IBM’s Next 5 in 5
Last week, IBM published the third annual "IBM Next Five in Five" list. This is becoming an annual list (check out the 2007 list here) that describes innovations that have the potential to change the...
View ArticleGartner: Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010
Last month, Gartner published its annual list of Top Strategic Technologies. Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next...
View ArticleThomasNet: 10 Exciting Inventions and Breakthroughs of 2009
Thomasnet is an industrial search engine that helps manufacturers and distributors find products, services, or suppliers. I subscribe to its Industry Market Trends Newlsetter. I came across an...
View ArticleHorizonWatching: Top Ten Friday Gadget Posts From 2009
On Fridays I usually publish a post on some type of current gadget or prototype of an innovation. The idea is to have a little fun on Fridays, but also take a time to think about how these innovations...
View ArticleHorizonWatching: Index to 2010 Trends and Prediction Lists
If you follow this blog regularly, you know I’ve been posting information on trends and predictions since early November. I do this every year as it helps me become better informed about what trends...
View ArticleGartner: Top Technology Trends You Can’t Afford To Ignore
Successful business leaders do a good job of understanding and preparing for the potential futures. They take time to figure out what the potential disruptive trends are today…and what trends will...
View ArticleGartner’s 2011 Top Ten Strategic Technologies
Gartner recently held their Symposium/ITxpo, October 17-21, in Orlando. At that conference, Gartner released their annual list of top 10 Strategic Technologies and trends for 2011 in a presentation...
View ArticleAbout HorizonWatching
What is HorizonWatching?: HorizonWatching was launched in 2006 to encourage sharing information and collaborating about emerging trends, technologies, and business issues that will impact businesses...
View ArticleHorizonWatching: Top IT Technology Trends For 2011
I’ve developed my list of top Information Technology Trends for 2011 to add to the trend lists that are being published at this time of year. I came up with 11 trends this year on the list, rather...
View ArticleHorizonWatching Newspaper: Daily Recap of Emerging Trends, Technologies, and...
A few weeks ago I started publishing The HorizonWatching Daily via paper.li. I thought I’d give it a try and so far I like it. It takes the links those I am following on Twitter and pulls those...
View Article2011 Horizon Report: Emerging Trends in Higher Education Technology
The 2011 Horizon Report was released earlier this year at the by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and the New Media Consortium (NMC). This report has staying power as it has been released every...
View ArticleBring Your Own Device: A 2013 HorizonWatching Trend Report
The past year has been characterized by the consumerization of IT for most businesses, and the rising popularity of smartphones and tablets entering the workplace continues to intensify. The BYOD...
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