6 cold, hard predictions about the future of our industry

Conference Dispatch

There is nothing like the rush of ideas that comes from a good conference. Last week Mark was at the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) spring collaborative. DataQuest is partial to ITA for its channel-agnostic skill sharing. There’s a culture at these conferences of sharpening the saw and sharing ideas among successful people. We wanted to give you a peek at what we’ve been learning.

Here are 6 cold, hard predictions about the future of our industry:

By 2020, only 40% of computing power will be owned by businesses. Everyone else will have moved to cloud.
By 2020, only 20% of software solutions will be perpetual, on-site licenses
8 Billion Mobile Devices will be in use by 2020
By 2020 US mobile commerce revenue will be almost 70% of all internet commerce.
Between now and 2020, bitcoin or another alternative will be prominent
70% of customers will change their technology and sourcing relationships in the next 2 to 3 years. They will seek partners with heavy focus on mobile technology and the cloud.

6 cold, hard predictions about the future of our industry

Conference Dispatch

Here are 6 cold, hard predictions about the future of our industry:

By 2020, only 40% of computing power will be owned by businesses. Everyone else will have moved to cloud.

By 2020, only 20% of software solutions will be perpetual, on-site licenses

8 Billion Mobile Devices will be in use by 2020

By 2020 US mobile commerce revenue will be almost 70% of all internet commerce.

Between now and 2020, bitcoin or another alternative will be prominent

70% of customers will change their technology and sourcing relationships in the next 2 to 3 years. They will seek partners with heavy focus on mobile technology and the cloud.