Technology Trends for IT Manager/Directors CJ Venkataraman CIO Intellectual Ventures
No reproduction or distribution without express written permission of Intellectual Ventures © 2 Cloud Computing Enterprise class technology with easy scalability Pay for use Spreading like wildfire, with innovative start-ups and established vendors alike clamoring for customer attention Software-as-a-service providers, infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service vendors are available today Synaptic hosting
No reproduction or distribution without express written permission of Intellectual Ventures © 3 SAAS Software + Service Pay as you use Vendors are maturing Licensing Flexibility DR & Business Continuity Significant reduction in IT cost
No reproduction or distribution without express written permission of Intellectual Ventures © 4 Virtualization Significantly Reduces Infrastructure Cost Streamlines IT management Reduction in energy costs and DC costs Higher Availability Improved DR Virtualized Server and Desktop environment VMware VN-Link
No reproduction or distribution without express written permission of Intellectual Ventures © 5 Open Source Software Licensing cost is Free Upgrades are free Good for tech savvy IT teams Significant improvements made in the last 3 years Readily available extensions/add on modules
No reproduction or distribution without express written permission of Intellectual Ventures © 6 Social Networking and Collaboration Social media : Software tools that allow groups to generate content and engage in peer-to-peer conversations and exchange of content Power of social media is getting internalized within corporations Social Networking Professional Networking Social bookmarking Micro-blogging Document Sharing
No reproduction or distribution without express written permission of Intellectual Ventures © 7 Other Trends Enterprise Mash-ups Netbooks not Notebooks !!Unified Communications Green IT