Predicting the IT trends of 2009: What’s in and what’s out

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Source: TechRepublic
Date: January 4th, 2009
Author: Jason Hiner
Category: IT strategy, IT leadership, IT budget, Sanity Check

In the midst of troubled economic times, the IT world marches on with a strong mandate to help businesses drive efficiency and cost savings. With that in mind, here is my list of predictions for the rising and falling IT trends of 2009.
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I’ve organized this list into counterpoints, trends that will be “IN” and related trends that will be on their way “OUT” during 2009. These are not absolutes. The INs will not be ubiquitous and the OUTs won’t be extinct. The rule of thumb here is that for the INs you’ll see more of them in 2009 than you saw in 2008, while you’ll see less of the OUTs in 2009 than you did last year. So here we go…

• IN: IT pros with business skills - OUT: Technical certifications
• IN: Web-based applications - OUT: Build-it-yourself custom software
• IN: Automating processes to save money - OUT: Long-term projects
• IN: Macs in the enterprise - OUT: Upgrading XP machines to Vista
• IN: Virtualization - OUT: Infinite racks of small servers
• IN: Core i7 - OUT: The Pentium brand
• IN: Thin clients - OUT: A laptop for every knowledge worker
• IN: WiMAX - OUT: Metro Wi-Fi
• IN: Ubuntu - OUT: Red Hat
• IN: Business Intelligence (BI) - OUT: SNMP data overload
• IN: Telecommuting - OUT: The 8-5 work day
• IN: HP laptops and desktops - OUT: Dell laptops and desktops
• IN: Multifunction server appliances - OUT: Best-of-breed network devices
• IN: Smartphones - OUT: Desktop-replacement notebooks
• IN: Video conferencing - OUT: Air travel for a single meeting
• IN: More internships - OUT: Filling open positions
• IN: Conserving energy - OUT: Building IT for future growth
• IN: WAN acceleration - OUT: Dark fiber
• IN: 3G broadband - OUT: Frame relay
• IN: Netbooks - OUT: Desktop PCs
• IN: Microsoft Office on the Web - OUT: Azure, Live Mesh, and Windows Live
• IN: CIOs with minimal tech background - OUT: CIO as lead engineer
• IN: IT/business integration - OUT: Centralized IT departments

Jason Hiner is the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. Previously, he worked as an IT Manager in the health care industry.