This document is the Global Benchmark Report 2013 authored by Lars Mikkelgaard-Jensen. It discusses topics like Europe's economic stagnation and unemployment rates. It also discusses trends in big data, mobile technology, and social media transforming businesses. The report notes that Linux is planned for the majority of big data workloads and many mission critical applications by 2017. It presents IBM Power systems as an open platform that can support new applications in areas like big data analytics, cognitive computing, and industry solutions while providing choice, flexibility and availability on-premise or through the cloud. The report encourages inspiration and exploring what is possible with Power systems and its OpenPOWER consortium.