® Cloud Computing
The rapid advancement of hardware virtualization,intelligent networks,utility computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and rich Internet applications (RIAs) will make the location of computing less relevant and visible. “Computing in the cloud” presents businesses with the opportunity to access a bulk of their IT capabilities directly from third parties over the Internet as needed. The increasing availability of this option can lead to a faster IT response to changing business needs and will likely redefine the role of IT departments and CIOs.
® SI: Regular and Lite
Two distinct yet complementary application development scenarios are emerging. Service-oriented architectures (SOAs), built on Web services standards, are used to build processntensive, mission-critical applications. In contrast, mashups and widgets are a lightweight approach for user-driven data integration and rapid prototyping. With the wide adoption of simple standards such as REST and mashup development tools, the lightweight approach will likely grow at a significantly faster pace, and increasingly make its way into enterprises. For CIOs, effectively balancing these two integration approaches will be a major challenge.
® Enterprise Intelligence at Scale
With more IT functions being migrated into the cloud and data integration done directly by enterprise user groups, data will emerge as the most important asset of IT departments and enterprises. The combination of sheer volumes of data, the need for mining across different, new data types and the demand for real-time response will require a new kind of business intelligence that encompasses scalable, statistical algorithms and massively parallel approaches.
® Continuous Access to People and Content
The increasing availability of powerful, easy-to-use mobile devices, coupled with software-as-a-service, will lead to the ubiquity of communication and access to applications and data anywhere, anytime. This continuity of usage will allow service providers to more easily track and profile users, and deliver highly personalized information and advertising. For CIOs, the increasing adoption of advertising supported applications means more resources for other strategic projects. It also presents new challenges in data privacy and security.
® Social Computing
Just as the Web is evolving from being primarily a transactional medium to a communication and social medium, social computing is moving away from structured collaboration and communication to social networking. Major enterprise software vendors are following a similar path, incorporating social computing capabilities such as unified communications, content sharing and social networks into their enterprise software suites. At the same time, consumer-oriented social network sites continue to evolve into platforms where user experiences are further enriched through applications from third parties. Eventually, these social platforms will become the nextgeneration portals of people, information and applications. For many enterprises, social computing could represent a major disruptive force because it breaks down the traditional hierarchies and organizational boundaries, leading to more open, dynamic collaboration.
® User-Generated Content
The explosion of user-generated content in the form of videos, photos, blogs, podcasts and social tagging will likely continue to grow, transforming the individual experience with media, entertainment and learning. With it, there will be a power shift from traditional distribution channels such as television networks and classrooms to content aggregation players like YouTube, and the emergence of a new consumption model. Since expertise is no longer location bound, a few experts can truly dominate an area even if they don’t have the backing of a powerful institution. At the same time, the need for esoteric content will also likely be met by members in a global peer community.
® Industrialization of Software Development
Progress continues to be made in creating better software at lower cost and with better predictability, especially in the areas of tools and environments. Most of today’s integrated data environments now have built-in capabilities to support large, distributed development teams. Tool suites are also emerging to support the development of rich Internet applications and user-generated applications like mashups and widgets. Agile development methods, widely used by online companies, are gradually gaining acceptance as a preferred development approach in traditional enterprises.
® Green Computing
Skyrocketing energy prices, tightening government regulations and growing shareholder pressures are just a few factors making green and sustainability major boardroom issues. IT will play a vital role in the green movement by substituting energy-intensive activities with information-intensive activities, including creating energy efficient data centers, reducing commuting and travel through electronic collaboration and optimizing energy-intensive business processes.
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