Gartner's Top IT Predictions for 2012

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Integrating the Enterprise December 08, 2011 Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2012 and Beyond Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2012 and beyond. Analysts said that the predictions herald changes in control for IT organizations as budgets, technologies and costs become more fluid and distributed. Given the shifts in control of systems that IT organizations are facing, the loss of ability to guarantee consistency and effectiveness of data will leave many struggling to prevent their organizations from missing key opportunities or from using questionable information for strategic decisions. Read more > Talend Open Integration Solutions The recognized leader in open source middleware, Talend makes data management and application integration solutions available to all. > Blogs Loraine Lawson Integration Is Data Governance Worthy of Executive Attention? Arthur Cole Infrastructure Too Little, Too Late for Desktop Virtualization? Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career Hot Skills for 2012 The Nuts and Bolts of Data Storage   Discover how to implement tiered storage in your organization, improve storage performance while increasing capacity, and drive down storage costs. Download now > How To Create a Common Enterprise Strategy for All Integration Enterprises need to bring together all the teams that handle integration and create a comprehensive enterprise integration strategy, according to Ken Vollmer, a principal analyst with Forrester who serves application development and delivery professionals and specializes in all-things integration. IT Business Edge's Loraine Lawson caught up with Vollmer by email to ask how IT could move toward a holistic approach to integration. Download: Job Description: ETL Developer/Data Integration Specialist Data integration projects require a wide set of skills, from knowledge of Extract, Transform and Load tactics to creating meaningful business requirement documents. This sample job description will help you evaluate integration specialist candidates. Download: 'Essential Skills for the Agile Developer' Excerpt How are developers supposed to walk the line between detailed planning that often involves adding code to account for situations that may never arise, or coding with little to no planning, hoping for the best? Adhering to the mantra described in this excerpt is one way to get closer to the ideal design, keep code easy and safe to change, and avoid unnecessary work. Latest White Papers Top 5 Tips to Maximize Help Desk Productivity Creating Intelligent Service Automation: How Apps Fit In Build or Buy: Six Data Center Key Factors to Consider WebLogic to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Migration Guide Featured White Papers Telecomm Convergence: Future Proofing Networks for Long-Term Success Read this IDC executive brief to see how multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) facilitates cost-effective and converged wide-area networking with a high level of security, management, and flexibility. •  New Realities of Virtualization & Cloud — How They Shape IT Requirements •  Transform Your Contact Center — and Lower Your TCO — with SIP •  The Value of SOA for Mission-Critical App Delivery "The cloud may simplify a lot of technology for a lot of people, but when it comes to integration, it seems even SaaS doesn't get a break." Excerpt from Loraine Lawson Integration Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise