Gartner Lists Top 2012 Disruptors for IT To Put in Their Playbooks 
Gartner’s report “Top Industry Predicts 2012: Industries Face Intensified Consumerization and Technology Disruption,” offers 15 strategic planning assumptions that CIOs, senior business executives and IT leaders should put in their playbooks. Some may raise a few eyebrows.
Gartner’s report “Top Industry Predicts 2012: Industries Face Intensified Consumerization and Technology Disruption,” offers 15 strategic planning assumptions that CIOs, senior business executives and IT leaders should put in their playbooks
Remarkably, not all of predictions are technology focused, but take a look at macro issues, where the right technologies will play a key role in which companies survive and thrive – and which don’t.
Enterprise that want to survive in 2012 and beyond will have to become more agile, adopt new business practices and get closer to their customers and partners, according to Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, who authored the report. These moves are not just to drive profits, but to fight off competition and avoid economic turmoil.
Among her more remarkable predictions:
- By 2014, major national defaults in Europe will lead to the collapse of more than one-third of European banks.
- By the end of 2014, at least one social network provider will become an insurance sales channel.
On the technology side, cloud, mobile and social media will all prove to be top disruptors in 2012 and beyond, the Gartner report predicted. While the technology sectors aren’t a surprise, IT decision makers may be shocked at the changes these trends are putting into place, or how they will impact today’s business models.
- By 2016, over 5% of searches will be integrated using mobile devices’ video/audio sensors instead of typed or spoken phrases
- By 2014, the five largest PLM (product lifecycle management) software providers will make social networking integral parts of their solutions
- By 2015, 25% of consumer-driven banking products and services will be generated by new external social Web and cloud-based services
- By 2015, 30% of smart grid projects will use cloud services to address big data from converging technologies.
- By 2016, most consumers in mature markets will consider in-vehicle Web access a key criterion in their automobile purchase.
“Many industry business models will be challenged through 2015 as customers continue to adopt an always-connected digital lifestyle and market competitors exploit emerging technologies to achieve business growth and success,” Harris-Ferrante said in a statement. In order to succeed in 2012, enterprises will have to be “nimble in their operations and enterprise practices,” she added.
