Gartner thinks multicore and hybrid processors, social networks and social software, ubiquitous computing and augmented reality are among the top 10 trends one should keep an eye on for the next 4 years. The report predicts a radical transformation in the responsibility of IT directors. From being responsible for running servers smoothly, they shall become those who will have to identify key technologies and their impact on the business.

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) who see their jobs as “keeping the data centre running, business continuity planning and finding new technology toys to show to people” will not survive. Instead, they will have to think beyond the constraints of conventional, in order to identify the technologies that might be in widespread use a few years from now.

Gartner recommends that CIOs establish a formal mechanism for evaluating emerging trends and technologies […] and give [their teams] time to spend researching new ideas and innovations, especially those that are being driven by consumer and Web 2.0 technologies.

“The CIO then needs to act as a conduit from the business to the technology. He or she needs to see how it might be possible to use these technologies to solve a problem the business has identified,”

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