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The Future of IT: No Big Bangs, Information Everywhere

CNet (08/14/08) Ricciuti, Mike

Existing technologies such as service-oriented architecture (SOA), business-process management, and mobile systems are projected to merge with component business applications and social networking into "IT everywhere," according to a Forrester Research report written by analyst Bobby Cameron. He says IT is at the start of a "new 16-year cycle of innovation and growth that follows the previous cycle of networked computing for enterprise applications and the Internet." Among the new products and concepts Cameron foresees are information workplace, in which information is delivered through available technologies; master data management to enhance the quality of data that businesses employ; and SOA-based dynamic business applications and architectures that offer more flexibility and easier adaptability than older technologies.

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