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August 15, 2006
Ajax And Soc Network Analysis Hot, Mashups Less So, Says Report
Technology market research firm, Gartner, says it has taken a close look at Web 2.0 trends with a focus on "user-created content, lightweight technology, service-based access and shared revenue models" to see if they could reduce costs, increase revenues, or improve productivity among users of the technologies in the business and enterprise market (via Technofile blog).
Its findings: Social Network Analysis (note not social networks per se) and Ajax are likely to have high impact, while Mashups will have a more moderate impact. (We're intrigued by the Social Network Analysis software category and are going to keep an eye out for developments or projects in that area.)
Gartner sent us this interesting graphic mapping emerging technologies on its Hype Curve - it's worth taking a look (pops up in new window).
Gartner also says that a category it calls "Collective Intelligence" is not going to have an impact for five or ten years - a good thing because we don't have a clue what kind of software or applications it is referring to by that term - sounds vaguely Soviet. From the description it could be the Wiki concept but it could also be the open source way of developing software. We've got a question in to the analyst that wrote the report.
Read - Gartner's 2006 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle Highlights Key Technology Themes (gartner)
Read - Gartner Blesses Web 2.0 (technofile)
Posted on August 15, 2006 01:06 PM | Posted to Web 2.0 | Permalink
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