Cloud Predictions Matthew Finnie
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THE ENTERPRISE APP STORE WILL RISE IN PROMINENCE
The network will become the warehouse, as physical applications start getting replaced with virtual ones. The emergence of enterprise app stores will escalate and the fight to develop the breadth and scope of choice within enterprise app stores will continue.
SDN GETS REAL
In 2012, Software Defined Networking (SDN) was a hypothetical research project – an experiment. In 2013, SDN will start to become a reality and with it there will undoubtedly be both real excitement and serious hype. The move towards SDN will start at the access layer, and once trust is established it will move into the core of the network. But, watch out for the nay sayers. They are sitting on the fence!
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ATTEMPTS FOR ONE VENDOR DOMINANCE WILL FINALLY BE EXTINGUISHED
After years of promise we will finally start to see multi-vendor, inter-rich media communications, despite the many vendor attempts to assert techno- logical dominance through-out the technology stack over the years. In 2013, it will be widely acknowledged that it is unrealistic to buy everything from the same vendor and as a result we will see the final unification of communication.
THE CLOUD WILL EXTERMINATE THE GRAND IT PLAN
With the cloud gaining ground in 2013, it will threaten to annihilate whole swathes of project management, advice and risk mitigation. After all, what used to take months and cost millions now takes minutes and costs considerably less. Moreover, if you don’t like it, you can simply start again.
OLD SOFTWARE LICENSING
MODELS WILL BE RIPPED UP The traditional strangle-hold of a few mega vendors will loosen in 2013, as the barriers to accessing technology are eliminated.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Matthew Finnie
Finnie trained as an electrical engineer and helped develop early IP-product innovations, including one of the first commercial applications of VOIP a decade ago. As head of the Enterprise Service Development Group at Vocaltec, he worked with European/US carriers and multi-national corporations to launch converged communication
services. Matthew was also the co-founder of US-based Internet start-up Insitu, which developed real-time IP collaboration tools. Finnie has degrees in electrical and electronic engineering and marketing. He is currently CTO at Interoute and drives the firm’s advanced services strategy, including developing the platform that has allowed the company to launch its industry-leading VOIP, Ethernet and Media products.
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The evolution of computing, moving from isolation in the data center to being a part of the network will continue in 2013, as high levels of resilience are created
ENTERPRISE MOBILITY UP A GEAR The consumer has won. With tablet wars about to escalate, driving down the cost of devices, 2013 will be the year where consumers own multiple devices. Moreover, the workforce will go truly mobile next year. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in particular looks set to shift up a gear. This increasingly mobile workforce is going to force IT to get progressive and catch up. A standard infrastructure is going to become a prerequisite.
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PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE BE- COMES OBVIOUS
As more people get comfortable with us- ing basic computing, network and storage infrastructure, they will look to higher levels of inte- gration that can combine that infrastructure with the applications environment and accelerate development. As such, Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) will become an inevitable area of growth for 2013.
January 2013 CCI Magazine
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