an or

make best use of its resource

enterprise applications.


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#InternetofThings

17


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The number of things connected

to the internet will grow

exponentially.

47Internet of Things promises tojust a buzzword: In 2011, ther

million things on the Web an

that up to 100 billion unique

objects will be connected to

2020. The concept can cover

applications, one with the pot

signicant impact on the ente

coming years.


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#ARTIfiCIALINTELLIGENCE will

turn more intelligent.

Machine learning is set to ush

- from self-driving cars to e-d

nancial advisers and medical

will create new opportunities

decision support and human-

collaboration.


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#BIGDATA will deliver

big insights.

Analytics will play a cr ucial ro

big data. The ability to make t

based on available data is cru

success and analytics promise


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#In-memoryComputing

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#IN-MEMORYCOMPUTING will

continue to gain traction.

50 In-memory computing technrapidly growing as it offers sta

management, helping reduce

traction that in-memory com

will mean that enterprises wi

their application architecture


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Conclusion

Major changes are occurring, new business possibilities are emerging and

many more complexities are arising. It is imperative that CIOs help their

organizations capitalize on the strategic potential of emerging technologies.

Our hope is that this report will have helped you in preparing for the major

trends that you will confront in the year 2013.

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