Gartner’s 2015 IT Predictions

Gartner Group recently posted their predictions for IT in 2015:

The predictions are as follows:

By 2015, a G20 nation’s critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by online sabotage.
By 2015, new revenue generated each year by IT will determine the annual compensation of most new Global 2000 CIOs.
By 2015, information-smart businesses will increase recognized IT spending per head by 60%.
By 2015, tools and automation will eliminate 25% of labor hours associated with IT services.
By 2015, 20% of non-IT Global 500 companies will be cloud service providers.
By 2014, 90% of organizations will support corporate applications on personal devices.
By 2013, 80% of businesses will support a workforce using tablets.
By 2015, 10% of your online “friends” will be nonhuman.

There are some commentaries here and here.

I think I’ll have to stir up some controversy by trying my hand at ones for libraryland.

Stephen