The real Cloud Computing is "cloud working". Centering not on the net but on the people.
Professionals, employees, seekers, companies of any size, put in the net the needs they have and employees, seekers, companies of any size offer the solutions.
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Document security and mobile document security is hot and will continue to accelerate. The kind of document security that is native to the documents themselves, not the transport mechanism, networks or server security. This allows any document in any format or file type regardless of size to be secured, managed, measured and audited based on authentication and governance rules regulated by industry, corporate standard and just plain smart business.
If I ruled the IT world, my top-5 priorities would include the taming of non-Mac, non-Microsoft systems. Im not just talking about just the operating systems, but the whole office type entourage that has become essential to support our everyday work (our maybe our everyday work has evolved to be dependant upon these systems).
Love them or hate them, we have grown up with at least one of these two systems, and (despite the bugs and weirdnesss) they do what we want but at a considerable cost!
I have an Asus Transformer Prime, running Android ICE, an Acer notebook running Meego, and I had an iPad 2 and 3, and I have another notebook running Windows. If I just want to browse, answer emails etc., then Android and Meego are fine, but if I actually want to do some real work (documents, spreadheets, presentations, graphic design, Gantt charts, etc), then the device with Windows and Office is the one to go for.
When I create PowerPoint slide presentations for example, I like to use a reasonable amount of animation, and several effects. But I cant emulate this with Android apps, and when I load a PowerPoint presentation on my other machines, I get the Bizarro version.
But the Windows machine takes an age to boot up, and when it finally gets there, the virus-scanner ties up 100% of the CPU for 5 minutes! And of course the programs (thats the old word for apps - for all you younger people) cost an arm and a kidney.
With the other operating systems, its instant-on, but often the attendant software is an instant turn-off. And Windows isnt touch-screen friendly. Maybe Windows 8 will be the panacea for all our IT woes, but then every release of Windows so far has claimed that it will be.
There are a gazillion very talented programmers out there looking for the next big idea to make them rich, and there are big companies, such as Microsoft and Apple, who are keen to hold on to a significant market share.
Hey guys, I have a message for you, why not write office apps for other operating systems, that actually work.
Love them or hate them, we have grown up with at least one of these two systems, and (despite the bugs and weirdnesss) they do what we want but at a considerable cost!
I have an Asus Transformer Prime, running Android ICE, an Acer notebook running Meego, and I had an iPad 2 and 3, and I have another notebook running Windows. If I just want to browse, answer emails etc., then Android and Meego are fine, but if I actually want to do some real work (documents, spreadheets, presentations, graphic design, Gantt charts, etc), then the device with Windows and Office is the one to go for.
When I create PowerPoint slide presentations for example, I like to use a reasonable amount of animation, and several effects. But I cant emulate this with Android apps, and when I load a PowerPoint presentation on my other machines, I get the Bizarro version.
But the Windows machine takes an age to boot up, and when it finally gets there, the virus-scanner ties up 100% of the CPU for 5 minutes! And of course the programs (thats the old word for apps - for all you younger people) cost an arm and a kidney.
With the other operating systems, its instant-on, but often the attendant software is an instant turn-off. And Windows isnt touch-screen friendly. Maybe Windows 8 will be the panacea for all our IT woes, but then every release of Windows so far has claimed that it will be.
There are a gazillion very talented programmers out there looking for the next big idea to make them rich, and there are big companies, such as Microsoft and Apple, who are keen to hold on to a significant market share.
Hey guys, I have a message for you, why not write office apps for other operating systems, that actually work.
On my computer with Windows 8, it take 5 secs to boot. Close enough to instant for me! I'd say check into Windows 8 to see what has changed for yourself - ignore the naysayers and keep an open mind and you may be amazed.
I too have a mix of mobile and desktop solutions. Each has its place. Mobile devices just allow us to work more often, not work better. Is that really a great idea?
I too have a mix of mobile and desktop solutions. Each has its place. Mobile devices just allow us to work more often, not work better. Is that really a great idea?
On what statistical basis are you making this? By percentage of IT professionals, all of the above might be insignificant. The real trend is the actual dercreasing number of IT professionals that are needed in maintaining today's technologies! We went from full time IT support to calling in a "Tech" once in the last 18 months, and that because most of us were too busy covering up for vacationing associates.
Good point, I've referred to it as the "Commoditization of IT". The Cloud starts that, but the future Cloud will make it a certainty.
I see the hottest IT 2012 trend as the destabilization of IT.
The second hottest IT 2012 trend is to wait for Windows 8 and Surface.
And maybe the third trend is to work toward HTML5 and CSS3 in the hope that customers will go upscale with their browsers.
That is an abosultely, positive, definite maybe in all categories.
Meanwhile, the hottest Management 2012 trend is the delusional belief that IT can run itself, go away and bring new and exciting possibilities all at the same time.
The second hottest IT 2012 trend is to wait for Windows 8 and Surface.
And maybe the third trend is to work toward HTML5 and CSS3 in the hope that customers will go upscale with their browsers.
That is an abosultely, positive, definite maybe in all categories.
Meanwhile, the hottest Management 2012 trend is the delusional belief that IT can run itself, go away and bring new and exciting possibilities all at the same time.
Who conceptualizations such dingbat, meaningless, words?
The tendency to suffixize almost every word by adding "ize" or similar silliness to the end does not elevate the quality of the written word.
The tendency to suffixize almost every word by adding "ize" or similar silliness to the end does not elevate the quality of the written word.
I completely agree with RMSx32767. Most IT professionals and marketing people have started a new "trend" of creating verbs out of nouns just to make them sound interesting. When they talk--they use these words a lot--they don't know that the majority of their audience barely understands what they are saying.
