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# Key Themes from Gartner ITxpo 2008
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/key-themes-from-gartner-itxpo-2008/
- Published: 2008-11-12T04:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-11-12T04:46:00.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

Have been visiting with the folks at Gartner and if they are right then the following topics will be popular next year with the corporate IT world:

- cloud computing
- web 2.0
- democratization of applications
- consumerization of IT
- green computing
- the hype cycle
- did I mention cloud computing & web 2.0?
- unified communications
- social media in the enterprise
- and did I mention cloud computing?
My predictions for 2009?
- Those of us who are already pretty sick of the term web 2.0 are really going to be tired of it after talking about it for another year.
- Cloud computing will remain an ill-defined term that we will talk about endlessly for the next 3-4 years. Debates will rage as on topics such as if putting your servers into a utility based data centre is really ´cloud´ computing or if it only counts if you move your applications onto Amazon or Google.
- While many will talk about green computing nobody will actually do anything with it unless they can mount substantial cost saving arguments & demonstrate some genuine business value above & beyond feeling morally upright.

One very interesting thing is that Gartner people are out there experimenting with some social media (like Twitter, [@Gartner\_inc](http://twitter.com/gartner%5Finc?ref=katecarruthers.com)) and getting involved in conversations.