{"id":588,"date":"2008-05-28T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2008-05-28T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T15:00:04","slug":"technology-status-quo-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/technology-status-quo-spoilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology:  Status Quo Spoilers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Predictions flooded from Gartner&#8217;s recent ITExpo, maybe not too surprising:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Microsoft Vista Collapsing\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/BTL\/?p=8428\">Microsoft Vista<\/a> is collapsing under it&#8217;s own weight of complexity and moving parts<br \/>\n&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Google and the Enterprise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/c\/a\/Application-Development\/Gartner-Google-Doesnt-Understand-The-Enterprise\/\">Google&#8217;s aim<\/a> at the enterprise is unconventional, like a &#8220;fog rolling in&#8221;, capturing market share slowly and not head-to-head with Microsoft and IBM<br \/>\n&#8211; IT is moving towards &#8216;mass production&#8217; and &#8216;<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mega Data Centers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zycko.com\/news\/18544781-Gartner_predicts_the_rise_of_the_mega_data_centre\">mega data centers<\/a>&#8216; will become &#8216;platforms for industrialization&#8217; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zycko.com\/news\/18544781-Gartner_predicts_the_rise_of_the_mega_data_centre\" \/><br \/>\n&#8211; Analysts can&#8217;t agree if <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Greetn IT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/c\/a\/Infrastructure\/Gartner-Debate-Does-Green-IT-Matter\/1\/\">Green IT<\/a> is battling &#8216;myth&#8217; with greenwashing or if  they are true heros in the fight against global warming<br \/>\n&#8211; A third wave of computers is coming, one where computers are imbedded everywhere and totally surround us<\/p>\n<p>Gartner also made predictions about what they see as the most disruptive technologies.  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