The 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report

The 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report

Tech Trends of today. Skills for tomorrow.

ibm.com/developerworks/techtrendsreport

IBM developerWorks is the award-winning network for IT professionals

• Four million developers, IT professionals, and students in 195 countries use developerWorks each month.

• The IT industry’s most comprehensive source of technical content since 1999.

• Focused on IBM software products and open-standards technologies such as Java, Linux, XML, Web development, and more.

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developerWorks by the numbers

• 39,000+ technical resources• 1500 new community members daily, 1M+ total• 100+ software trials• 27 product images available in the Cloud• 1000+ podcasts and 300+ videos on dW and

YouTube, with 3-4 new ones each week• 300+ demos on both products and technologies• 1500+ forums• 3 dozen awards—from the industry and from

readers and users


As the planet gets smarter, finding skills gets tougher

“While the overall unemployment rate remains over 9 percent, employers are having trouble filling specific positions because they could not find applicants with the right skills… [which] projects a shortage of 1.5 million workers with college degrees by 2020.”

— McKinsey & Company, June 2011


Deliver web-based resources and expertiseto help IT practitioners,

university faculty, and studentsunderstand, adopt, and preferthe products and technologies

advanced by IBM.


The annual Tech Trends survey connects developerWorks to its audience


The survey builds upon what we know from previous research


The 2011 survey focused on key topics areas uncovered in the 2010 survey

Business analytics Mobile computing

Cloud computing Social business


Business analytics


Mobile computing


Cloud computing


Social business


The report has been well received and widely covered

• “What I found interesting wasn't necessarily the report: we get plenty of surveys each week by various vendors. But the openness and the way that IBM is trying to engage you to talk about its results…. you can download the results as an SPSS dataset to do your own analysis, along with a detailed report on the demographics of the respondents, both of which is the first time I have seen that with one of these reports.” – ReadWriteWeb

• “Students interested in a fruitful career as developers have ripe opportunities right now in the fields of data analytics, mobile, cloud, and social business.” – T.H.E. Journal

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We continue to engage with the audience, so that we continue to learn

• New findings are released on dW blogs

• Users can download the data and analyze it in SPSS or Cognos

• We present and discuss the report in various forums

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You are here!


We create content and training on developerWorks based on survey results

• 37 targeted paths allow you to develop deep skills in trending areas

• Track your progress and resume where you left off

ibm.com/developerworks/training/knowledgepath

Thank you. Questions?

Christopher [email protected]


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The 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report