The end of IT as we know it
Two interesting articles posted by Computerworld today, on the emerging trends as seen by leading IT industry analysts:
Gartner’s alternative IT delivery models include:
- business process utilities
- infrastructure utilities
- storage as a service
- grid computing
- communications as a service
- utility computing
- capacity on demand
- remote management services
- software as a service
- web platforms
- community source
- software streaming
- software-based appliances
- user-owned devices
And IDC predicts:
- The local software market will increase at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.2%, predicts IDC. ……. One of the trends expected to drive the market is software-as-a-service (SaaS), says Ullrich Loeffler, team leader of software research at IDC Pacific. The SaaS delivery model is an attractive value proposition for small- and medium-sized businesses, he says. “But we are also seeing quite a few companies in the high-end adopting software-as-a-service.”
There’s a sea-change underway, but a few things have yet to be built up to the levels required for widespread market acceptance - not least of which are trust and confidence in the security, resilience and longevity of vendors of these services. Those will come, but I expect a few glitches on the way.
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