Mobile devices and social media are driving major changes in how people access the internet and interact with businesses. Billions of mobile devices are in use worldwide and people are spending more time on their phones each day for activities like social networking and shopping. The rise of big data and cloud computing is also transforming businesses, with more information and computing power available to analyze customer behavior and improve products. Apps have become a primary way people use mobile devices, and their popularity is driving significant revenue growth.
30. IDC
By 2015, 1 of every 7 dollars spent on packaged
software, server, and storage offerings will be
through the public cloud model.
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33. Neowin
As of 2013, there is over 1 exabyte
of data in the cloud.
(that’s 1,073,741,824 GB)
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34. Cloud Industry Forum
90% of public sector
respondents and 78%
of private sector
respondents admitted
data security was their
primary worry.
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NOW
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35. BIG DATA
The real issue is making
sense of big data and
finding patterns in it that
help organizations make
better business decisions.
Gartner
44. IBM
2.5 billion gigabytes
(2.5 exabytes) of data
are created every day.
That number doubles
every month.
2.5BILLION
GIGABYTES
ON YOUR MIND
45. Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
9-fold increase in digital information created
and shared over the last five years.
GIGABYTES
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
46. APPS
Industry to reach tipping
point in next 12 – 18 months;
plans for corporate app
stores need to start today.
IDC
TM
47. Nielsen
73% of business apps
use pre-buying features
like product research, price
comparisons, inventory
checks and consumer
reviews, as opposed to
strictly purchasing.
48. New Relic
More than 1.5 million
apps are available in the
Apple App Store and
Google Play.
DOWNLOADS: 0
ADS: 0
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MEGA TRENDS
AFFECTING EVERY BUSINESS.
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