Companies To Watch Moving Toward 2009

As we go toward the end of 2008 and into 2009 and on to the end of the first decade of the 21st century what are the upcoming changes we will be looking at? For example will everyone be posting to wikis? If we use SharePoint for something other than file storage this could well be a possibility. Will wikis become the team collaboration tool of the future – collaborate from anywhere. It really should be (beats email) however we just might have to find a new breed of IT people to expand it (and management as well). Everyone will need more training in how to implement and use (use being a keyword) tools like SharePoint and wikis.

Change is a good thing. As for communication -

How about IN FLIGHT INTERNET? According  to INFORWORLD that could be a reality provided by Aircell. Currently they are already providing the service in Delta, Air Canada, AmericanAirlines and a number of private charter’s. Those long flights can become private time in your private office.

In September 2008 we saw Salesforce.com replace Freddie Mac on the S&P 500, I would think that this does lend some credibility to Cloud Computing – at least Marc Benioff, CEO, thinks so and I agree (being the astute non-investor that I am).

And will Google clean up Chrome to make it a viable alternative? Who knows (IE8 looks good) but I think some of these things will be fun to watch. Let’s add more to the list as we go ahead toward the next decade. Let’s really look at what lies ahead and put together some great prognostications for the next year and the next decade. I need some help (yes, I know there are those that would say I need a lot of help). Have a GREAT WEEK!