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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Hi Ken<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'> Thanks for the update. I do confess the site was introduced by a corporate friend so it is consistent with your evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>My friend often uses it to try to settle arguments about Hyper-V vs VMWare </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#44546A'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>So the top 10 technology trends for 2014 are :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Mobile Device Diversity and Management <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Mobile Apps and Applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Internet of Everything <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Hybrid Cloud and IT as Service Broker <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Cloud/Client <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Era of Personal Cloud <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Software-Defined Anything <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Web-Scale IT <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Smart Machines <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>3D Printing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Fascinating … <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Kevork Krozian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Edulists Creator Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>www.edulists.com.au<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>tel: 0419 356 034<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ken price<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 21 May 2014 7:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List; Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Some high powered reports , trends and technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Kevork,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gartner Group are also a reasonable source of more general technology trend/prediction information. eg <a href="https://www.gartner.com/doc/2667526/top--strategic-technology-trends">https://www.gartner.com/doc/2667526/top--strategic-technology-trends</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>However they do tend to be very corporate-focussed, and probably now there are more relevant sources of trends. Oh yes, Gartner sell their data - but conveniently they are quoted a lot by others...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ken<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Kevork Krozian <<a href="mailto:kevork@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">kevork@edulists.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi Folks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sorry for repeats of this message.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have been browsing the Horizon Report ( final report to be published in June 2014 ) specially with the new Study Design <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://k12.wiki.nmc.org/" target="_blank">http://k12.wiki.nmc.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-horizon-k12-final-topics.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-horizon-k12-final-topics.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Some interesting reading specially looking out the 1, 2 and 5 year windows.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>III. Important Developments in K-12 Educational Technology</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>BYOD</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Cloud Computing</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Games and Gamification</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Learning Analytics</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>The Internet of Things</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Wearable Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Another great source of high powered technology trends is Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. If you wish to compare technologies eg. Microsoft Hyper-V vs VMware vs Parallels vs Citrix<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>See <a href="http://virtualization.info/en/news/2013/07/gartner-releases-its-2013-magic-quadrant-for-x86-server-virtualization-infrastructure.html" target="_blank">http://virtualization.info/en/news/2013/07/gartner-releases-its-2013-magic-quadrant-for-x86-server-virtualization-infrastructure.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Interested in secure email gateway options and not sure to go with Barracuda, Symantec , Mcafee etc see <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.proofpoint.com/id/gartner-email-security-magic-quadrant/" target="_blank">http://www.proofpoint.com/id/gartner-email-security-magic-quadrant/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Enjoy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kindest Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kevork Krozian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Edulists Creator Administrator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.edulists.com.au" target="_blank">www.edulists.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>tel: 0419 356 034<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>