Gartner Highlights Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2007

The following list from Gartner is supposed to enlighten us with the top 10 most important technologies for 2007:

1. Open Source
2. Virtualisation
3. Service Registries and Repositories
4. Business Process Management Suites
5. Enterprise Information Management
6. Ubiquitous Computing
7. Information Access
8. Web 2.0 – AJAX Rich Clients
9. Web 2.0 - Mashup Composite Model
10. Communities and Collective Intelligence

That's just great! I think I'll focus on "Information Access". Or how about "Ubiquitous Computing"? A renaissance for public libraries and ATM's!

Anyway, I don't see any surprises on this very generalized list. Most of these tendencies are already happening or has already proven their capabilities. So I feel pretty confident in adding a few more items that will certainly have an impact next year:

1. Seasons
2. Sunday brunch
3. Airport security
4. Phone calls
5. etc... (feel free to comment)
   

Back to the original list:

I think that especially point 8 (AJAX clients) will have significant impact on turning internet users into internet buyers. More responsive websites will keep consumers locked to the screen, and give them fewer exit options during "the buy".

And I think point 10 (communities) will continue to grow into even more niches reaching even more internet user groups. There's no doubt that the community sites are on to something. People spend HOURS in these communities doing nothing besides interacting with others. It's an interesting behavior.