Technology Trends

Paper Summary:

The paper attempts to evaluate several emerging technologies and defines what they specifically are in terms of both concepts and prototypes. The paper examines what they specifically are designed to do, why they are important, what applications and implications these emerging technologies have for individuals and organizations and what the major barriers are to rapid and widespread deployment. The paper employs a wide variety of sources in the definition of these key trends and includes a summary that defines overall expectations for technological change over the next few years.

Outline:
Identity Verification
Software Services and the SaaS
Google's Move into Applications
Real-time Analytics
Supply chain strategies
Summary

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"The near-daily reports of databases of personal information being compromised is now commonplace, which has fuelled the growth of identity-based applications of biometric technologies and on a broader context, the quantification of trust within the mobile, convergence devices (cell phones, MP3 players and PDAs) and the pervasive need for great identity verification throughout all aspects of daily interactions people have with the Internet. This is a broad, far-reaching and strategic trend, and for purposes of this analysis, just the verification of identity and with it, risk assessment and management will be discussed."

Sample of Sources Used:

• AMR Research (2005) - Hosted CRM Revenues Increase 105% in 2004. AMR Research. Boston, MA August 23, 2005. http://www.amrresearch.com/Content/View.asp?pmillid=18600
• Blaze Advisor (2006) - Recent Developments in the Constraint-Based Authentication Technologies by Fair-Isaac, accessed from the Internet on October 23, 2006: http://www.fairisaac.com/Fairisaac/Solutions/Enterprise+Decision+Management/Business+Rules/Blaze+Advisor/Blaze-Advisor-Upgrade-Break-Through.htm
• Carr (2003) - IT Doesn't Matter. Harvard Business Review. Cambridge, MA. May, 2003
• Sarnevitz (2005) - Retail Replenishment Execution: At Wal-Mart, It's All About Processes and People. (Alert) Boston, MA AMR Research (2005, November 14).
• Sweeney (2006) - Software as a Service in the ERP World. AMR Research. Boston, MA. June 22, 2006http://www.amrresearch.com/Content/View.asp?pmillid=19553

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