Technical Insights: Top Technology Trends in ICT

Top Technology Trends in ICT (Technical Insights)

Key Slides

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March 2011

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Research Scope

Technical Insights division of Frost & Sullivan evaluated technology trends in the information and

communication technology (ICT) sector and has identified seven technology trends that are likely to have an

impact in the year 2011.

The slides provide information on the following lines on a best effort basis, as applicable to the technology

under consideration

• Brief Snapshot of the technology

• Key Benefits or Strengths

• Trends and Prospects/ Opportunities

• Prominent and Emerging applications

• Enabling technologies

• Insights and recommendations

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Research Methodology Outline

Emerging Technology Trends in ICT

GAME CHANGERSFOR 2011

Filtered set of 7 ICT Technology

Trends

GAME CHANGERSFOR 2011

Filtered set of 7 ICT Technology

Trends

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Market Factors (Potential, Customer base)

Market Factors (Potential, Customer base)

Resource AvailabilityResource Availability

Regulatory Compliance and End User needs

Regulatory Compliance and End User needs

Societal ImpactSocietal Impact

Technology characteristics / Capability

Technology characteristics / Capability

Technology Trend - Evaluation Scale

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Top Technology Trends (ICT) Index

Semantic Web

Virtualization

Long Term Evolution

CloudComputing

Hardware Accelerated

Browsers

TOP Technology

Trends

ContextAware

Computing

Fabric BasedComputing

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VIRTUALIZATION

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• Enterprises realize benefits such as flexibility, availability, scalability, resource utilization and cost savings by implementing virtualization.

• Health Care, Education, Financial sectors and IT departments of non-IT sectors leverage virtualization.

• Enterprises realize benefits such as flexibility, availability, scalability, resource utilization and cost savings by implementing virtualization.

• Health Care, Education, Financial sectors and IT departments of non-IT sectors leverage virtualization.

Key StrengthsKey Strengths

Cost effective computing capability

• Post recession, enterprises are seeking competent solutions with high computing capability at an affordable cost. Virtualization rightly empowers the organization to achieve the same by reducing the resource requirement without compromising on performance.

• Virtualization promises to offer green benefits and delivers lower carbon foot print

Cost effective computing capability

• Post recession, enterprises are seeking competent solutions with high computing capability at an affordable cost. Virtualization rightly empowers the organization to achieve the same by reducing the resource requirement without compromising on performance.

• Virtualization promises to offer green benefits and delivers lower carbon foot print

• Virtualization is a technology that offers a framework or methodology to enable logical division of computing resources including hardware and software. The available hardware component is partitioned into multiple execution environments.

• The adoption and evolution of this technology has been gaining momentum in the past few

years. The potential of virtualization has been explored and exploited to achieve low cost and high performing computing solutions. Virtualization technology has taken different forms and is continuing to evolve.

• Virtualization is a technology that offers a framework or methodology to enable logical division of computing resources including hardware and software. The available hardware component is partitioned into multiple execution environments.

• The adoption and evolution of this technology has been gaining momentum in the past few

years. The potential of virtualization has been explored and exploited to achieve low cost and high performing computing solutions. Virtualization technology has taken different forms and is continuing to evolve.

Virtualization – Technology Snapshot

Why is it importantWhy is it important

Sneak PreviewSneak Preview

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CLOUD COMPUTING

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Cloud Computing – Technology Snapshot


• Cloud Computing refers to computing capabilities that are offered as on-demand services via the Web.

• Represents the migration from: Local file storage to Web-based secure, scalable storage environments. Running applications constrained by the local storage space to applications that have

virtually no boundaries.

• Cloud Computing refers to computing capabilities that are offered as on-demand services via the Web.

• Represents the migration from: Local file storage to Web-based secure, scalable storage environments. Running applications constrained by the local storage space to applications that have

virtually no boundaries.

Why is it importantWhy is it important• Promises to transform the way enterprises manage their technology assets and computing

requirements.• Enables enterprises to significantly save IT infrastructure costs by allowing them to procure

computing resources such as servers, storage and software on a pay-as-you-use basis.

• Promises to transform the way enterprises manage their technology assets and computing requirements.

• Enables enterprises to significantly save IT infrastructure costs by allowing them to procure computing resources such as servers, storage and software on a pay-as-you-use basis.


• Reduces IT Capital Expenditure (CapEx); Critical Budgets• Great flexibility in provisioning IT infrastructure needs• Improved scalability• Green incentives

• Reduces IT Capital Expenditure (CapEx); Critical Budgets• Great flexibility in provisioning IT infrastructure needs• Improved scalability• Green incentives

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HARDWARE ACCELERATED BROWSERS

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• Delivers high quality video and graphic content.

• Boosts web browser performance on low end notebooks and other systems by employing graphic co-processors instead of software components.

• Delivers high quality video and graphic content.

• Boosts web browser performance on low end notebooks and other systems by employing graphic co-processors instead of software components.


• Increase in graphical intensity in websites in the form of non-textual content such as video, audio and animation require efficient browsers.

• Unleashes the potential of existing hardware components to achieve better performance. Takes advantage of latest multi core processors and Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) chips.

• Increase in graphical intensity in websites in the form of non-textual content such as video, audio and animation require efficient browsers.

• Unleashes the potential of existing hardware components to achieve better performance. Takes advantage of latest multi core processors and Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) chips.

• A hardware accelerated browser, leverages on the hardware capability to achieve faster processing and streaming of content over the internet.

• Content acceleration speeds up rendering of page content and composite acceleration allows faster alignment of structure page content, thus enhancing user experience.

• A hardware accelerated browser, leverages on the hardware capability to achieve faster processing and streaming of content over the internet.

