Abstract

In a review of the main developments and trends during 2013 in the field of information technology and systems, relevant changes and initiatives of main technology corporations (Apple, Google, Microsoft) are shown and their impact on applications and cloud computing services is discussed. The deploymentof user experience platforms in web content management is also examined. The ISO standardization activity and main W3C recommendations are summarized. Finally, the review analyzes the incorporation of information discovery and entity search techniques into search and information retrieval processes.