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The Top 3 to watch in 2010
25th November 2009
IT Hotdesk, a leading IT and communication solutions company have developed a list of the 'ones to watch' for 2010.
1. Virtualisation
They say: Server virtualization is already in process. Today, the two biggest opportunities in virtualization are in storage and desktops. Storage virtualization offers simplified access by pooling systems and can save big money with storage de-duplication. Desktop virtualization allows users to have a portable personality across multiple systems, delivering a thick client experience with a thin client delivery model.
IT Hotdesk: The biggest factor that could drive desktop virtualization will be the advent of competitively priced thin clients based on Intel Atom processors, the market will dictate the price and we still have to see the model mature. In terms of storage virtualization, de-duplication - if effective - could be a huge money saver because every enterprise has tons of duplicate versions of files clogging up their file servers. The importance of a solid framework when deploying these technologies could make or break them becoming successful technologies.
2. Unified Communications
They say: Enterprises are realizing that they have multiple products and vendors performing the same communications functions, and that this redundancy creates additional expense, makes it more difficult for users to learn, and increases the complexity of integration.
IT Hotdesk: What is the future of the good old business desk phone? Some companies such as Cisco see the desk phone becoming a video and data device. Others see the desk phone going away and mobile phones (with both a business number and a personal number) becoming the sole voice device for most business users. We will need to watch this one, but my gut feeling is that business owners know that communication will give them competitive advantage, with technologies such as Office Communication Server, 2010 could be the start of the model changing for the better.
3. Cloud Computing
They say: You need to be very careful about all of the hype, but you need to take it very seriously as well. They think 80% of Fortune 1000 companies will be using some form of cloud computing services by 2012. They encouraged IT leaders to consider the back-end infrastructure and policies of cloud providers and to carefully develop the models.
IT Hotdesk: One reason why a lot of IT leaders will eventually adopt cloud computing: It can allow IT to move a significant chunk of money from capital expenditures to operating expenditures. That's the real story. I don't believe that cloud computing essential business applications will succeed. The waters are uncharted, the risk is high, data loss has already been discovered by Microsoft on one cloud computing environment with users losing all their data, are businesses ready to take that risk. I know I'm not. There is alot of hype, watch your footing and before diving in... just Google 'When the cloud fails'.
IT Hotdesk offers services such as IT audits, data recovery and protection, desktop support, hosted applications, mobility solutions and network and server design and implementation. It partners with the most respected brand names in the IT industry, such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Trend Micro and Citrix, to bring together these high quality, complementary IT products and services.
Based at 7 Queen's Gardens, Aberdeen, IT Hotdesk provides IT management and support to companies based in the UK and Internationally.
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