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2007 will witness the "rise" of a range of hot technologies, most notably RFID, high-end graphics and virtualization.

It has been around for a long time but it was not until 2007 that new pieces of embedded RFID chips could really become universal. Meanwhile, Web services and mobile security will undoubtedly be two very hot markets in the next 12 months with the landing of a series of new products.

Being really challenged are two new technologies: virtualization and high-end graphics. They began to mark in 2007, but it may take more time to dominate businesses.

RFID

Source: micromata After many years of promise, Wal-Mart and the US Department of Defense are two of the many places turning to large-scale RFID. This technology is currently used to track everything, from medicine bottles to people.

But why is it 2007 and not another milestone? RFID is not a new idea. In fact, it has been around for decades. However, 2007 focuses on many reasons to ensure RFID a big gamble.

First of all, a number of new products such as Reva Systems' RFID Data Processor RFID help manage and edit RFID information at the warehouse, distribution and production stages very easily. Secondly, different RFID standards are gradually moving towards unification. Thus, the development of related applications will be more convenient. Finally, the US government and Wal-Mart's strong investment in RFID is "trump card." Meeting all three factors, it is clear that the opportunity of RFID has completely matured.

In order to be an RFID owner, you must first master its 3 main components: scanner, radio frequency and warehouse. Unlike bar codes, radio code may encounter some problems when the wireless network malfunctions. Second, the warehouse must learn how to receive and process information about the RFID codes provided by the scanner, and integrate them into existing software applications.

Web service

Source: rustybrick

For many people, the Web has become a part of the air, water and life. Most recently, it is also the platform that provides a lot of convenient software applications, which people still call by the term Web 2.0.

In 2006, we have seen the emergence of a range of new concepts, from Software-as-a-service (SaaS), application hotpot (mashups), Web 2.0, RSS for to Wiki, blog, virtual social network . Not only conquering personal users, Web services are also attracting corporate customers with many preeminent applications, high performance and fully enough to replace Traditional software.

Many companies are coordinating many different Web applications at the same time for their work. For example, you can open Yahoo's map service or Google Maps, apply it to your current sales channels location to determine how optimal your sales force should be allocated.

Zimbra's business email service, Amazon online storage of S3, basecamp.com for project management, Concur supports funding reporting and Jive Software Clearspace to help manage internal documents being names Popularity. The vast majority of these applications are open source, and almost all are free.

" Web-based applications are a new, flexible option for businesses. Not only helps businesses save a lot of costs, they also have an outstanding advantage of information sharing and interaction. extremely fast ".

What businesses need to do now is deploy Web services in a slow, cautious and calculating manner. Start with the most basic applications before moving to more specialized software.

3. Server virtualization (Completely free!)

Source: sirez In the past year, we have witnessed many virtual server software businesses for non-products. Consequently, in 2007, the scope of application of server virtualization will be significantly expanded.

The idea behind the virtual server is simple, but when it comes to implementing it again it is extremely difficult: Get a single server, split it up into multiple independent "virtual" servers, each with memory, hardware and resources.

This is not a new idea either. IBM has been doing this on mainframe computers for more than 30 years, and blade servers have been on the market for five years. However, the new point of the virtual server is that it can run on the . PC platform. This prospect is so attractive that Microsoft and EMC decided to give away their virtualization server software (literally) but still believe that customers will rush to pull back.

With virtual servers, businesses not only save on software development costs but also minimize the frequency of new server changes. Even so, but the amount of hardware and data processed will increase significantly.

Advanced graphics processing

Source: Sirez In 2007, we will see two forces that change the nature of business graphics: 3D is widely used and the use of microcomputer graphics processors.

The operating system itself is also active in 3D applications, but Windows Vista is the best example. " 3D graphics are emerging as a virtualization tool, especially in the fields of oil and gas, health and graphic design ," said Andy Keane, General Manager of GPU division of the graphics chip firm. Nvidia said. " 3D is now part of the basic computing functions, not just in the game. "

In addition, with the increasingly powerful graphics chip, they will be able to reduce some of the light workload on the central processor. In some cases, new graphics cards from Nvidia and ATI also affect computer computing capabilities more than Intel or AMD chips. Many previous applications, which only run on a few inter-server servers, can now run on the same platform as a single workstation.

What does this mean? Business IT staff needs to manage graphics processing chips with care and care as much as they do for CPUs. By the time the integrated graphics chip on the motherboard was over, that configuration could not fully utilize the power of 3D.

Mobile security

Source: BusinessWeek The number of remote employees is growing, and the corollary is that information security becomes hotter than ever.

After that, the security time is only authentic for the right user. Today's IT is always worried that a malware-infected laptop can take down the system. The solution now is to use a common end-point and mobile security platform for the entire enterprise, covering operating systems, desktops and networked devices like Webcam, print server, led bridge and router.

Microsoft has Network Protection Authentication, while Cisco has a Network Access Management (NEC) structure to control multiple aspects of endpoint security at the same time. Others bet on "security from chip", security from hardware and so on.

The problem is that most networks authenticate users through login information and not the hardware (desktop or laptop) that the user is running. Therefore, more steps are needed such as scanning system files to detect Trojans and keyboard monitoring software, checking for patches and antivirus applications to see if they are up to date. If not, the system needs one more step to download the update and close the holes.

Leading in this market is Lockdown Networks, Consentry and Juniper. As expected, Microsoft and Cisco will launch new products this year.

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