Interested in keeping up or fine-tuning your skills to meet new IT demands in the coming year? Gartner has identified the top 10 technologies and trends that will have a significant impact on organizations over the next three years. Whether you plan to stay in your current job, move to another job in government, or move to the private sector, the top trends may give you some insight into areas of expertise that could earn you top dollar. Are your skills up to par?
The top 10 technologies for 2011 are:
- Cloud computing
- Mobile applications and media tablets
- Social communications and collaboration
- Video
- Next generation analytics
- Social analytics
- Context-aware computing
- Storage class memory
- Ubiquitous computing
- Fabric-based infrastructure and computers
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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