1. Microsoft Enters PaaS Market
2. Cisco to enter the cloud market
3. IaaS Market Consolidation
4. App Engine Encroaches on AWS Developers
5. Rise of the Vertical Cloud
6. We will see the first major security and privacy violation in the cloud
7. Change and configuration management of infrastructure clouds will become the primary technical challenge
8. Data governance (latency, integration, and privacy) becomes the major roadblock to multi or hybrid cloud deployments
9. Data center automation pla

1. Cloud API proliferation will become a serious problem
2. Data as revenu
3. Developer target fragmentation will accelerate
4. It’s all about the analytics - BI will become more about democratised access to the ad hoc query
5. Marketplaces will be table stakes
6. New languages to watch: Clojure and Go
7. NoSQL will bid for mainstream acceptance
8. Location, location, location: the new frontier in app dev is location-aware applications and services
9. Augmented Reality will begin to make a

1. Content is king, contacts are queen.
2. Media will all be focusing more on monetization of (sometimes: hidden) digital assets.
3. Subscription models for premium features and services will blossom.
4. Filesharing will, in all kinds of disguises, remain a main driver of social media’s success.
5. The most successful communities and social media that don’t have a sustainable revenue model can be acquired relatively cheaply.
6. Big American communities will focus on monetizing non U.S. traffic.