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Gartner Group: Top Ten Technologies
By Joseph Hunkins at May 31, 2008 0 CommentsThe Gartner Group has suggested that the following ten technologies are those most likely to change the world in the next few years:
- Multicore and hybrid processors
- Virtualisation and fabric computing
- Social networks and social software
- Cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms
- Web mashups
- User Interface
- Ubiquitous computing
- Contextual computing
- Augmented reality
- Semantics
Gartner Fellow David Cearley:
“Social software provides a platform that encourages participation and feedback
from employees and customers alike. The added value for businesses is
being able to collect this feedback into a single point that reflects collective
attitudes, which can help shape a business strategy.”
Cearley also suggested that the role of the CIO was becoming more proactive with all the new and innovative approaches to computing:
“The CIO then needs to act as a conduit from the business to the technology. He
or she needs to see how it might be possible to use these technologies to
solve a problem the business has identified,…”
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