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IT Technology TrendsforThailand ICT Policy Framework
Dr.Thanachart NumnondaBusiness Development DirectorSoftware LOBSun Microsystems (Thailand)
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Trends inInformation Technology
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Proliferation of Computing Devices
Data Center Application Edge Client
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Mobile Devices Are Becoming Major Computing Platform!
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Everything and Everybody Join the Network!
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Web As a “The” Computing Platform• Email
• Online shopping
• Travel reservation
• Instant messaging
• Social networking
• Internet phone
• Map search
• ...
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Growth Software as a Service (SaaS)
Developer’s Data Center
Low cost
Internet
Network Services
Software Idea
Target
Distribution
CustomerEconomics
Customer’s Computer
High cost
CD
Packaged Applications/Shrink Wrap
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Open Source Software
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Open Source software • Cost saving• Innovation• Adaptability• Stability• Security
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Open Source Landscape
Apache Web Server Market Share(source: Netcraft)
• Production-quality Open Source equivalents exist for almost all proprietary software, also in the enterprise.> Internet Explorer -> Mozilla Firefox> Microsoft Office -> OpenOffice.org> Outlook -> Thunderbird> Windows -> OpenSolaris, GNU/Linux> Proprietary app server -> GlassFish, Tomcat,
Apache Web server> Proprietary Web app framework -> Struts,
Echo2, Tapestry, Spring MVC many more> Database -> MySQL> Visual Studio -> NetBeans, Eclipse> Proprietary CRM -> Sugar CRM
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Deployment of Open Source Software
“By 2012, more than 90% of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms”
Time
Gartner, “The State of Open Source 2008” (Yefim Natis 04/03/08)
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Top 10 Strategic Technologies 2010• Cloud computing• Advanced Analytic• Client Computing• IT for green• Reshaping the
Data center
• Social computing• Security – activity
monitoring• Flash memory• Virtualization for
availability• Mobile Applications
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1. Cloud computing• using cloud services, developing cloud-based
applications and implementing private cloud computing environments
• Everything will be available as a service• SaaS, HaaS, PaaS, IaaS
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Cloud Computing Provider
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Examples of Government Cloud Computing
• USA.gov – US federal government information portal■ General Services Administration (GSA) project■ Over 100 million visitors per year to web site■ Initially developed as FirstGov in 2000, with co-
funding from 22 agencies and led/ administered by GSA
■ Operated by Terremark Worldwide■ Awarded Feb 2009■ IaaS, public cloud
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3. Client Computing• Virtualization is bringing new ways of
packaging client computing applications and capabilities.
• choice of a particular PC hardware platform, and eventually the OS platform, becomes less critical
• Thin Client• VDI
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Sun Virtual Display Computing Offerings
Deploy virtual display clients for end-users that don't
require a PC
Enhance existing devicesby providing secure access to
applications of any type
Sun Secure GlobalDesktop Software
Sun Ray™ Software
Data Center
Sun RayClients
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6. Social Computing• Taking advantage of social media tools to
build community• Do not ignore the role of the social profile to
bring communities together.• Social network analysis can be used both to
detect fraud and to change business processes to boost internal efficiency.
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10. Mobile Applications
• By year-end 2010, 1.2 billion people will carry handsets capable of rich, mobile commerce providing a rich environment for the convergence of mobility and the Web
• the mobile applications market has grown from almost nil to overflowing in the last year