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.

via Predictions for 2009 – Governing the Infrastructure..

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.

via A crack in the madness of clouds • The Register.