The Internet of Things and big data topped the list of technologies that you, our readers, believe will make the biggest mark in 2015, according to the results of the latest The VAR Guy poll. How well do your answers align with our own technology predictions for 2015? Read on to see, as well as what else you think is worth keeping an eye on.

(Please note that readers were allowed to vote on multiple technologies in this poll.)

The Internet of Things was the clear winner as the hottest technology of 2015 among readers, with 43 percent of respondents throwing their support behind the rise of connected devices. The state of IoT was relatively weak in 2014, but all signs point to much bigger progress in 2015.

Big data narrowly missed the top spot, garnering 39 percent of the vote. However, since big data goes hand-in-hand with IoT, this one wasn’t too much of a shocker.

App containerization came in at No. 3 among readers’ top tech picks for 2015, as mobile device management and security continues to be an issue for enterprise users. Thirty-six percent of voters chose app containerization as one of the hottest tech trends to watch next year.

Software-defined networking and network functions virtualization also will be important technologies to watch next year, according to 32 percent of readers. Both SDN and NFV made a big impact in 2014, and it’s likely they will continue to do so in the new year.

Other technologies of note: In-memory computing garnered 23 percent of the overall vote, while both cognitive computing (think IBM’s Watson) and converged systems each claimed 16 percent of the vote. APIs and JavaScript received the fewest votes at 14 percent.

While it would be nice to be able to gaze into a crystal ball to determine which technologies will actually dominate 2015, its impossible to say for sure what the future will hold. However, it is likely that all of these technologies will play an important role in the channel’s future this year, no matter which one rises to the top of the heap.