• Content acceleration speeds up rendering of page content and composite acceleration allows faster alignment of structure page content, thus enhancing user experience.

Hardware Accelerated Browsers – Technology Snapshot



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CONTEXT AWARE COMPUTING

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Context Aware Computing – Technology Snapshot


• IT gadgets and devices could eventually sense, gather and analyse all user’s real time data.

• The technology could provide real time relevant information based on user location, preference, behaviour etc.

• IT gadgets and devices could eventually sense, gather and analyse all user’s real time data.

• The technology could provide real time relevant information based on user location, preference, behaviour etc.

Why is it importantWhy is it important• The technology could escalate the interactivity level between users and their daily

use computers, laptops or smartphones.

• The technology could escalate the interactivity level between users and their daily use computers, laptops or smartphones.

Key StrengthsKey Strengths • Enhances user experience while on the move.• Enhances user experience while on the move.

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LONG TERM EVOLUTION

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Long Term Evolution – Technology Snapshot

Sneak PreviewSneak Preview• Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a fourth generation (4G) cellular network technology that

promises to offer enhanced data rates and capacity for mobile broadband connectivity.

• The technology has gathered the attention of several large carrier network operators- many operators have abandoned WiMAX, a competing 4G technology, in favor of LTE.

• Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a fourth generation (4G) cellular network technology that promises to offer enhanced data rates and capacity for mobile broadband connectivity.

• The technology has gathered the attention of several large carrier network operators- many operators have abandoned WiMAX, a competing 4G technology, in favor of LTE.


• Cellular network operators across the globe have been struggling to support the surging data traffic on their networks. With the advent and widespread adoption of powerful smartphones, mobile data traffic has risen drastically. According to estimates by US-based Cisco Systems, mobile Web traffic volume would double every year between 2010 and 2013 and traffic will total roughly 2.2 million terabytes per month.

• LTE, owing to its ability to facilitate improved data rates and capacity, is cited as a solution for cellular network capacity crunch.

• Cellular network operators across the globe have been struggling to support the surging data traffic on their networks. With the advent and widespread adoption of powerful smartphones, mobile data traffic has risen drastically. According to estimates by US-based Cisco Systems, mobile Web traffic volume would double every year between 2010 and 2013 and traffic will total roughly 2.2 million terabytes per month.

• LTE, owing to its ability to facilitate improved data rates and capacity, is cited as a solution for cellular network capacity crunch.


• LTE’s all-IP architecture and spectral efficiency promises to improve overall network economics.

• Higher-bandwidth and lower-latency offered by LTE would significantly improve the user experience for bandwidth-hungry content and applications.

• LTE’s edge-of-cell data rates are more than two to three times better than High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) release 6.

• LTE’s all-IP architecture and spectral efficiency promises to improve overall network economics.

• Higher-bandwidth and lower-latency offered by LTE would significantly improve the user experience for bandwidth-hungry content and applications.

• LTE’s edge-of-cell data rates are more than two to three times better than High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) release 6.

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FABRIC BASED COMPUTING

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Fabric Computing – Technology Snapshot


• Fabric based Computing is perceived as the next generation data center architecture.

• Primarily focuses on integrating and converging disparate network components into one single physical layer.

• Fabric based Computing is perceived as the next generation data center architecture.

• Primarily focuses on integrating and converging disparate network components into one single physical layer.

Why is it important?Why is it important?

• Via a unified framework, it facilitates a more direct data traffic from one server to another and thus massively reduces the number of network interactions.

• Empower enterprises to effectively administer their distributed computing resources via a single fabric.

• Via a unified framework, it facilitates a more direct data traffic from one server to another and thus massively reduces the number of network interactions.

• Empower enterprises to effectively administer their distributed computing resources via a single fabric.

Key StrengthsKey Strengths• Reduces IT Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and ongoing maintenance cost• Low latency• Improved scalability and flexibility• Enhanced interoperability with cloud and virtual environments

• Reduces IT Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and ongoing maintenance cost• Low latency• Improved scalability and flexibility• Enhanced interoperability with cloud and virtual environments

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SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGY

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• Performs sophisticated tasks for end users, automates different operations with minimal human intervention.

• Offers significant business potential in Health Care, Life Sciences, Military Operations. It also has the capability of delivering efficient and smarter search engines.

• Performs sophisticated tasks for end users, automates different operations with minimal human intervention.

• Offers significant business potential in Health Care, Life Sciences, Military Operations. It also has the capability of delivering efficient and smarter search engines.


• Semantic Web adds meaning and structure to the content on the web. It assists the computer to understand relationships between different data sources to make logical connections and decisions.

• Equips the software agent to identify, analyze, evaluate and combine the information across multiple resources.

• Semantic Web adds meaning and structure to the content on the web. It assists the computer to understand relationships between different data sources to make logical connections and decisions.

• Equips the software agent to identify, analyze, evaluate and combine the information across multiple resources.

• Semantic Web Technology is a collation of different methods and technologies that serve as an extension to the web by appending new data and meta data to the existing content. This technology empowers the computer to process and understand the data available on the web; extrapolate useful information for the user.

• It incorporates markup languages, frameworks, querying tools such as Web Ontology Language (OWL) and Resource Description Framework (RDF).

• Semantic Web Technology is a collation of different methods and technologies that serve as an extension to the web by appending new data and meta data to the existing content. This technology empowers the computer to process and understand the data available on the web; extrapolate useful information for the user.

• It incorporates markup languages, frameworks, querying tools such as Web Ontology Language (OWL) and Resource Description Framework (RDF).

Semantic Web Technology – Technology Snapshot

