One of the areas of technology I watch is the world of “enterprise” IT. Think big companies, lots of bucks, lots of boxes. Some nonprofits fit into this category, but most nonprofits that I work with don’t. I think sometimes, interesting things come out of that watching. For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008. There’s some great stuff there, like virtualization, social software, green IT, etc.
The striking thing: open source software wasn’t on their list. It was on their list for a few years, and has now fallen off. And that’s because in the enterprise world, for the most part, open source software is a given part of the mix. It’s not a strategic technology to watch, it’s old news.
It is nice to see that “Green IT ” tops Gartner’s list. I really do hope that the CIOs of the world pay attention.
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