CIO Issues

What issues will CIOs and IT managers be forced to grapple with during the course of 2007? What technologies and trends should they have on their radars and what will and won’t be deployed during the course of the year?

Internet

How will the use of the internet evolve in 2007? What applications, sites and platforms will change the way we use the Internet of achieve significant takeup during the year?

Enterprise/Network Security

With compliance, risk management, authentication, access control, ROI, business continuity and identity theft top of mind for most enterprises in 2006, what will be the biggest security challenges facing business and government in 2007? What are the latest trends to help businesses stay ahead of the threats, minimize risk and stay out of the headlines.

Web 2.0 & beyond

What is Web 2.0? How can businesses take advantage of the Web2.0 applications and development tools that are available? Is it just Blogs, Wikis, social networking and alternate realities? Or is it more about a fully-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Will Web 2.0 services ultimately replace desktop computing applications for many purposes.

Is there going to be a Web3.0 and what will it be?

Communications – Fixed and Wireless

Where to now with communications trends like VoIP, triple play and broadband? How will the networking and communication markets change in 2007? How will the ever-increasing rise of mobile and wireless technology play out? What technologies, standards and developments will prove most crucial in allowing users to further cut the cords that have kept them tied to desks?