This IDC Presentation covers emerging technologies investment priorities and challenges and spending intentions in regards to external services related to select emerging technologies:
Open source Services-oriented architecture (SOA) Sensors and sensor networks, including RFID Grid computing, and/or virtualization
Questions answered include:
How important are emerging technologies in their overall IT/business strategy? What is the likelihood of purchasing fee-based services related to specific emerging technologies from an external services vendor in the next 12 months? Which emerging technologies would respondents be most likely to turn over to an external service provider to manage on an ongoing basis? Which services/technology vendors are perceived as being major innovators in providing emerging technology-related services?