Posted on Monday, September 18th, 2006 at 10:37 am
The Gartner report released last week includes an analysis of 36 technologies and trends that are expected to mature within the next 10 years in a five-step process Gartner calls the “hype cycle.”
Emerging trends begin at the “technology trigger” stage with a product launch, move on to the “peak of inflated expectations” stage thanks to media-generated buzz, then advance to the “trough of disillusionment” period when the technology fails to meet developers’ expectations, proceeds to the “slope of enlightenment” phase when IT professionals continue to experiment and apply the technology despite the decline in media coverage, and finally peak at the “plateau of productivity” stage, as the industry absorbs and accepts its advantages. And the increasing popularity of SOA is responsible for these emerging technologies.
