Top 20 IT Trends In 2011

[ via Information Week ] 

Cloud computing, the rise of enterprise social networks, a revolving door at Hewlett-Packard, and the passing of Steve Jobs all had a major impact on the business technology sector in 2011. 

What follows is my list, in reverse order, of the most important themes, events, products, and people in business technology of the past year, says Eric Lundquist of Information Week.

1. Consultant nation
2. Musical chairs at HP
3. New development platforms
4. New boss at IBM
5. Big data
6. Stuxnet
7. CMOs as techies
8. NBA
9. Virtualization
10. Vertical integrity
11. BI from the outside in
12. IT as a service
13. Social networks go enterprise
14. Steve Jobs' death
15. P/C/S
16. Prosumer
17. Economy
18. Mobility
19. Cloud Computing
20. IT is too slow

Read Information Week fr detail on each above - also find out which way is this listing!!

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