The prediction for next year are coming out earlier and earlier. Gartner offers the following top 10 technologies for 2011:
- Cloud computing
- Mobile apps and media tablets
- Next-gen analytics
- Next-gen analytics
- Social communication and collaboration
- Video
- Context-aware computing
- Ubiquitous computing
- Storage class memory
- Fabric based infrastructure and computers
No surprise about the cloud and mobility–can’t have on without the other. About the only surprise in the lot is the Fabric based infrastructure and computers. The fabric idea really doen’t refer to clothing or material but rather an infrastructure that manages resources in an integrated fashion. In plain english this means you will build servers by purchasing pools of processors and memory instead of physically swapping boxes.
