What technologies are up for 2012?

A little crystal-ball gazing to outline the Top Five technology trends to watch out for next year.

2011 is a year of significant IT innovation, with major advances in both consumer and business sectors. It is also the year of cloud computing. But as we say goodbye to this year, what does 2012 have in store for us?

There's BYOD (or Bring Your Own Device) that will change IT procurement. The company PC is becoming a thing of the past as businesses increasingly allow, and even encourage, employees to bring their domestic, consumer devices into the workplace and access corporate applications.

This will allow application availability at anytime, from anywhere, and will help business slash procurement costs. The smartphone/Tablet phenomenon will fuel this trend, and will drive uptake of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), wireless networking and end-point security solutions in the corporate arena.

However, it will create many problems for IT departments as they attempt to mitigate risk, and signals a tough future for PC and laptop manufacturers. Next year, I believe we will see at least one high-profile security disaster as a result of this trend, and that will be a wake-up call for companies to get proper security processes in place before unlocking their networks to all and sundry.

Sources : The Star