IT Trends in the Enterprise

Thanks to TechRepublic who bring us a useful summary of the current Garner thinking on trends in technology having a significant impact on the enterprise over the next 3 years. The summary table says it all:

Key terms and takeaways for me are:

Context-aware computing (CAC) uses end user activities connections and preferences to improve the quality of interaction …

App stores … an ecosystem to support apptrepreneurs

Next-generation analytics … enabling use of optimization and simulation everywhere and every time

In-memory application servers … results in improved transactional application performance

Low-energy servers … will remove virtualization and lessen the shared use of systems

Cloud computing …dropped from number one on the list for 2011 to number 10 for 2012