TOP 10 OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 2015 CHINA BEATS ALL

Wireless networks, phablet, Internet of Things, new partnerships in the shadow of the cloud, and then still further advanced in demand from China. Are some of the predictions that IDC has compiled for 2015, arrived on time in early December every year since 2007 in this part. More than a crystal ball, the research firm is able to look in to the statistics, reports, insights born of the knowledge of the market touted by its analysts, the same as for the year by way of leave had talked about moving, social, Big Data, Internet of things.

Again, as for several years, IDC returns to quote the famous “third platform” based on the interweaving of cloud, mobile, social media and big data, assuming for the next year to increase spending by 3.8% , to a height of 3.8 trillion dollars (in the figure also includes sales of analytics and the Internet of Things). In essence, even in 2015 to grow more will be the most innovative segments of the ICT market, while the hardware and software the traditional march at a slower pace. As for telecommunications, the majority of the expenditure (536 billion dollars) will focus on wirless networks, an increase of 13% compared to this year.

The ups and downs of the cabinet: well phablet, disappointment for wearable
In the mobile world, in line with forecasts already drawn about tablets and smartphones, IDC elects phablet to real stars of the next twelve months: sales of devices “hybrid” identity intermediate between those of phones and tablets increase by 60%, mainly cannibalizing the tablet market. On the contrary, the chatter phenomenon of wearable device will result – at least in the near future – in a result quite disappointing, with sales limited to a number between 40 and 50 million devices.

Indeed, according to IDC, the possibility of deploying a “wrist phone” – sort of evolution of the concept of smartwatch – would result in a flop. Closes the picture on a forecast of the mobile applications: the pace of downloads will slow (perhaps because of the saturation effect), while the Chinese independent app store will gain a market share of 18%.

The influence and power of China will only grow in the IT world; this country will account for 43% of total growth in the technology sector. In this country you will sell a third of all smartphones, and there will be about a third of all online buyers in the world. Thanks to this huge market local Chinese companies like Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu will enjoy a very strong flywheel that will become strong competitors in the rest of the world. In the world of smartphones, Chinese manufacturers will absorb 40% of the market during 2015.

All things considered to IDC forecasts indicate that some of the largest companies in the world may have reason to worry – primarily manufacturers of smartphones – but they also tell us how you multiply the opportunities to exploit.

There is to trust these predictions? The specialists of IDC are not the last to arrive and have carefully avoided making predictions so precise that they risked thunderous errors. However looking at the forecast for 2014 and the years before you notice some repetition – technologies that remain long on the crest of the wave – and it can be said that this company is reasonably close to reality. If you need to make plans for next year, so maybe you’ll want to consider these ten points.