2007 was an incredible year for new and progressing technologies.  Web 2.0 applications, such as wikis, blogs, and podcasts were used by more corporate and government entities than ever before.  Multiple “green” technologies, such as blade servers, power throttling, and virtualization were discussed and developed.  And, as always, technologies relating to security were of top importance. 

As I was wondering what was in store for 2008, I stumbled upon an article in the January 7th edition of e-Week that mentioned the most influential technologies in the upcoming year.  They are as follows:

1. Access control apps
2. Server virtualization
3. Solid-state storage
4. Message security
5. Virtual infrastructure management
6. Encryption
7. Semantic Web
8. Wireless LAN
9. Next-generation web applications
10. Mobile devices

Is there anything on here that surprises you?  Do you think e-Week listed the most important technologies or are they missing some?  Leave a comment and let the entire Market Connections community know what you think!

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