NY Times discuss smaller is better in a lot of cases (smaller PCs, smaller CPUs). This has some serious effects, which I’ll dig into later.
Virtualisation is also on the move :
The number of virtualized new servers has doubled over the last three years, which has driven the revenue of VMware, one of the leaders in this cost-saving technology, to an estimated $1.88 billion last year from $387 million in 2005.
Open source and linux seem also to be making in roads. If you are an innovator in the IT space, you can’t ignore these gems.