ITWeb's Technology Roadmaps seminar begins next week, and will provide a perspective of the technologies and innovations that will emerge within the next five years, ITWeb says.
On 9 December, companies, IT professionals and decision-makers will meet at The Forum, in Bryanston, to plan for 'tomorrow's technology today'.
Next year, SA will become bombarded with the laying down of marine cables from the likes of organisations such as Seacom and Infraco. This is expected to drastically reduce costs in bandwidth and improve efficiency in the country's telecommunications infrastructure. Industry players expect other technologies such as virtualisation, Web 2.0 and cloud computing to lead to innovative business opportunities and growth in the IT industry.
Paul Furber, consulting editor for ITWeb, says the future of computing will be unlike what we've become used to.
Lindsey Mc Donald, analyst from Frost & Sullivan, will discuss market scope, trends and direction, with particular reference to the African continent and how businesses can prepare for the near future.
Stafford Masie, SA country manager for Google, will look at how the Internet is redefining the way people interact with information.
Radhakrishna Padayachie, deputy minister of communications, will explore the broadening of horizons in the telecoms industry. He will present his views on the prospects of the upcoming undersea cables and the potential for infrastructure roll-outs by new entrants. He will also discuss what 2010 will mean for connectivity access, availability and pricing.
Clifford Foster, CTO from IBM Sub-Saharan Africa, will provide an in-depth look at new technologies being developed and what the consequences will be for specific industries.
Stuart McGregor, CEO of ReallRM, will address the standards of the future, and Chris Norton, regional manager of VMware, will discuss the future of virtualisation and federated computing.
The conference will conclude with a panel discussion and the floor will be open for questions in order to draw conclusions and tangible predictions for future technological developments.
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