This is the time of the year when most businesses are developing their strategies of activities to have an increased income through the holiday season business. The holiday downtime often gives the best opportunity to business owners to plan for the New Year ahead of them. Their budget does not fail to have the inclusion of their technology to spend. When you want to stay ahead of the game, ensure you keep up with the trends in technology to have your business elevated. Ensure you keep the following business techniques on your radar this coming year.
1. Mobile domination continues
In 2015, more than half of Google searches were conducted on the mobile phones than on the traditional desktops. For this reason, we are meant to think that technology is shifting from its current domination in desktop computers to the mobile phones. This was one of the biggest opportunities brought to us by the mobile technology. Moreover, it is set to increase in dominance in the coming year.
For the businesses, they must consider putting their mobile users ahead of the rest. For this reason, they should also consider developing mobile application geared towards attracting loyal clients to their business through numerous offers and sustainable events. These mobile applications must be geared towards replacing desktops. Initially, mobile-based tools were accessed by the staff members. For instance, the document management and CRM portals were used by these officials to allow them to work remotely. One of the top-rising trends in the latest technology is the mobile payment. This is the latest technology that will alter the way consumers complete all their transactions. They will also lay emphasis on security and speed.
2. Big data remains important
Big data is one of the latest business trends seen in the past few years. It is difficult to read few business articles without finding that name. During this past year, Big Data became the biggest topic. This is because most companies realized that they were sitting on data mines. For this reason, their emphasis needed a few tools to grab Big Data. Big Data markets are expected to mature in 2017. For this reason, companies will use more technology to gather data insights. It wasn’t useful to possess the data in the firms. For this reason, the business intelligence tools will play the biggest roles in offering advanced capabilities to companies such as the predictive analytic tool, and the security guard app.
3. CRM and Document Management Tools
Both of these business technology platforms will become more mobile-friendly, cloud-based, and inherently collaborative. Firms will continue to experience the significant benefits associated with the use of CRM and document management platforms to give them more efficiency in their work. In the end, they will have an increased capability to meet their specific customer needs in a manner that is not paralleled in the industry. Cloud-based solution costs are expected to be rising. For the CRM technology, there is an expected improvement in mobile capabilities. This is because the sales teams are out there marketing the company products.