There was a time, not so very long ago, when IT directors and chief
information officers dismissed the Internet as something of a passing fad.
Somehow though, things took off pretty well with the whole web thing didn't
they? Mobile telephony has also grown to a level of dominance that we could
never have predicted when it first started appearing around 30 years ago.
Then came the tablet... just another fad right? Well, the first few were, but
then "Magic Steve" produced the tablet we all love and cherish didn't he? (OK
yes - I know Android is doing well in this space too, you don't need to write
in)... so what's coming next?
What Is Our Next Killer Paradigm?
Many believe that "sound" will be the next killer element of "social
computing" in terms of information share. After all, we share text in various
forms, images and video and all the time. Shouldn't this mean tha... (more)
Talk of so-called "sea change developments" and "paradigm shifts" has long
been rife among the IT media and the web's wider technology commentary
channels.
Right now we're all talking about cloud, mobile empowerment (let's not forget
the Bring Your Own Device tagline here) and virtualized computing resources
as we re-align many of the mechanics that drive our collective IT resources.
But does all this talk of "new compute models" leave us at risk of forgetting
other large-scale departmental changes, which still have to be brought to
bear by the CIO?
I'm simply talking about sec... (more)
If you work in information technology and you passed through the city of
London over the last week it would have been hard not to notice the InfoSec
IT security conference being held at the Earl's Court exhibition center.
Logically of course, certain themes and trends came out of this event, which
(at a macroeconomic level at least) may provide some insight for chief
information officers trying to analyse the state of their current security
operation as they try to quantify the vulnerabilities that they may be
harboring within their firm's operational structure.
Whether we are al... (more)
Okay, so an admission before I go one step further - the supermodel in this
headline is something of a misnomer or misapplication of the term designed (I
shamefacedly admit) to draw the reader in.
Forget supermodels if you will and jump straight to megatrends for analyst
house Gartner's latest buzz-phrase to describe the impact that new cloud
computing models are having on the way we develop, use and integrate with
software applications at all levels.
The PC Is Dead, Long Live the Cloud
Fundamentally, Gartner is suggesting that users' use of "personal clouds"
(and the various dev... (more)
Application Transformation, as an industry term, is all very well and good;
but it begs the inquisitive reader to question its deeper meaning and gain a
little extra perspective. After all, most of us would naturally expect all
applications to undergo a certain amount of "transformation" over the passage
of time - and yes I am even including legacy apps in that statement.
Transform to Mobile
The reality we face in terms of application transformation today is our
journey to mobile. Mobile-based enterprise applications are the new norm and
secure migration to mobile platforms is (or... (more)
Adrian Bridgwater is a freelance journalist and corporate content creation specialist focusing on cross platform software application development as well as all related aspects software engineering, project management and technology as a whole.
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