A Brief and Colorful History of Technology in Business

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A look back at the amazing developments that have taken place over the past 20 years in technology development and IT management; where we are now, and what IT leaders need to focus on in the months ahead.

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Technology inBusiness

A Brief & Colorful History

…and some musings about the future

Abbie Lundberg, Lundberg Medialundbergmedia.com

19871987 35million

1997 PC installed

base

126million

>1

billion

2008

1999

1 Megabyte:a small novel

OR a 3.5 inch

floppy disk of information

1987

2007

Cost of storing 1 megabyte

>$5017¢

1/10 of 1¢

1998

Internet stocks explode; some rising 500%

2001

2001

Anna Kournikova

Code Red

Nimda

Scandal!

2002

Sarbanes- Oxley

2003

Today’s Business Realities

Economic crisis

Shifting business models

Digital natives & consumer IT

Globalization

OPPORTUNITY

economic uncertainty

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Photo by MonkeySimon

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IT Budget Cuts

Q: Will your overall IT budget increase, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months compared to the past 12 months?

Decrease IncreaseRemain the

Same

53% 20% 27%

40% 26% 34%

17% 63% 20%

26% 48% 26%

January 2009

October 2008

July 2008

March 2008

Source: CIO Magazine IT Budget & Staffing Survey, Feb. 2009

Shifting Business Models

IT Investment Priorities

Q: What will be the primary focus of your investments in the next 12 months?

Enablebusiness process

innovation

33%

Create top line revenue growth

21%

Manage IT infrastructure more efficiently23%

Lower the operating cost of IT23%

January 2009June 2008

Enablebusinessprocess

innovation38%

Create topline

revenue rowth21%

Manage IT infrastructure

more efficiently

19%

Lower the

operatingcost of IT

22%

Source: CIO Magazine IT Budget & Staffing Survey, Feb. 2009

Digital Natives

The Consumerization of I.T.

business

is global

and digital

innovation

risk

TCO* = 0

*Total Cost of Ownership

Innovate for the rebound

• Consumer technologies & “public” infrastructure• Cloud computing & software as a service• Collaboration & social computing• Open source• Green data centers• Business intelligence• Customer, customer, customer

Thank You

Abbie Lundbergabbie@lundbergmedia.com