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: computing, that have existed for decades. At the core, it means enabling access to loads of digital data and related applications from any internet-accessible devices, but the term is expanding all the time and has gained significant traction as a concept, with tech bigwigs like IBM, HP and Google pushing it. Analysts are predicting 2009 as a key inflexion point but we are yet to see it become a reality in Indian enterprises in a big way.

Social media

SOCIAL media has taken the world by storm. And it’s not just teens and youngsters on Facebook, MySpace and Youtube, but it has forayed into corporate lives and is now giving shape to citizen journalism. Bloggers across Mumbai, for instance, fed live updates of the action after terrorists launched waves of attacks. With more than 6 million members worldwide, an estimated 80 messages, or ‘tweets,’ were being sent to Twitter.com via SMS every five seconds, providing eyewitness accounts and updates.

Next-gen virtualisation

VIRTUALISATION solutions have been in play in IT for decades. But, the current trend towards virtualising servers and storage in the data centre is revolutionising IT management and IT economics and is laying groundwork for the next stage in IT and data centres—utility computing.

Unified communications

UNIFIED communications is all about convergence of various communication and collaboration tools and platforms such as VoIP, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Web and video conferencing, enterprise social computing, presence, and IM management.

More with less

DURING the dotcom bust in the early 2000s, IT took a hit as several companies had overbuilt in internet technologies. Today’s IT departments tend to be leaner and much more ROI-focused and offer IT as a lever to cut costs. Most IT leaders are making the case to their chief executives to let them help bring down company costs by using technology to help automate and streamline tasks in the current global recession.

Missed Targets

Offshoring blues

FIRST signs of the slowdown appeared on the country’s IT software services exports in July when Nasscom scaled down its growth projections for FY09 to 21-24% from 23-24% in June. It now expects the industry to grow by 21% this fiscal to generate export revenues of $50 billion. Going by the gloomy outlook and shrinking tech budgets globally, upward revision does not seem likely.

Softening PC demand