2010 IT Industry Economic Outlook Looking Up

The CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index experienced its largest jump ever in December 2009, reflecting renewed optimism and strengthening balance sheets among IT companies. The December rating jumped 6.3 points to 56.6, marking the first time net positive opinions exceeded net negative opinions. The December results come on the heels of a relatively stagnant…

2010 is the Year Mobile Data Gets Real

Money talks, you know what walks but focus on this: 2010 is the year when enterprise gets real about using mobile data for substantial business processes beyond email and calendaring. This is because mobile data access now equates to dollars; Smartphones are powerful; enough employees out of office, away from their desktops; and, lastly but…

2010’s Ten Hot Trends

It’s prediction time again. Looking back on last year’s prediction column, the hits narrowly beat out the misses but they did beat the misses so we’re going to expand on last year’s efforts with five more predictions for 2010 (besides, as writers, we like the way the numbers line up in the headline!). A Look…

Top 10 Consumer Mobile Apps for 2012

Killers apps will, like most tech innovation today, come from the edge, not the mobile carriers, said Gartner. Its list of applications is arraigned by impact on consumers and industry players and takes into consideration revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration. “Consumer mobile applications and services are no longer the prerogative…

Cloud Computing Set to Go Stratospheric

Cloud computing is no longer just a buzzword according to a recent study commissioned by Avanade, a business technology services provider. The Cloud Computing survey shows a 320% increase over the past nine months of respondents reporting they are testing or planning to implement Cloud computing. This, according to Avanade, is the first data that…

Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010

Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. These technologies impact…

Once Again Business, Not IT Top Concern for CIOs

Helping their businesses run more productively, efficiently and improving agility are the main concerns of CIOs today. Most also believe we are seeing the light at the end of the recession tunnel but few will commit to spending, except on safe bets. CIOs, CTOs, and senior IT executives cite business productivity and cost reduction as…