Gartner's predictions, for 2007 and beyond, reports that Blogging will peak in 2007 and by 2008 nearly half the world's data centres will lack the power and cooling capacity to maintain high-density equipment. Outsourcing - 10 largest IT outsourcers will see their market share slip to 40% by 2009, from today's 43.5%, a revenue shift of some $5.4 billion.
According to Stamford, Conn.-based consulting firm, other trends to watch for include:
- By 2009, (CRS) corporate social responsibility will surpass compliance on your CEO's priority list.
- Average total cost of owning PCs will plummet 50% by 2010.
- By 2010, 60% of the global "cellular population" will be "trackable" by the so-called follow-me Internet.
- During the next 4 years, companies and organiSations will flush $100 billion down the toilet on networking technologies and services that are wrong for their businesses.
- Vista marks the last major release of Microsoft Windows.