According to Gartner, these are likely to happen in 2007 and beyond:
- Through 2009, market share for the top 10 IT outsourcers will decline to 40.0% (from 43.5% now), equaling a revenue shift of $5.4 billion.
- Only one Asia/Pacific-based service provider will make the global top 20 through 2010.
- Blogging and community contributors will peak in the first half of 2007.
- By 2009, corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be a higher board- and executive-level priority than regulatory compliance.
- By the end of 2007, 75% of enterprises will be infected with undetected, financially motivated, targeted malware that evaded their traditional perimeter and host defenses.
- Vista will be the last major release of Microsoft Windows.
- By 2010, the average total cost of ownership (TCO) of new PCs will fall by 50%.
- By 2010, 60% of the worldwide cellular population will be "trackable" via an emerging "follow-me Internet."
- Through 2011, enterprises will waste $100 billion buying the wrong networking technologies and services.
- By 2008, nearly 50% of data centers worldwide will lack the necessary power and cooling capacity to support high-density equipment.
