Gartner identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012
Analysts Examine Latest Industry Trends During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo

Excerpt:

The top 10 strategic technologies for 2012 include:

  • Media Tablets and Beyond.
  • Mobile-Centric Applications and Interfaces.
  • Contextual and Social User Experience.
  • Internet of Things. The key elements of the IoT include:
    Embedded sensors, Image Recognition, Near Field Communication (NFC) payments
  • App Stores and Marketplaces.
  • Next-Generation Analytics.
  • Big Data.
  • In-Memory Computing.
  • Extreme Low-Energy Servers.
  • Cloud Computing.