Gartner's Hype Cycle for 2013 identifies emerging technologies and maps out their development and adoption, positioning them across five phases: innovation trigger, peak of inflated expectations, trough of disillusionment, slope of enlightenment, and plateau of productivity. The document discusses several technologies, including big data, cloud computing, collaborative environments, actionable analytics, geolocation, and lean methodology. It provides numerous references for further reading on each technology.