I'm finding
this report rather interesting, if only for the number of areas where it touches on BlogMatrix is doing (rather well, I may add) which I've marked
in bold:
Gartner's 2006 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle Highlights Key Technology Themes
Web 2.0 technologies and business models dominate emerging technologies together with Real World Web and Applications Architecture
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Web 2.0
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Real World Web
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Applications Architecture
“The emerging technologies hype cycle covers the entire IT spectrum but we aim to highlight technologies that are worth adopting early because of their potentially high business impact,” said Jackie Fenn, Gartner Fellow and inventor of the first hype cycle. One of the features highlighted in the 2006 Hype Cycle is the growing consumerisation of IT. “Many of the Web 2.0 phenomenon have already reshaped the Web in the consumer world”, said Ms Fenn. “Companies need to establish how to incorporate consumer technologies in a secure and effective manner for employee productivity, and also how to transform them into business value for the enterprise”.