Gartner: Top 10 future strategic IT predictions

1. By 2016, 3D printing of tissues and organs (what Gartner calls bioprinting) will cause a global debate about regulating the technology or banning it for both human and nonhuman use.

2. By 2018, 3D printing will result in the loss of at least $100 billion per year in intellectual property globally

3. By 2017, over half of consumer goods manufacturers will achieve 75% of their consumer innovation and R&D capabilities from crowdsourced solutions

4. By 2017, 80% of consumers will collect, track and barter their personal data for cost savings, convenience and customization.

5. By 2020, enterprises and governments will fail to protect 75% of sensitive data, and declassify and grant broad/public access to it

6. By 2020, the labor reduction effect of digitization will cause social unrest and a quest for new economic models in mature economies

7. By 2024, at least 10% of activities potentially injurious to human life will require mandatory use of a non-overidable "smart system."

8. By 2020, most knowledge workers' career paths will be disrupted by smart machines in positive and negative ways

9. By 2017, 10% of computers will be learning, rather than processing

10. By 2020, consumer data collected from wearable devices will drive 5% of sales from the Global 1,000

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