Getting out the Crystal Ball - Interesting Predictions for 2010

At this time of year, one of my favorite things to do is see what predictions people have for 2010. Here are some interesting ones that I've collected so far:

The JD Edwards Advisor blog- mostly focused on JD Edwards/Oracle predictions, but does have one of my favorite predictions:

• "Cloud computing hype will rise, but adoption will be limited within our community. BI will be one area where it will start to catch on."

Enterprise Irregulars, predictions on BI from Nenshad Bardoliwalla. My favorite is his prediction #5:

"5. SaaS / Cloud BI Tools will steal significant revenue from on-premise vendors but also fight for limited oxygen amongst themselves. From many accounts, this was the year that SaaS-based offerings hit the mainstream due to their numerous advantages over on-premise offerings, and this certainly was in evidence with the significant uptick in investment and market visibility of SaaS BI vendors."


Your future is in the Cloud

Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010, Gartner Group. The top 2 are:

1. Cloud computing. Organizations should think about how to approach the cloud in terms of using cloud services, developing cloud-based applications and implementing private cloud computing environments. "Everything will be available as a service," Cearley said. "That doesn't mean you use it all [or] move it all there."
2. Advanced analytics. Real-time data analysis will enable fraud detection on one hand and prediction and simulation on the other, as organizations use data to look ahead.

And another one from the Gartner Group, predicted in 2009 for 2010:
"By 2010, 20 percent of organizations will have an industry-specific analytic application delivered via software as a service (SaaS) as a standard component of their BI portfolio. "

Hmm. . . I think I'm noticing a trend!

And I feel compelled to post some interesting predictions from Saxo Bank's annual "Outrageous Predictions for 2010" list:

• Gold will fall to $870 in 2010 but will rise to US$1500 in 2014
• USDJPY to reach 110
• The price of sugar will drop one third

As you can see, they're unusually heartwarming this year.