Gartner’s Top 10 Tech Trends through 2015

TrendWhy is it a trend?

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Trend

Tablet Computers

Why is it a trend?

Latest devices have a high “cool factor.”

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• Determine security guidelines and use profiles• Build integration timelines• Shop for vendor support

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Critical implementationtimeline is 2012

through 2014

Trend

Infinite Data Centers

Why is it a trend?

Denser racks with higher performance means technology is

getting smaller.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• Utilization levels and compute-to-energy ratios critical by 2013• Retaining organizational footprint dictates logical growth without physical growth

Optimum Implementation Timeline

2013 through 2014

Trend

Resource Management

Why is it a trend?

Increased awareness in energy use, compute-to-consumption ratios and

key performance indicator (KPI) consumption.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• Energy management needs to become an enterprise-level discipline• Requires energy management information systems

Optimum Implementation Timeline

By 2017

Trend

Mobility

Why is it a trend?

“A seamless shift between computing

and communicating.”

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• PCs and mobile devices are different• Security remains a challenge• Device variability makes portal platform building difficult• Clouds and smaller datacenters are making mobility doable

Optimum Implementation Timeline

By 2015

Trend

Hybrid Clouds

Why is it a trend?

More than 60 percent of IT cloud adoption is

redeployment of current technology.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• There will be a growing shift to use private and hybrid cloud operations• Deploy only after public services have been integrated with private delivery• Make sure there is a valid business reason to migrate to the cloud

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Through 2013

Trend

Fabric Datacenters

Why is it a trend?

Integration of common IT elements (E.g. monolithic servers, storage and

networks) enables faster component replacement or

substitution and better service response with optimized workloads.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• IT needs will become increasingly integrated • Practices should seek single-database practice management and EHR operations • Will lead to any-to-any virtual connectivity for resource sharing

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Through 2015

Trend

IT Compatibility

Why is it a trend?

Organizations are seeking to get the most out of IT

money invested.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• Understand Glass’s Law: “For every 25 percent increase in functionality of a system, there is a 100 percent increase in the complexity of that system."

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Through 2015

Trend

Big Data = Big Problems

Why is it a trend?

Big Data is static and organizations are seeking to connect the ability to

manage data and use data.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• The longer you ignore “Big Data,” the worse it gets• Evaluate data input and eliminate duplication for consistency and waste elimination• Segment and prioritize core data needs

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Through 2015

Trend

Bye-ByeService

Deals

Why is it a trend?

Real-time service is expected and “crowd-sourcing” is becoming

prevalent.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• Build transitions strategies such as super-users to address decreasing services desks• Enable a proactive business productivity team

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Through 2015

TrendVirtual-and-Software-

Defined Networks

Why is it a trend?

Increased automation and agility coupled with simplified

design and policy-based/network

management.

Considerations for Health Care Organizations

• There will be an increase in change of processes and interactions• This includes patient interaction through systems

Optimum Implementation Timeline

Through 2015

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