Of course cloud computing would be the top technology trend to watch in 2010, that’s not a surprise at all. As we all know, the economy hasn’t bounced back too much, so the focus is still on getting the biggest bang for your buck and making the most economical investments and that will lead us right in to 2010 when the chief issues will again be around the economy and cloud computing.
Brian Dooley points out in his article “Top tech: the trends to watch in 2010,” “the economy has brought about industry consolidation and re-evaluation of expenditure which have, in turn, affected corporate spending plans, upgrade cycles, areas of interest for new technologies and willingness to undertake large, new projects.” It is this realm of re-evaluation and decreased corporate spending ability where companies are charged to do more with less. The companies still need to grow, innovate and expand (or simply stay afloat if that’s the goal) and it can be very hard to grow certain areas when you have to cut others that have a huge impact on the business.
Companies have taken a long hard look at IT spending in the past year which is a big reason why cloud computing has received the attention is has so far. No longer can IT departments afford to purchase expensive state-of-the-art capital on demand. It costs money to buy it and more money to manage it. But how can the company support its efforts without the IT to back it, especially if the company’s main products are tied to that infrastructure - an infrastructure that has to grow if the company is going to grow? Cloud computing.
What else will be hot in 2010?
- Advanced analytics
- Client computing
- Green IT
- Reshaping the data center
- Social networking
- Security – activity monitoring
- Flash memory
- Virtualization for availability
- Mobile applications
Funny, lots of these are related to cloud computing in one way or another…
Dooley's original article.
Brian Dooley points out in his article “Top tech: the trends to watch in 2010,” “the economy has brought about industry consolidation and re-evaluation of expenditure which have, in turn, affected corporate spending plans, upgrade cycles, areas of interest for new technologies and willingness to undertake large, new projects.” It is this realm of re-evaluation and decreased corporate spending ability where companies are charged to do more with less. The companies still need to grow, innovate and expand (or simply stay afloat if that’s the goal) and it can be very hard to grow certain areas when you have to cut others that have a huge impact on the business.
Companies have taken a long hard look at IT spending in the past year which is a big reason why cloud computing has received the attention is has so far. No longer can IT departments afford to purchase expensive state-of-the-art capital on demand. It costs money to buy it and more money to manage it. But how can the company support its efforts without the IT to back it, especially if the company’s main products are tied to that infrastructure - an infrastructure that has to grow if the company is going to grow? Cloud computing.
What else will be hot in 2010?
- Advanced analytics
- Client computing
- Green IT
- Reshaping the data center
- Social networking
- Security – activity monitoring
- Flash memory
- Virtualization for availability
- Mobile applications
Dooley's original article.
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