Top 10 Software Trends - 2005

Mitchell Levy is Executive Editor and CEO of Happy About which writes and publishes books for corporations. He is also a partner in CEOnetworking, the Director of the Silicon Valley Executive Business Program and a board member at Rainmaker Systems, a NASDAQ traded company.

He has just released what he believes to be the top ten trends that software vendors need to factor in to their business plans for 2005.

1. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) goes mainstream

2. China’s Power and World Economic Influence Grows

3. Working at Home Goes Mainstream While Small Business Thrives

4. Offshoring Activity Picks Up

5. As the World Shrinks, the World Market Expands

6. Technology Stocks Increase in Value

7. Cell Phones look more and more like PDAs and vice versa

8. Blogging and Social Networking Become Accepted Business Tools

9. Continued Sophistication in Corporate Internet Usage

10. Enterprises Increasingly Demand Flexible Solutions

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