| In my recent article on the impact of the current | | | | for the creation of composite enterprise applications." |
| financial crises (plural - not a typo) on IT, I said "In IT | | | | The implication in the entire Gartner discussion about |
| in 2009/2010, It'll Be about Jobs and Budgets." Now | | | | mashups is the need for a lot of new stuff. In my |
| the question is: what happens when we come out | | | | opinion, the need is to do a lot of old stuff better. |
| the other side? | | | | Web is already the dominant model for composition. |
| It'll be a whole new world on the other side: Your | | | | The trick coming out of the recession will be to |
| knowledge of IT's implications on your own | | | | artfully decompose and recompose legacy |
| company's business plans (and the fortunes of the | | | | applications. Whether or not you do it on the Web is |
| industry in which your own company plays) is going | | | | a technology choice that it is not that important to |
| to be more important than a "commodity" | | | | your business. |
| understanding of how IT devices or software work. | | | | Other items mentioned in the Gartner advice - with |
| Analysts like me have been saying something along | | | | the possible exception of how you interpret its |
| these lines for years: to make IT more important in | | | | discussion of "user-specific" needs - are equally |
| your organization, make it relevant to the | | | | technological rather than company-centric. Think |
| organization. The budget reductions and other | | | | about your business, not technology. In the future, |
| effects of the coming recession will make this mantra | | | | Gartner itself will become much more heavily |
| a reality in a way no analyst advice could ever do. | | | | industry-centric in its consulting practices. |
| Also, make sure you are employed in an industry you | | | | As for the IT market, the recession will repress the |
| like because, going forward, industry-centric IT will be | | | | roll out of many technologies. That slowdown will give |
| key and IT skills will not be as easily transferable | | | | you a chance to catch up on incoming technologies |
| from one industry to another as they have been. | | | | such as Representational State Transfer (REST), |
| Coming from this business, rather than technology, | | | | mobile user interfaces and appliances. And give you a |
| perspective, I disagree strongly with the recent highly | | | | chance to help your company or organization get up |
| publicized analysis and advice from Gartner that puts | | | | to speed on current technologies such as Services |
| technology first. For example, Gartner says, | | | | Oriented Architecture (SOA), master data |
| "By 2010, Web mashups will be the dominant model | | | | management and cloud/grid computing. |