Which technologies must any good IT executive examine in 2008? The list includes green power, unified communications, virtualization, mashups and social software.
Gartner has identified the “Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2008”, and is urging IT executives to think about the risk of not implementing each one. If your competitor masters one of these technologies and you don't, will you be at a strategic disadvantage?
The market for social networking properties is set to expand rapidly. End-user generated revenues from social networking, dating services and personal content delivery facilities will increase globally from $US572 million this year to more than $US5.7 billion in 2012, with social networking accounting for 50 per cent, US market research organisation Juniper Research says in a recent report.
The research report suggests that the delivery of content through mobile telephones will play a large part in the predicted growth with viral marketing contibuting to the rapid expansion of users.