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Guest Column: Key 2009 IT Tech Trends
By Richard Muirhead, CEO and Founder, Tideway Systems
Discovering ways to identify and eliminate unused data center software and ensure license compliance will be another key trend in '09 as companies look to cut costs. Software licenses are usually contracted based on expected rather than actual use, making it hard to determine when companies are no longer compliant with their licensing agreements. As a result, software is often either heavily over-purchased (which is cost-ineffective), or under-licensed (which can cause serious legal ramifications). Businesses face an ongoing struggle to manage multiple versions and patch levels for instances of the same software product – reducing their infrastructure agility and resiliency.
It's clear that 2009 will be a year of cutting costs and streamlining IT operations to generate an economic - and environmental - benefit. Before companies can start down that road, they first need to know what's there, what it's connected to and what's changing in their IT environment. It may then be a challenge for a company to uncover which method, or combination of methods, works best for them. But it will certainly be interesting to see how the year plays out – and what innovative technologies emerge as a result.
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