Top 10 predictions for 2011 by IDC – “Big Data Analytics” one among them

Yes, we are at the end of another year and so, let’s just do the ritual and go over the predictions lists (your mom and pop’s list included!) that are out there on the blogosphere.
Well, we did so and found out some very interesting things – worth mentioning on this blog!

Among the top 10 predictions for 2001 made by IDC, “Big Data Analytics” happens to be one of them. It’s comes to as a no surprise to us! Read on –

IDC Predictions 2011: Welcome to the New Mainstream

In 2011, a select group of disruptive technologies — cloud, mobile devices and apps, broadband connectivity, social networking, and analytics — will move beyond “early adopter” status, maturing and coalescing into a “new mainstream” platform for growth both for the IT industry itself and for the industries it serves.

• Worldwide IT spending growth will be a solid 5.7% as hardware growth moderates and software and services spending rebounds.

• Emerging markets, led by China, will continue to drive global IT spending growth, with 2.6 times the growth rate of developed markets, contributing over 50% of all new growth.

• Public and private cloud adoption will surge as two cloud “power position” battles enter high gear and “cloud computing” (as a buzzword) gets ready to fade.

• Cloud-driven datacenter transformations will pick up speed, with continuing integration of datacenter systems and “stacks,” the arrival of “cloud ready” enterprise software, and a rising focus on service providers (SPs) as strategic customers.

• The mobility explosion will continue — with huge device volumes, new form factors, and millions (yes, millions) of mobile apps.

• Broadband networks will struggle — and innovate — to keep up as 4G wireless networks crawl to market, Ethernet exchanges mitigate wired bandwidth squeezes, and content delivery networks (CDNs) gain clout.

• 2011 will be a year of consolidation and convergence for social business software vendors as well as a year of strong social networking adoption growth in small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

• The expanding digital universe — reaching 1.8 trillion gigabytes — will drive demand for cloud-friendly information infrastructure and real-time analytics for “big data.”

• “Intelligent industries” will put mobility and social networking to work to capture the surge in holiday mobile shopping, lay the groundwork to support the explosion in mobile payments, and enable next-generation healthcare.

• The IT and media industries will aggressively position for consumers demanding “I want my Web TV!” with Web-connected TVs, a battle among media/entertainment clouds to be your next (virtual) cable company, and explosive growth in mobile advertising.

So, tell us, what do you think? Will “Big Data Analytics” really become mainstream in 2011? Let us know, we are listening!