All the jargon and buzzwords are about making old ideas sound new.
e.g. We used to use the word network instead of cloud, but network sounds old and cloud sounds new. We used make IT tasks into projects, now, apparently, we have 'projectization'.
e.g. We used to use the word network instead of cloud, but network sounds old and cloud sounds new. We used make IT tasks into projects, now, apparently, we have 'projectization'.
is "socialize". What the heck does that mean, post it on FB or Twit? Whatever happened to clear and meaningful words like "discuss"? I make it a point to avoid using worthless jargon and "fad" words, most of which came out of some marketing department.
"started a new "trend" of creating verbs out of nouns"
You may be too young to remember when everyone started "dialoguing" rather that speaking or conversing about a subject or issue.
You may be too young to remember when everyone started "dialoguing" rather that speaking or conversing about a subject or issue.
During the past few years, I've likewise noticed a trend to make nouns out of verbs. "The submit was successful." "He participated in the install." What the heck ever happened to "submission" and "installation"?
I know that English is a living language, and we should not be too adverse to welcoming new words and new trends into the language. However, I'm not convinced that these aberrations in the English language are intended to make the language more interesting or more useful. Instead, I think they are just a matter of sloppiness.
Regardless of one's reason for doing so, transforming verbs into nouns and nouns into verbs just grates on my nerves.
I know that English is a living language, and we should not be too adverse to welcoming new words and new trends into the language. However, I'm not convinced that these aberrations in the English language are intended to make the language more interesting or more useful. Instead, I think they are just a matter of sloppiness.
Regardless of one's reason for doing so, transforming verbs into nouns and nouns into verbs just grates on my nerves.
I think the real work will end up. What concerns me most is how many IT people will be shafted because market people convince CEOs to go that way and then blame the IT people for not making it work the way the market people envisioned it, despite anyone with real tech knowledge knowing the market dreams are pure dream and not reality based.
I also wait in dread to see how many people go down some of those trends only to find themselves in court for major violations of laws they knew nothing about until after being bit by them due to listening to the market people.
Third issue will be the people screwed over by big data resulting in their data not being available while the whole lot is locked down during a legal investigation into someone else's suspected criminal activities.
Lots of legal and technical mines littering all of this, and nearly all totally ignored by the market people whose only focus is their commission of selling the CEOs on going their way.
I also wait in dread to see how many people go down some of those trends only to find themselves in court for major violations of laws they knew nothing about until after being bit by them due to listening to the market people.
Third issue will be the people screwed over by big data resulting in their data not being available while the whole lot is locked down during a legal investigation into someone else's suspected criminal activities.
Lots of legal and technical mines littering all of this, and nearly all totally ignored by the market people whose only focus is their commission of selling the CEOs on going their way.
why you got modded down, but bad-mouthing Win8 is definitely more popular right now than anything in Jason's list. Is it justified? That's an entirely different, and very personal, subject. At least it gives people something else to complain about instead of the ribbon. 
Bring your own device is a huge trend, and most techy's have to bend to support these types of devices whether it be phones, tablets, or laptops. The separation between work and home is shrinking.
This is a shocking article and only adds to the reason why IT should be taken out of the hands of many and put into a few (again).
Instead of asking IT professionals you come up with a heap of new *BUZZ words* to confuse your readers for a time. And that is the hottest IT trend. Does the pro section get this kind of dribble?
Project management (5) and Data mining (2) have been around longer than IT and just because you keep changing the names does not change how they work.
3-4 same again new terms for a relatively old idea and economics drives them not IT.
That leaves the cloud.
If you think about it long enough this one has been around since the beginning of networks.
Anyone recognise this (-rwx------)?
The cloud is defiantly needed for all the people who do not understand what the term backups means.
It will also reduce the need for every business needing so many IT staff (economic influence again).
Before the cloud settles into our everyday life there will be some agonising disasters because that is how IT progresses.
Instead of asking IT professionals you come up with a heap of new *BUZZ words* to confuse your readers for a time. And that is the hottest IT trend. Does the pro section get this kind of dribble?
Project management (5) and Data mining (2) have been around longer than IT and just because you keep changing the names does not change how they work.
3-4 same again new terms for a relatively old idea and economics drives them not IT.
That leaves the cloud.
If you think about it long enough this one has been around since the beginning of networks.
Anyone recognise this (-rwx------)?
The cloud is defiantly needed for all the people who do not understand what the term backups means.
It will also reduce the need for every business needing so many IT staff (economic influence again).
Before the cloud settles into our everyday life there will be some agonising disasters because that is how IT progresses.
I can't believe we are not talking about Flash storage in the Hottest IT Trends of 2012. I do not think there is a hotter trend. Even Forbes claimed 2012 a the year of Flash! EMC, IBM have already made acquisitions. The rest of the incumbents must follow. Flash will be bigger than dedupe and all other technologies before it. The innovation from the start ups in this space is changing the game.
Thanks Jason for the article. As it relates to ERP, I recommend that IT Should Move Up the ERP Value Chain. A key challenge in my role as an IT ERP Director was to maximize business value with a shrinking budget. It was quite an education for a person with the majority of his experience in Tier I ERP Consulting. There are many options competing against IT organizations in providing ERP services (SaaS, Cloud, Off-shore and Near-Shore support models). Two key battlegrounds are ERP software development for customizations and ERP support. Show me an IT organization whose key competitive advantage is that they are internal and I will show you a shrinking IT department! There must be a major shift in ITs value proposition for ERP support. In the next sections we will discuss some of the shifts IT ERP shops need to make to stay competitive and relevant.
http://gbeaubouef.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/it-erp-value-chain/
http://gbeaubouef.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/it-erp-value-chain/
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