02.27.08

IT Trends Over the Next 5 Years

Posted in Information Systems/Technology at 12:42 am by Paul Ambrose

  1. Mac will double its market share
  2. Half of business travelers won’t take their laptops
  3. Open source will penetrate 80% of enterprise software
  4. A third of all software purchased will be by subscription
  5. Many new businesses will buy IT infrastructure as a service
  6. Power efficiency will become a key criteria in IT purchases
  7. CO2 footprint will become part of PC purchasing criteria
  8. Green sourcing will drive vendors to provide green credentials
  9. End user preferences will drive half of all IT purchases
  10. 3D printers will grow 100-fold

Gartner released the above list on January 31, and it stated, “The full impact of these trends may not appear this year, but executives need to act now so that they can exploit the trends for their competitive advantage.” Here’s the link to the Gartner article.

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