12Jan/100
Business Computing Trends in 2010
Need a quick primer for the hottest business tech trends as we move into 2010? The following are at the top of my radar:
- Cloud computing - More and more of our work will take place in the ether. The idea here is if you can pay someone else to hold your data, you can reduce your infrastructure costs even more. Most consumers are already using the cloud on a daily basis [and don't know it]; this is the year of the enterprise.
- Mobile computing - Smart-phones will finally begin receiving business-capable apps, further blurring the lines between what is a computer and what is a phone.
- Collaboration software - Coupled rather closely with cloud computing and the whole "we don't need no stinkin' servers" mentality, there will be a great push away from individual silos of information and applications, and to more centralized, multi-user friendly applications.
- Tablet PCs - Will the industry get them right this time around (they have attempted at the start of each of the previous two decades, and failed)? The technology is there, but is the market?
The hottest applications of the year? Skype, Google Apps, Salesforce, and GotoMeeting; all web-based technologies.
