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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Totally agree with the #1 slot going to VOIP. One of the most exciting companies in my country, Wales, is Silver Telecom who are experiencing unprecedented global demand for their VOIP chips. A small start-up that has a great culture and huge talent that’s gong places.
March 30th, 2005 at 4:27 pm
There are a lot of important aspects here. There’s no doubt that the Chinese Power & Influence on the World Economics will increase. We, at NorSing, have our BamBoo products produced in China. And others will follow suit.
Cell phones and PDAs look more and more alike and will perhaps one day melt into one product?
Hopefully small businesses will thrive. NorSing is one, so the trend is in favour of us.
And – thanks to Ian for an article which gave me a lot of deep thoughts.
March 31st, 2005 at 5:18 am