ZapThink Announces Publication of ZapThink 2020 Poster Illustrates Changes in En

terprise IT over Next Ten Years

ZapThink today announces its “Vision for Enterprise IT in 2020” poster, to be publis
hed in October 2010.
Baltimore, MD, September 03, 2010 -- ZapThink today announces its “Vision for Ente
rprise IT in 2020” poster, to be published in October 2010. This poster visually r
epresents the interrelationships among the various trends expected to impact Inf
ormation Technology in large organizations between now and 2020, known as the Za
pThink 2020 Vision.
Consilience International LLC, whose Resource-Oriented application framework, Id
eate (www.ideate.com), is representative of many of the highlighted trends, has
signed on as a Gold poster sponsor with premium logo placement.
“This is a great vehicle for us as we share ZapThink’s vision for Enterprise IT,” said
Dave Duggal, Founder and Managing Director of Consilience International. “Busines
ses understand that growing infrastructure complexity works against their enterp
rise agility. As the ZapThink poster suggests, it’s time to consider new approache
s. To that end, we are helping organizations rationalize the governance of compo
site applications. Our Web architecture streamlines middleware requirements whil
e improving interaction dynamics and overall enterprise flexibility. Ideate’s ligh
tweight run time environment centralizes the orchestration and execution of dist
ributed resources. Every system response is made-to-order based on context and g
uided by rules to ensure business relevance and transactional integrity.”
The ZapThink 2020 poster features five “Supertrends” that highlight the complex web
of changes expected to impact enterprise IT in the coming years:
The Global Cubicle – Any group of people anywhere in the world can interact on a p
ersonal level as though they were in the same cubicle.
* Democratization of Technology – Anybody in the organization can purchase, config
ure, and use any technology appropriate for their job.
* Deep Interoperability – Disparate pieces of technology work together dynamically
. Standard interfaces are necessary but not sufficient.
* Complex Systems Engineering – Designing systems to exhibit emergent properties l
ike business agility.
* Location Independence -- The physical location of technology is hidden from vi
ew and irrelevant to the user.
"Today’s CIOs are aware of individual forces of change impacting their organizatio
ns, but don’t have sufficient breadth of vision to see how many trends interact,"
said Jason Bloomberg , Managing Partner with ZapThink, LLC. "The ZapThink 2020 V
ision provides that breadth of vision, and the poster is our visual representati
on of how forces of change will interact over the next twenty years."
Companies interested in sponsoring the ZapThink 2020 Poster should contact ZapTh
ink at info@zapthink.com for more information. There are a limited number of spo
nsorship opportunities, and placement on the poster is allocated on a first-come
, first-served basis.
The ZapThink 2020 poster follows in the footsteps of ZapThink’s immensely successf
ul “SOA Implementation Roadmap” and “XML Standards and Technologies” posters that have b
een distributed to over 100,000 individuals online and at prestigious events. Pa
st sponsors of these posters include alfabet, Amazon Web Services, ComActivity,
Compuware, Cordys, Forum Systems, HP, IBM, ICEsoft Technologies, Informatica, iT
KO,JustSystems, Layer 7 Technologies, Micro Focus, Oracle, Progress Software, Qu
bit Consulting, Rogue Wave Software, SOA Software, Software AG, and Versata.
About ZapThink, LLC
Founded in October 2000, ZapThink, LLC (http://www.zapthink.com) is an informati
on technology strategy advisory firm. As a recognized authority and master of Se
rvice-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Architecture, ZapThink provides
its audience of IT practitioners, consultants, and technology vendors with prac
tical advice, guidance, education, and mentorship solutions that assist companie
s in leveraging architecture to meet their business needs and presenting viable
solutions to the market. We provide this audience a clear roadmap for standards-
based, loosely coupled distributed computing – a vision of IT meeting the needs of
the agile business.
Press Contact:
Ronald Schmelzer
ZapThink, LLC
108 Woodlawn Rd
Baltimore, MD 21210
+1 (781) 207 0203
pr@zapthink.com
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