British-Irish Assembly Address G Kindlon March 31 The Future of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

British-Irish Assembly Address G Kindlon – March 31

The Future of Work • Have a plan – Derry’s One Plan � • The Digital Universe � • Globalization � • Skills , Skills ,Skills � • Workplace Changes � • Information Driven Industry Growth 02871262379 www.londonderrychamber.

World Has Entered a New Computing Era Cloud Mobile Social Information People 3 rd Platform are driving a convergence of LAN/Internet Client / Server information, social interaction, mobility and cloud computing 2 nd Platform Mainframe Terminal 1 st Platform Source: IDC, Gartner & Seagate Strategic 02871262379 Marketing and Research 2014 www.londonderrychamber.

The Digital Universe –How big? 
 Using the IDC / EMC Study of the Topic 40 The Digital Universe � CAGR = 42% The measure of all digital data 30 created, replicated and 
 consumed in a single year 20 Zettabytes = Zettabytes � 10 by 2020 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Source: IDC Digital Universe Study, 02871262379 sponsored by EMC, December 2012 www.londonderrychamber.

This Move Toward Mobility Is Shifting the Location of Data Location of Exabytes Shipped By 2020, that will dramatically shift 
 to the cloud 02871262379 Source: Seagate Strategic Marketing and Research 2014 www.londonderrychamber.

Implications of this Shift ! • The Market is Global � • Rise of new fast growing SMEs � • Connectivity and Speed are Critical � • Everybody needs a Cloud strategy ! � • Growth in Data Analytics –Big Data � • Business Intelligence � • Public Sector Decision Making 02871262379 www.londonderrychamber.

Skills , Skills , Skills • Move from ICT to Computer Science • Early Intervention • STEM • Cultural Awareness • Statistics and Six Sigma technologies • Creative Technologies (We can lead !) • Analytics 02871262379 www.londonderrychamber.

Workplace Changes • No more jobs for life ! • Working from home - telepresence • Low ‘Barrier to Entry’ on line for Risk takers and Entrepreneurs – State support models need to adapt • Work will move to where the talent is – Talent will move to where the Quality of Life is ! • In large organizations, the time zone you are in can matter. GMT is good ! 02871262379 www.londonderrychamber.

Information Driven Industry Growth � • Energy - Alternative solutions • Tourism – Sell our story ! • Food • Healthcare • Biotechnology 02871262379 www.londonderrychamber.