PwC: Top 10 Technology Trends for Business report

By Rob Starr, Content Manager, Big4.com

In its 2013 Top 10 Technology Trends for Business report released recently, PwC US reveals the most significant trends in technology that are reshaping strategies, business models, and enterprise investments this year.

According to PwC, some of  the significant trends will impact businesses this year:

1. Pervasive Computing: The ability to digitally engage and interact (via your mobile devices) with enabled objects around you
2. Cyber Security: Continues to be a pressing issue, as technology enabled processes increasingly underpin and fuel the global economy

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Chris Curran, a PwC principal and Chief Technologist for the U.S. firm’s Advisory practice comments:

“Our top trends report shows that a diverse and complex set of technologies are emerging, which CIOs and the C-suite need to embrace and incorporate into their business from strategy through execution,” he said.  “Collaboration within organizations will be crucial to business success as each of the technologies has the potential to be a key driver in an organization’s business agenda.”