For
the third year, Technology Futures, Inc (TFI) provides a list of forward-looking
trends for the year 2007 that will significantly affect companies using
technology for competitive advantage. 2005 and 2006 were years spent
building capacity and capabilities.We characterise 2007 as one of transition.We
see tipping points in several technology areas, consequently positioning
many companies in a multitude of markets. Two examples of these tipping
points are broadband penetration and the death of single core processing
chips. The list below provides more information on these trends and
others that will be of great consequence to those involved with global
business, technology business process, science and universities, government
agencies, federal labs, corporate labs, and technology savvy consumers.
Top technology trends for 2007 Broadband and high-speed wireless penetration
rapidly increases, as does the growth of new applications that can exploit
these higher speeds.
In 2007, we begin to see broadband
(wireless and terrestrial) exploited for new markets, as well as dramatic
changes in old markets. A good example in 2007, more money will be spent
for online advertising than for print advertising. The digital home
will reach a tipping point with the integration of electronic gaming,
MP3/high-def audio, do it yourself (DIY) content production (such as
Google YouTube and the media content of MySpace), high-definition television
and increasing demand for IPTV using new generation game consoles and
set-top boxes.
This do-it-yourself content creation
will vastly expand on P2P networks and will ride on the back of expanding
computing power, storage expansion, broadband penetration, and Reed’s
law of community building. Social networking, which took off during
2006, will expand during 2007 to further personalise life on-line. This
personalisation will be both media intensive, such as on MySpace and
content intensive, such as the Google personal homepage, which is the
fastest-growing of all Google products. The IT world sees several tipping
points with the death of single core processors and the
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