Virtual Worlds News: Gartner Video: Economy Driving Innovation. Virtual worlds | If you build it… | Economist.com. 6 Emerging Trends CIOs Should Care About - ReadWriteWeb. According to Forrester Research, we’re in the initial phases of a new 16-year cycle of technology innovation and growth called “IT Everywhere.” This shift comes on the heels of the previous cycle which brought us networked computing technologies for our enterprise applications and the Internet. During this transitional period, CIOs need to be aware of which trends from the older cycle are still important and which of the new trends they should also be paying attention to. Forrester has summed up their findings in a recent report which focuses on these emerging trends. Still Important During this transition, it’s not “old with the old and in with the new” – several technologies from the prior period of innovation are still important.
These include the following: New Trends CIO Should Care About Keeping in mind that the above trends are not going away anytime soon, CIOs still need to be aware of the upcoming trends that will define the future of enterprise IT. Image credit: Johnnie Walker. Virtual Worlds News: vBusiness Expo: Gartner's Steve Prentice - It's About Demographics, Not Numbers.
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