Baseline: 2009 10 Major IT Trends SaaS continues in depth

November 26 News, according to foreign media reports, 2009 is coming, in the new year, can seize the technology trend, the first step of the enterprise will take the opportunity to win the advantage. To this end, the baseline magazine recently predicted it trends for 2009.

1. Software as a service (SaaS)

With the increasing popularity of cloud computing, SaaS will continue to expand into areas beyond ERP, CRM, and HR management systems.

2. Virtualization

Over the past two years, virtualization has grown considerably. Currently, 50% to 60% of servers support virtualization. Next year, the technology will expand into areas such as desktops, storage, and data centers.

3. Green Data Center

The combination of hardware and virtualization technology will effectively reduce energy consumption in the data center.

4. Risk and safety Management automation

5. Mobile Office

6. Social networks

Social networking will be an important tool for businesses to develop customer relationships.

7. Web 2.0

WEB 2.0 applications continue to heat up and pay more attention to cost-effectiveness.

8. Electronic Document management

At present, more and more litigation cases involve electronic documents. Next year, the system of saving, managing and acquiring electronic documents quickly heats up.

9. Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

Portfolio management systems, including collaboration tools, business process support, advanced reporting, and regulatory tools, are gaining popularity.

10. Network Video booming

With the increase of bandwidth, the integration of data and voice network, the cost of video conferencing is getting lower. More and more companies will maintain and expand customer relationships through video.

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