IT-Director.com: BriefingsDirect analyst panelists peer into crystal balls for latest IT growth and impact trends
The crystal ball gazers come from a variety of analyst and research firms. One interesting nugget: Brad Shimmin of Current Analysis notes that software is a buyer’s market right now. That can’t be bad.
“The next BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Volume 49, hones in on the predictions for IT industry growth and impact, now that the recession appears to have bottomed out. We’re going to ask our distinguished panel of analysts and experts for their top five predictions for IT growth through 2010 and beyond.
To help us gaze into the IT trends crystal ball we are joined by our panel: Jim Kobielus, senior analyst at Forrester Research; Joe McKendrick, independent analyst and prolific blogger; Tony Baer, senior analyst at Ovum; Brad Shimmin, principal analyst at Current Analysis; Dave Linthicum, CEO of Blue Mountain Labs; Dave Lounsbury, vice-president of collaboration services at The Open Group; Jason Bloomberg, managing partner at ZapThink, and JP Morgenthal, independent analyst and IT consultant. The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Disclosure: The Open Group is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.]”