Virtualization
Despite its obvious benefits in operational efficiency, footprint and power consumption reduction, largely virtualisation has been utilised in the data centre infrastructure – servers, storage and so on. In 2010, we anticipate greater adoption of virtualisation for desktops. Although the primary reason for slower adoption of desktop virtualisation is the complexity of its technology and its impact on end-user experience if not done properly, one cannot undermine the advantages it offers in terms of better management and cost efficiencies. There is considerable progress being made in enhancing user experience and reducing complexity for ‘virtualising’ desktops thereby boosting its demand in the coming year.
Redesigning applications for cloud models
Cloud computing is certain to witness greater adoption in 2010, especially from an applications perspective. As tools and platforms mature, more and more applications will get built into the cloud than what has been witnessed in the last one year. Hitherto adoption of the cloud model and underlying technologies such as virtualisation have been largely tried out in converting ‘infrastructure’ into a ‘service’. The next level of evolution is taking this to the platform and application level. Enterprises will begin to rearchitect their legacy application portfolio to suit this new virtualised environment.
Corporate applications on mobile devices
There will be a spurt in the usage of mobile devices that allows us the liberty to not necessarily be physically connected to a corporate network to access information. While smartphones form a large chunk of this trend, there are other specialised mobile devices enabled with wireless communications capabilities via which corporate applications can be accessed. For instance, mobile point-of-sale terminals. We see mobile technologies as an underlying technique for delivering corporate applications for people on move.
Social Networking
Social networking is ubiquitously used for engaging and interacting amongst family and friends. But we now see the technology and platforms built for essentially personal and social interactions catapulting to the next level to serve the purpose of corporate interactions. One will see very interesting applications being built on social networking platforms as a collaborative tool for geographically dispersed teams to work together more closely. Google Wave is a good example of this trend.
Green Computing
Considering that cost savings and energy efficiency are two sides of the same coin, this will drive greater adoption of green computing among enterprises. Companies are now looking to use data centres that are modular and standardised, allowing optimisation of their power consumption. Touted as Performance Optimised Data Centres (POD), they give more flexibility to customers for balancing their capital expenditures and operating expenses while seamlessly meeting their needs for additional capacity
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My Review My way..: Technological updates in 2010
Despite its obvious benefits in operational efficiency, footprint and power consumption reduction, largely virtualisation has been utilised in the data centre infrastructure – servers, storage and so on. In 2010, we anticipate greater adoption of virtualisation for desktops. Although the primary reason for slower adoption of desktop virtualisation is the complexity of its technology and its impact on end-user experience if not done properly, one cannot undermine the advantages it offers in terms of better management and cost efficiencies. There is considerable progress being made in enhancing user experience and reducing complexity for ‘virtualising’ desktops thereby boosting its demand in the coming year.
Redesigning applications for cloud models
Cloud computing is certain to witness greater adoption in 2010, especially from an applications perspective. As tools and platforms mature, more and more applications will get built into the cloud than what has been witnessed in the last one year. Hitherto adoption of the cloud model and underlying technologies such as virtualisation have been largely tried out in converting ‘infrastructure’ into a ‘service’. The next level of evolution is taking this to the platform and application level. Enterprises will begin to rearchitect their legacy application portfolio to suit this new virtualised environment.
Corporate applications on mobile devices
There will be a spurt in the usage of mobile devices that allows us the liberty to not necessarily be physically connected to a corporate network to access information. While smartphones form a large chunk of this trend, there are other specialised mobile devices enabled with wireless communications capabilities via which corporate applications can be accessed. For instance, mobile point-of-sale terminals. We see mobile technologies as an underlying technique for delivering corporate applications for people on move.
Social Networking
Social networking is ubiquitously used for engaging and interacting amongst family and friends. But we now see the technology and platforms built for essentially personal and social interactions catapulting to the next level to serve the purpose of corporate interactions. One will see very interesting applications being built on social networking platforms as a collaborative tool for geographically dispersed teams to work together more closely. Google Wave is a good example of this trend.
Green Computing
Considering that cost savings and energy efficiency are two sides of the same coin, this will drive greater adoption of green computing among enterprises. Companies are now looking to use data centres that are modular and standardised, allowing optimisation of their power consumption. Touted as Performance Optimised Data Centres (POD), they give more flexibility to customers for balancing their capital expenditures and operating expenses while seamlessly meeting their needs for additional capacity
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My Review My way..: Technological updates in 2010
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