At a time when it becomes harder to forecast trends in an environment where the pace of change is so great, Deloitte Global has published the 16th edition of its technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) predictions. The predictions represent a combination of Deloitte Global’s thinking together with original and secondary research, as well as conversations with industry leaders and consumers across the globe, and show where growth opportunities lie in technology, media and telecommunications. Deloitte Global’s first prediction concerns biometric security and the fact that it is likely to become accessible to millions of people. It is predicted that the active base of fingerprint reader-equipped devices will reach more than 1bn early this year. The next prediction is that 2017 will be the year when a form of cyber attack known as distributed denial of service will not only become more frequent but also grow in scale and be harder to rectify once it has occurred. Deloitte Glob...
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