Sunday, January 6, 2008

Welcome 2008

I am not sure if everyone would agree... but I expect 2008 to be an exciting year... of course, a little crazy with the elections, housing crunch, and threat of recession. But, being the optimist that I am and one that makes money being in the technology industry, I expect changes in technology to spur strong growth, especially in the Virtualization (Server, Desktop, and Storage) market.

I have said this all along... CIO has 4 choices with Virtualization... one - he completed a virtualization project already; two - he is about to start one; three - he is in the middle of one; or four - he is looking for a job. For the first time, companies like VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft have developed virtual server applications for the industry; so you can expect competition will breed excitement. With storage costs coming down and innovation happening so fast, keep your eyes on NetApp, Lefthand, and a slew of other enterprise storage players.

What else will be big in 2008? Only time will tell.

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