Niklaus Weissenstein Heidelberg, 13.09.2008 The Future of IT Technology Vision 2008

A lot happened in 2007 … Wii PS3 Xbox Market Caps Apple $155B IBM $137B Intel $131B

Power Shift From technology to people

1. Cloud Computing Hardware Cloud Services Cloud Desktop Cloud SaaS Cloud

Cloud - “everything as a service” over the Internet

Enterprise Mashups are coming …

The consolidation trend … Jan, 2008 Oct, 2007 Feb, 2007 ??? Nov,2007 Oct, 2007 * Partnership on Internet-scale computing for universities

Analytics & BI – maturity model MDM Security, Privacy, Data governance policies in place Data access and integration across different SaaS Data Quality Assurance Scrub data, ensure clean future data Consolidate, integrate data across enterprise Identify reliable external sources, access policies Data Services Data as “services” inside the enterprise Access policies Standardize Mash-up, widget tools Train, enable users Mash-up distribution mechanisms, quality assurance Analytics Sophisticated analytics at user, business unit & corporate level COTS & Custom tools Outsourced “Insight” services Tying analytics to process change and orchestration

8. Green Computing increasing energy cost regulatory compliance consumer pressure company valuation Carbon vs. Silicon: replacing energy-intensive activities with information-intensive activities

IT’s role … green commuting green logistics & supply chain green manufacturing green offices green IT & data centers green homes green education

Niklaus Weissenstein Heidelberg, 13.09.2008 The Future of IT Technology Vision 2008