Computing trends in 2011

Trade

20 December 2010

Key trends: Cloud computing will develop at a steady pace

Citrix expects the consumerisation of IT to evolve further in 2011 and that enterprise IT will lose control over the desktop to a greater extent, according to country manager Niall Gilmore.

Gilmore notes: “Consumerisation will dominate the technology landscape in the next 12 months. A new wave of laptop and tablet-carrying mobile workers will emerge in Irish offices, and IT departments will be forced to keep up with workers adopting and upgrading their own technology.”

Gilmore identified a number of key trends

• Diversification of desktop delivery methods will have an effect on the devices and systems on demand as customers look for work tools which mirror their mobility and collaboration ability, which in turn will drive desktop virtualisation in 2011.

• Migration to Windows 7 is set to drive desktop virtualisation, with a recent survey by Citrix Systems Ireland suggesting nearly half (42%) of Irish company directors and IT managers set to deploy the O/S in 2011. Close to two-thirds (60%) said they will consider desktop virtualisation technology to aid the migration.

• On the data centre front growth will be slow but stead again in 2011, with more DCs gradually adopting cloud infrastructure principles. Adoption will be driven by the need to change from cost-control to business-value delivery.

• Cloud computing will develop at a steady pace as companies learn to work smarter with fewer resources. However, until 2013 software as a service will see the fastest adoption, followed by infrastructure as a service. Both will grow fast but overall market penetration will remain low, Citrix predicts.

Gilmore concludes: “These anticipated trends reflect both global and regional developments and take into account social and economic factors. Over the next year, we will see Irish IT departments beginning to embrace the diversification required by today’s end user. Years ago, PCs were driven by consumers into the workplace, and history will repeat itself now. The emphasis is on self-service and ease of use, letting staff choose their own work tools. The result will be overall cost saving for the company and greater flexibility for the worker.”

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