2012 would be a momentous year for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry globally and in the Asia Pacific region.
Several trends that gained traction in the last few years have crossed the chasm and are expected to be a mainstream feature of the ICT industry moving forward.
The top 10 trends that are expected to drive the 2012 ICT industry include:
1. Mobile platforms hitting critical mass in the Asia Pacific region across tablets and smartphones.
2. Platform play across the ICT sector would the critical value generator and more telecom companies would like to take a position in the same.
3. While consumer social networking would continue to gain momentum, we will see real use cases in the business environment driven by enterprise social networking.
4. Fixed Broadband will make a come back as the promised speeds and availability begin to be more ubiquitous in many countries.
5. Internet of Things (IOT) will further accelerate as more and more devices, equipment and gadgets etc. get connected creating opportunities for value creation and new business models.
6. Big data and analytics will see reaching the chasm in 2012 and get deployed through variety of platforms and be enabled by emerging technologies.
7. Cloud Computing is set to become mainstream in Asia Pacific region. Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is set to be the new battleground in the cloud computing industry as PaaS vendors seek to attract developers to their platforms.
8. Telecom company transformation will evolve as more and more telecom companies come under revenue growth pressure even across the emerging markets. Choice of play in the market would be decision that can no longer be postponed.
9. Enterprise communications would become richer, more collaborative and increasingly move towards the cloud.
10. ICT as an enabler will continue to gain momentum.
