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December 15, 2006
Gartners Top 10 Predictions
Gartner, Inc. released 10 key predictions that it believes will change the nature of business and IT in 2007 and beyond. These annual forecasts are always interesting and thought-provoking.
This year’s predictions include:
1. Through 2009, market share for the top 10 IT outsourcers will decline to 40.0% (from 43.5% now), equaling a revenue shift of $5.4 billion.
2. Only one Asia/Pacific-based service provider will make the global top 20 through 2010.
3. Blogging and community contributors will peak in the first half of 2007. ...around 100 million at some point in the first half of 2007.
4. By 2009, corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be a higher board- and executive-level priority than regulatory compliance.
5. By the end of 2007, 75% of enterprises will be infected with undetected, financially motivated, targeted malware that evaded their traditional perimeter and host defenses.
6. Vistawill be the last major release of Microsoft Windows.
7. By 2010, the average total cost of ownership (TCO) of new PCs will fall by 50%.
8. By 2010, 60% of the worldwide cellular population will be "trackable" via an emerging "follow-me Internet."
9. Through 2011, enterprises will waste $100 billion buying the wrong networking technologies and services.
10. By 2008, nearly 50% of data centers worldwide will lack the necessary power and cooling capacity to support high-density equipment.
Read more here. There are more explanations in the release.
Stephen
Posted by stephen at December 15, 2006 7:30 AM