A New Year is around the corner, and with it the potential for a vast array of new technologies. 2014 was a year of rapid changes, and there is no sign of a slowdown ahead. Techwire recently talked to several technology leaders to ask them what they expect to see next and what they think is important for the industry and government in the upcoming year and beyond.
Mark Fellows, Regional Manager, State of California Public Sector, Oracle:
Mark Fellows, regional manager, State of California Public Sector, Oracle
From my perspective there are three emerging trends that are becoming realities in public-sector technology: a broader big data perspective, improved mobile management and a cloud paradigm shift.
Looking forward to 2015, big data solutions will begin to be adopted as business use cases and valuable business data across formats and systems are identified. Additionally, these systems will facilitate open data initiatives that enable organizations to improve transparency and share information to support public-private partnerships as well as fast data initiatives that enable effective processing of vast data streams and social media data in near real time. The fundamental success factors of these initiatives will be tied to the ability of business users to leverage this information with their analytics tools and their enterprise information.
Mobile devices have become the predominant way we interact with government. Users are expecting mobile applications to address needs they have on the go and are designed with device limitations, like small keyboards, in mind. Furthermore, mobile apps are driving advancements in data quality, data integration and probably most importantly, data security. A true mobile strategy must address all three.
Cloud was first presented at the Government Technology Conference by Oracle in 2010. Five years later, the focus has turned from what the easiest services are to deliver via cloud to the ones that deliver the most value. Government, especially large governments, are still trailing behind the commercial sector and smaller, less complex government organizations.
In 2015, platform-as-a-service will start to enable organizations to drastically simplify the delivery of enterprise technical solutions to help organizations focus on how to maximize the success of business outcomes instead of the infrastructure required to support it.
