| Title: |
December CBDI Journal Editorial |
| Author: |
David Sprott |
| Publication Date: |
9 December 2002 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Editorial |
| Abstract: |
Was 2002 the year of Web Services? I suggest that we are nearing that pivotal point in the greater scheme of things, when the level of hype surrounding Web Services is about to abate a little. It's time to look at the next big thing. |
| Backgrounder: |
Many years ago one of my customers proposed the theory the hype curve. He suggested the level of hype, as measured by the amount of media attention surrounding new technologies and ideas, was in inverse proportion to the amount of real project activity. When the hype died down, widespread activity was generally only commencing, and that the media was already moving on to the next big thing. So if you are strongly influenced by the amount of hype you would surely say that yes, this year has been the year of Web Services. However if you assessed the year on the amount of real end user project activity undertaken using Web Services, you would probably conclude the opposite.
In our lead report this month we show that whilst the "full" realization of demand/utility computing is many, many years away, this is a major shift that will refocus the attention of the industry and its enterprise customers on cost reduction and business process improvement, and the results will be delivered progressively over a considerable period, starting now.
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| Report Size: |
1 Page |
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