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This is enough data to fill a stack of DVDs of the Earth to the moon and back, said John Gantz, IDC research director. In 2020, the amount of data generated per year will reach 35 zettabyte, or about 35 million petabytes, according to research firm IDC.

"These are people who understand what people need information and how that information translates into profitability, said David Foote, president and CEO of research firm Foote Partners LLC employees." There are more people understand the data chain supply information about the money, "he said. These employees hybrid technology companies have the skills and understanding of business processes and operations.

ability to manage risks remain in high demand until 2020, says futurist David Pearce Snyder, particularly at a time when the company struggles with the increasing complexity of IT. Think about the problems on the scale of efforts to stop the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, or Toyota's work to correct a sharp acceleration in some of its cars, "says Snyder.

"When you're in time of rapid innovation," what is happening today and will continue in 2020, he said, "is the law of unintended consequences -- if you try something new in a complex world, you can be sure that it will produce unintended consequences . companies looking for skilled workers in IT risk management to anticipate and respond to these challenges.

The specialists will review the uses of technology in vertical markets. For example, some robots may specialize in health care, development of facilities for rehabilitation centers, while others may create devices for people with disabilities or learning tools for children. "You can think of [robot] The devices such as humans, but should extend to all that is automatic," said Coates. Employment is the robotics research, maintenance and repair.

Since we are spending more time online, verify identity of user privacy and protect most of the challenges in 2020, because they are less face to face interactions, more personal information may be available online and new technologies it may be easier to impersonate people, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Teleworkers also represent a large proportion of the workforce, opening a series of threats to enterprise security.

"That will change in 2020," when companies raking even more comprehensive safety data -- including data centers, Internet connectivity and remote access, he predicted. "We are in a dangerous place" because many employees are technologically advanced, but "do not understand anything about data security," says Foote.

Network systems and data communications management will remain a priority in 2020, but as a society to drive added to the roster, they will turn to consultants to tell them how to be more productive and efficient, "said Snyder, who follows the predictions U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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