Top Technology Trends of 2013

Top technology trends: We live in a period where we can see technology developing faster then ever, with possibilities that 10 or 20 years ago could not have been imagined. Here’s a mind-blowing fact: more people have access to the Internet worldwide than to drinking water.

Technology plays a crucial role in the business world. Aside from helping enterprises to optimize some of their costs, technology also is widely used as a way of interaction between companies and their clients, offering a variety of tools such as online stores for retailers, or app stores for software companies.

A recent presentation from Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) entitled ” Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013″ focuses on the most important technological aspects that need to be taken into account by companies as a part of their strategies for growth and development. An IT research and advisory company, Gartner is involved in three segments: events, research and consulting.

We’ve compiled a list of trends based on Gartner’s presentation, in a style similar to our coverage of the world’s fastest growing companies.

Let’s see the top technology trends for 2013:

No. 10 Enterprise App Stores

No. 9 Integrated Ecosystems

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No. 8 Mainstream In-Memory Computing

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No. 7 Actionable Analytics

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No. 6 Strategic Big Data

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No. 5 Hybrid IT & Cloud Computing

No. 4 Internet of Things

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No. 3 Personal Cloud

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No. 2 Mobile Applications & HTML5

No. 1 Mobile Devices Battles

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