Its been quite a time, programming in C++,VB, ASP.Net, Java and most of contemporaries. So it was time to call off coding and to go further in design of systems. While pursuing Masters in LSE-London, the only “sub-subject” I loved was IT strategy. This was something quite close to my interests after couple of years of coding. So now after few months of graduating, I had a look at what are future technologies IT-execs are looking at. So I came across this page, showing important strategic technologies.
1. Virtualization
2. Cloud Computing
3. Servers – Beyond Blades
4. Web Oriented Architectures
5. Enterprise Mashups
6. Specialised Systems
7. Social Software and Systems
8. Unified Communication
9. Business Intelligence
10. Green IT
Well, all certainly look futuristic. From Virtualization to Green IT, strategies are in direction of minimal usages(power, space, resources) and maximum output. I thought to have a look on few. Many organizations, one like IBM has started quickly gearing up towards BI and forming different knowledge grids which can be used for developing better e-governing systems. Green IT among all these seems to be the need of hour as well as good branding strategy. As you watch news indicating dangers of consumption of large amount of energies, it becomes inevitable for IT execs to consider this strategy and start mulling over it. Data centers are quite the first point to start with. Though I am all ears to hear Cloud Computing(SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) noise, but it seems that large organizations will watch its acceptance by SME’s first and will not enter during its infancy. Though few like Sungard has already adopted and delivered systems on these models, it’s still some time to scale on it. Cloud Computing is though, bound to be pervasive in near future. Enterprise Mashups, are already in market since the inception of social networking sites. The road ahead certainly looks, and seems to be good playground for Strategic players as it was for developers in last couple of decades.
