Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt.
The top 10 strategic technologies for 2009 include:
Virtualization.
Cloud Computing.
Servers — Beyond Blades.
Web-Oriented Architectures.
Enterprise Mashups.
Specialized Systems.
Social Software and Social Networking.
Unified Communications.
Business Intelligence.
Green IT.
“A strategic technology may be an existing technology that has matured and/or become suitable for a wider range of uses,” said Carl Claunch, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner.
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