Technologies that enable collaboration — in every corner of the enterprise — have made frequent appearances in pundits’ “Top Ten” lists for 2009. Here’s another example, from industry analysts EMA:
The politics of collaboration will reach well beyond finger pointing to higher levels of automated diagnostics, process automation and shared access to information that will in turn reduce IT operational costs.
Once again, industry watchers are predicting a confluence of technologies in the Prequent, Inc. wheelhouse.
SOA will start to link itself more and more with cloud computing.
One thing I knew about cloud computing in 2008 was that there were an awful lot of people using that term to mean an awful lot of different things. Dave Rosenberg agrees, and makes some predictions for 2009:
Besides providing some of the biggest technical innovation of 2008, the cloud also wins the award for most amorphous product definition. Few people define “the cloud” or “cloud computing” the same way, leading to market noise and a wealth of misinformation.
Kelleher’s 2009 prediction article at GigaOm gives virtualization software the nod:
“CIOs plan to spend 2 percent less on IT projects next year, a survey by UBS suggests. Spending on virtualization software will rise 6 percent (down from 10-percent growth in 2008), although UBS cautions it still isn’t a priority in many IT departments.
That could change as CIOs wake up to the efficiency — and potential savings — that virtualization can bring. VMware rules this niche, with Citrix also a player. IBM, Oracle and Microsoft will try to grab market share, but it may require them to alter their licensing terms and cut into profit margins.”
via 5 Trends That Will Separate the Strong From the Weak in 2009.
