Virtualization
Business Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Green IT
Unified Communications
Social Software and Social Networking
Web Oriented Architecture
Enterprise Mashups
Specialized Systems
Servers – Beyond Blades
As usual, the list contains broad concepts that are no surprise like "Green IT", some hot technologies like "Enterprise Mashups", and some cryptic references that required further reading of Gartner's material to understand. Sadly, no mention of Database Sharding, although the general area is covered well by Web Oriented Architecture - the driving force behind Database Sharding.
Labels: Application Development, Database Products, Database Scalability, Enteprise Mashups, Enterprise Development, Java Programming, Software Pipelines