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As the New Year's holiday approaches, it's a good time to turn your attention inward and get ready to make improvements that can enhance your skill set and your career. Whether you're aiming to change jobs in 2017, or simply make yourself indispensable at your current place of employment, improving your IT capabilities is one of the best gifts you can get yourself.

Being an IT pro means regularly acquiring new skills and certifications to keep up with a rapidly evolving industry. The pace of change in the technology sector has seemed to accelerate over the past decade with the introduction of commercial cloud computing, smartphones, tablets, wearables and the Internet of Things. This means that many in the industry must constantly look ahead and consider what they can do to improve their skill sets.

Few technologies have been able to achieve the massive societal revolution that the internet has. Both businesses and consumers have wholeheartedly adopted this innovation, and it's already started to reach every corner of modern life. Perhaps the best example of this is the Internet of Things, or the trend of giving everyday objects like light bulbs and refrigerators the ability to connect to the internet. 

As internet-connected devices became cheaper and more versatile, their use rapidly spread to the consumer market. Computers, which were once monstrosities that only large companies and research institutions could house and care for, are now just a basic part of life. In fact, computing power has become so compact that people have a wide variety of gadgets that they can now choose from. 

There have been few technologies with as much potential as wearable devices. More consumers than ever are focusing on the benefits of connected mobile gadgets, and wearables seem to be the next logical step in this trend. However, many people simply aren't sure as to what this innovation will do for consumers or the business sector.