We're #1, (and #2, kind of #3, and #6, and part of #10)

Yesterday, Gartner Group announced their top ten technology trends for 2009.

Heading up the list of 2009 trends is Virtualization, followed closely by Cloud Computing. Since we started down the Virtualization and Cloud path more than two years ago, some might say that we saw this coming. We've specifically architected our Elastic Server platform to meet these changes in the virtual landscape. Our automated "factory" lets you assemble custom virtual servers in minutes, and deploy to the cloud or virtual environment.

We are pretty excited about how big virtualization has become (thank you VMware for the 10+-year-hard slog), and how interesting the skyscape of clouds is becoming.

We started CohesiveFT with the premise that 4 major trends were colliding in the data center and were going to reshape the IT environment from development thru deployment; open source, open standards, virtualization, and loosely couple architectures. In many ways I think of cloud computing as the "first derivative" of these trends - and has become a trend of its own, a 5th driving trend reshaping the IT landscape.

Also, surprising was Gartner's #3 (Servers-Beyond Blades), #6 (Specialized Systems), and the now ever-present Green IT at #10. It seems like these are additional byproducts of the same forces. The way I see it, we have been fortunate to live through a "silent earthquake" in IT, and the aftershocks keep delivering smaller - but interesting enterprise impact.

If you're thinking about how you might adapt your IT department to meet these 2009 trends, come check us out. In the meantime, we'll keep doing the voodoo we do to stay ahead of the curve.