• Technological or scientific breakthroughs
• Rise of social networking
• More extensive spread of Wi-Fi
• Increase in data-sharing capabilities and
central files management (the ‘paperless
office’)
• Increase in hacking incidents, identification
theft and theft of online information –
implications for IT security
• Spread of mobile phones (even faster in
developing countries than in developed
countries)
• Expansion and improvement of software
for meetings management such as Skype
and video conferencing
• Acceleration in applications which use
micro-technology
• Innovations
• Research grants
• Data leaks (eg Wikileaks)