2011 IT Prediction #5: Power is Redistributed

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You’ve seen predictions #1, 2, 3, 4 … here’s prediction #5:

Power is redistributed – IT leverage over service providers means better cost-economies and more innovation, as software and service providers are forced to differentiate and add deeper, more sustainable value to IT customers. This will fuel the transformation of IT delivery models as enabling technologies mature and cost is driven down. For providers, it will lead to new niche markets and specialized domains (think: industry-specific clouds, for example) as a basis for sustaining unique advantage under the threat of commoditization. We’ll see early signs of this dynamic in 2011, but it will take several years for it to fully manifest.

I’ll post my final prediction tomorrow. In the meantime, what do you think?

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