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Presentation for Sun Microsystems' open source forum
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IT Trends 2009
Charles MokInternet Society Hong Kong
2009.09.17
Sun Microsystems The Ultimate Platform For the Web Economy
Broad environment
Global economic recession Uncertainty for recovery
Investment gloom From earnings to interests
Employment downturn for IT IT budget freeze or decrease
Consumer and business spending declines Cost-cutting of primary concerns to most
Software trends
SaaS Slowly and quietly gaining grounds Spreading from rom corporate applications (ERP,
HP, CRM, etc) to social networking and Internet applications
23% of $120B U.S. market by 2010* Virtualization
50-60% of servers now virtualized in the U.S. Moving to SMEs and desktop environments
* RBC Capital Markets
Infrastructure trends
Green data center Primary focus of Green IT movement More energy-efficient components and designs
Security and Privacy Compliance – SIA and PIA Continuous monitoring tools Growing importance for forensics
Internet trends
Social Networking Web 2.0 tools such as Wiki, blogs, interactive
maps, social computing, etc. Corporate applications to leverage enterprise
knowledge and customer-based business intelligence
Internet itself as a preferred platform for application development
Internet trends
Web video applications From YouTube/Internet to the focus of network
equipment and software integrated platforms Mobile video equipment – including mobile phones
– driving access and demand The Rise of the Digital Natives
Paradigm shift in user behavior and expectations Creative Commons – share, remix, reuse
Open Everything
"Open Everything is a global conversation about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, neighbourhoods, workplaces and the society we live in: everything. It's about thinking, doing and being open."
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The Obama Lesson
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Change Can Happen
10 Information Infrastructure Projects Information services
E-citizen services
Healthcare
Transport
Education
Tourism
Food Safety/RFID
Infrastructure Wireless City
Security
Digital Inclusion
R&D
Thank you
Charles Mok Internet Society Hong Kong [email protected] www.charlesmok.hk