Future Trend in Information Technology Calls for Players

The internet provides a set of tools that allow people to build social and business connections, share information and collaborate on projects online. By 2016, there will be 5.8 billion Internet users amounting to four-fifth of the global population. Web 2.0 has become a significant part of people's life and work. Foreseeing the future trend in information technology helps strategic planners to keep equipped and get ready for the next generation competition.

Social media for example, serves as an effective marketing tool in real business world, with solid figure shows that: more than 2 billion Google search per day; about 200 million video viewed on YouTube daily; more than 400 million blog readers globally; more than 22 billion tweets to the date and more than 300 million new visitors attracted to Digg per year. The growth in traffic is being driven by Web 2.0 services as well as by rich Internet applications, said Naqi Jaffery, EVP and Chief Analyst, Information Consulting. Other features of Web 2.0, including search engine, online media (music, video), content aggregation and syndication (RSS), mashups (APIs) and much more, has well presented the charm of the internet. Professional research report shows that marketers benefit from social media in terms of generating qualified lead, getting new business partner, reducing overall marketing expenses, increasing website traffic / subscribers and most importantly, gaining overall eyeball for their business.

Further in the future trend in information technology, Web 3.0 is pacing with the developments in distributed computing and artificial intelligence. With a higher level of intelligence, Web 3.0 (also called Semantic Web) in a nutshell, is about machines talking to machines. Computers are equipped with semantics and they will be capable of solving complex semantic optimization problems, which will provide users with richer and more relevant experiences. This will emerge as an increasingly attractive enterprise platform. Does your business speak Web fluently?

Currently the Web is still mostly accessed via a PC. However, the future trend in information technology lies on further impetus of the internet, with the proliferation of Internet-connected mobile devices. We are starting to see more Web excitation from mobile devices (eg iPhone) and television sets (eg XBox Live 360). Mobile devices will be the primary method of connecting to the Internet in the next Web generation, the iPhone and Blackberry fever is just a start of the breakthrough mobile web service. Major mobile phone players such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Blackberry have been active in mobile web for years, and giant internet company like Yahoo and Google has been exploring mobile web and being key mobile portals.

Beside the Web, future trend in computing forecast goes into the cloud. Cloud Computing allows any part of the technology stack to be sourced from the Internet. It absolutely offers a more flexible model that aligns better with business objectives. All in all, with the new semantic Web as a platform, mobile devices as doorway and Cloud Computing as a "fast train", the future trend in information technology calls for players to join the game and explore the huge market.

Source by Janice Mai

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