http://techupdate.zdnet.com/Gartner_predicts_future_of_IT.html?tag=zdannounce0.list
In many ways, the URL says it all: Gartner predicts that in 2004 cost-cutting will be gradually replaced by innovation for growth, leading to an upswing in 2005 and a major surge in 2006. The next generation of computing will be built on a service software architecture based on always-on communication. "The next wave of technology [is] the confluence of pervasive wireless, real-time infrastructure, service-oriented architecture and low power-consumption mobile devices...".
If this vision is even approximately correct, we should be thinking about its educational implications now, so our 2006 curriculum reflects real applied needs.
Posted by jho at November 4, 2003 08:19 AM