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Article: Debating The Top Technology Trends Of 2008.
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- Bank Technology News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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The new year brings many things: resolutions, a chance to rethinkproactively where banking is headed, and, of course, a set of predictions on the top technology trends of 2008.
Celent issued a recent report with its annual forecast for the coming year. The research and consulting firm is predicting that IT spending growth will see a slowdown, rising a modest 3.8 percentdown from the 4.1 percent growth in 2007. The credit crunch and economic uncertainty have institutions pulling in their belts (perhaps the worst time to abandon strategic technology investments). The top trends put forth by Celent are:
* Customer centricity as a red thread. Customer ...