IT 2015: What Things May Come

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IT 2015: What Things May Come

Michael Wood

March 1, 2010





Seems almost impossible that 2015 is a mere five years away. Ever stop to think how information technology will change in five simple years? I pondered that idea, did some research and here is what I learned…
First, there is no shortage of opinions and pundits on what information technology will look like in 2015. The one common thread seems to be that it will be more vendor than demand driven, meaning that we will migrate to the new if for no other reason than to maintain support. What was disappointing was the lack of any transformational technologies on the horizon; mostly a lot more of the same, just faster, cheaper and more pervasive.
So let’s take a look at what others are predicting in the following six areas:
  • Virtualization
  • Cloud Computing
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Notebooks
  • Voice over IP (VOIP) & Social Networking
  • Ultracapacitors/Nanpprocessing and Photonics
Virtualization
In 2006 in my “Technology Update” article I wrote:
“One of the Gartner Group’s top 10 technologies for 2006 is Virtualization, or making the most of the infrastructure you already have.



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