Emerging Technologies

What are the biggest growth drivers in the tech industry?

Matt Rosoff
Manager of the tech vertical and the San Francisco bureau, Business Insider

The mobile revolution may be an eight-year-old story by now, but tech execs still think mobile is the number one opportunity for growth over the next 24 months.

Consulting firm KPMG talked to 111 tech execs to see what they’re excited about. As this chart from Statista shows, health care and data analytics are nipping at the mobile revolution’s heels.

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Author: Matt Rosoff runs the tech vertical and the San Francisco bureau for Business Insider.

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