Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo

Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo

Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Come to the Mainstream

Significant deployments of cloud and social technologies tripled in two years. Adoption of social, mobile, analytics and the cloud reached at least 70%.

Investing in SMAC

The opportunity for the channel is just hitting its stride. Three-fourths of enterprises plan to continue to invest aggressively.

Number of Pacesetters Rises

Only 20% identified SMAC as critical to their business two years ago. The number of organizations (27%) that identify SMAC as critical technologies is up 7%.

SMAC Skills Gap

That skills gap is a big opportunity for the channel; 40% of respondents reported they still have a skills gap.

The Rise of the Citizen Developer

Business users are filling their own IT needs: 80% of the pacesetters said they are making use of citizen developers to build applications.

Pacesetters Look for Outside Help

Emerging technologies create demand for IT services. Leading-edge adopters are 70% more likely to look for outside project execution help.

Pacesetters Look to Startups

Big vendors generally don’t exert as much influence with early adopters. Pacesetters are 2.6 times more likely to look to startups for strategic direction.

Pacesetters Look to Invest in Analytics

A full 80% plan to increase investments in social and mobile analytics. Plus, 60% of pacesetters said they intend to increase investment in analytics by 10% or more.

Pacesetters Look to the Cloud

The cloud is at the heart of rapid adoption. More than half of pacesetters deploy big data analytics, social business and mobile apps in the cloud.