IT Trends 2009 Charles Mok Internet Society Hong Kong 2009.09.17 Sun Microsystems The Ultimate Platform For the Web Economy

Broad environment Global economic recession Uncertainty for recovery Investment gloom From earnings to interests Employment downturn for IT IT budget freeze or decrease Consumer and business spending declines Cost-cutting of primary concerns to most

Global economic recession

Uncertainty for recovery

Investment gloom

From earnings to interests

Employment downturn for IT

IT budget freeze or decrease

Consumer and business spending declines

Cost-cutting of primary concerns to most

Software trends SaaS Slowly and quietly gaining grounds Spreading from rom corporate applications (ERP, HP, CRM, etc) to social networking and Internet applications 23% of $120B U.S. market by 2010* Virtualization 50-60% of servers now virtualized in the U.S. Moving to SMEs and desktop environments * RBC Capital Markets

SaaS

Slowly and quietly gaining grounds

Spreading from rom corporate applications (ERP, HP, CRM, etc) to social networking and Internet applications

23% of $120B U.S. market by 2010*

Virtualization

50-60% of servers now virtualized in the U.S.

Moving to SMEs and desktop environments

* RBC Capital Markets

Infrastructure trends Green data center Primary focus of Green IT movement More energy-efficient components and designs Security and Privacy Compliance – SIA and PIA Continuous monitoring tools Growing importance for forensics

Green data center

Primary focus of Green IT movement

More energy-efficient components and designs

Security and Privacy

Compliance – SIA and PIA

Continuous monitoring tools

Growing importance for forensics

Internet trends Social Networking Web 2.0 tools such as Wiki, blogs, interactive maps, social computing, etc. Corporate applications to leverage enterprise knowledge and customer-based business intelligence Internet itself as a preferred platform for application development

Social Networking

Web 2.0 tools such as Wiki, blogs, interactive maps, social computing, etc.

Corporate applications to leverage enterprise knowledge and customer-based business intelligence

Internet itself as a preferred platform for application development

Internet trends Web video applications From YouTube/Internet to the focus of network equipment and software integrated platforms Mobile video equipment – including mobile phones – driving access and demand The Rise of the Digital Natives Paradigm shift in user behavior and expectations Creative Commons – share, remix, reuse

Web video applications

From YouTube/Internet to the focus of network equipment and software integrated platforms

Mobile video equipment – including mobile phones – driving access and demand

The Rise of the Digital Natives

Paradigm shift in user behavior and expectations

Creative Commons – share, remix, reuse

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E-citizen services

Healthcare

Transport

Education

Tourism

Food Safety/RFID

Infrastructure

Wireless City

Security

Digital Inclusion

R&D

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Charles Mok

Internet Society Hong Kong

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www.charlesmok.hk