This document discusses technology trends relevant to Thailand's ICT policy framework. It outlines the proliferation of computing devices like mobile phones, which are becoming a major computing platform. Everything and everyone is joining networks, with the web becoming a dominant computing platform used for activities like email, shopping, messaging and social networking. Software as a service (SaaS) is growing, allowing users to access applications over the internet. Open source software is also becoming more widely used and accepted due to cost savings, innovation, and adaptability. The top 10 strategic technologies for 2010 include cloud computing, social computing, analytics, virtualization and mobile applications.
IT Technology Trends for Thailand ICT Policy Framework
1. IT Technology Trends
for
Thailand ICT Policy
Framework
Dr.Thanachart Numnonda
Business Development Director
Software LOB
Sun Microsystems (Thailand) 1
8. Web As a “The” Computing Platform
• Email
• Online shopping
• Travel reservation
• Instant messaging
• Social networking
• Internet phone
• Map search
• ...
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9. Growth Software as a Service (SaaS)
Software Idea
Packaged Applications/Shrink Network Services
Wrap
Customer’s Developer’s
Target Data Center
Computer
Distribution CD Internet
Customer
Economics High cost Low cost
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14. Open Source Landscape
• Production-quality Open Source
equivalents exist for almost all
proprietary software, also in the
enterprise.
> Internet Explorer -> Mozilla Firefox
> Microsoft Office -> OpenOffice.org
> Outlook -> Thunderbird
> Windows -> OpenSolaris, GNU/Linux Apache Web Server Market Share
> Proprietary app server -> GlassFish, Tomcat, (source: Netcraft)
Apache Web server
> Proprietary Web app framework -> Struts,
Echo2, Tapestry, Spring MVC many more
> Database -> MySQL
> Visual Studio -> NetBeans, Eclipse
> Proprietary CRM -> Sugar CRM 14
15. Deployment of
Open Source Software
Time
“By 2012, more than 90% of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms”
Gartner, “The State of Open Source 2008” (Yefim Natis 04/03/08)
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16. Top 10 Strategic Technologies 2010
• Cloud computing • Social computing
• Advanced Analytic • Security – activity
• Client Computing monitoring
• IT for green • Flash memory
• Reshaping the • Virtualization for
Data center availability
• Mobile Applications
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17. 1. Cloud computing
• using cloud services, developing cloud-based
applications and implementing private cloud
computing environments
• Everything will be available as a service
• SaaS, HaaS, PaaS, IaaS
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19. Examples of Government Cloud Computing
• USA.gov – US federal government information
portal
■ General Services Administration (GSA) project
■ Over 100 million visitors per year to web site
■ Initially developed as FirstGov in 2000, with co-
funding from 22 agencies and led/ administered
by GSA
■ Operated by Terremark Worldwide
■ Awarded Feb 2009
■ IaaS, public cloud
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20. 3. Client Computing
• Virtualization is bringing new ways of
packaging client computing applications and
capabilities.
• choice of a particular PC hardware platform,
and eventually the OS platform, becomes less
critical
• Thin Client
• VDI
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21. Sun Virtual Display Computing Offerings
Data Center
Sun Secure Global Sun Ray™
Desktop Software Software
Enhance existing devices Deploy virtual display clients
by providing secure access to for end-users that don't
applications of any type require a PC
Sun Ray
Clients
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22. 6. Social Computing
• Taking advantage of social media tools to
build community
• Do not ignore the role of the social profile to
bring communities together.
• Social network analysis can be used both to
detect fraud and to change business
processes to boost internal efficiency.
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23. 10. Mobile Applications
• By year-end 2010, 1.2 billion people will carry
handsets capable of rich, mobile commerce
providing a rich environment for the
convergence of mobility and the Web
• the mobile applications market has grown
from almost nil to overflowing in the last year
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