“Smart Computing” Leads to Growth in IT Spending

January 19th, 2010 by Valerie Barber

With software sales expected to increase 9.7% worldwide, along with a strong rebound in computer hardware sales of 8.2%, Forrester analyst Andrew Bartels says the tech recession is over. The tech recovery in the US is expected to be much stronger than the overall economic recovery, with tech spending growing at more than twice the rate of this year’s gross domestic product. While this is good news, I like Forrester’s note that “smart computing” – a combination of advanced hardware and software technologies that drives new levels of automation and efficiency – will result in a six- to seven-year growth cycle for IT spending.

“New technologies of awareness married to advanced business intelligence analytics make computing smart. Smart Computing rests on new foundation technologies such as service-oriented architecture, server and storage virtualization, cloud computing and unified communications. 2010 marks the beginning of this next phase of technology advancement.”

Andrew Bartels

While this is good news that falls in line with the mainstreaming of virtualization and the momentum of cloud computing, it faces the realities of recent surveys that show data centers are understaffed and the growing difficulty in hiring qualified staff. The good news is IT blogger Paul Venezia feels that IT is getting too easy because everything “just works”, and when it doesn’t, you Google the problem to find someone who’s posted a resolution. Let’s hope there’s a rapid convergence of talent and resources that catches up to the opportunities of Smart Computing.

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