it technology trends for thailand ict policy framework

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IT Technology TrendsforThailand ICT Policy Framework

Dr.Thanachart NumnondaBusiness Development DirectorSoftware LOBSun Microsystems (Thailand)

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Trends inInformation Technology

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Proliferation of Computing Devices

Data Center Application Edge Client

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Mobile Devices Are Becoming Major Computing Platform!

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Everything and Everybody Join the Network!

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Web As a “The” Computing Platform• Email

• Online shopping

• Travel reservation

• Instant messaging

• Social networking

• Internet phone

• Map search

• ...

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Growth Software as a Service (SaaS)

Developer’s Data Center

Low cost

Internet

Network Services

Software Idea

Target

Distribution

CustomerEconomics

Customer’s Computer

High cost

CD

Packaged Applications/Shrink Wrap

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Open Source Software

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Open Source software • Cost saving• Innovation• Adaptability• Stability• Security

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Open Source Landscape

Apache Web Server Market Share(source: Netcraft)

• Production-quality Open Source equivalents exist for almost all proprietary software, also in the enterprise.> Internet Explorer -> Mozilla Firefox> Microsoft Office -> OpenOffice.org> Outlook -> Thunderbird> Windows -> OpenSolaris, GNU/Linux> Proprietary app server -> GlassFish, Tomcat,

Apache Web server> Proprietary Web app framework -> Struts,

Echo2, Tapestry, Spring MVC many more> Database -> MySQL> Visual Studio -> NetBeans, Eclipse> Proprietary CRM -> Sugar CRM

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Deployment of Open Source Software

“By 2012, more than 90% of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms”

Time

Gartner, “The State of Open Source 2008” (Yefim Natis 04/03/08)

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Top 10 Strategic Technologies 2010• Cloud computing• Advanced Analytic• Client Computing• IT for green• Reshaping the

Data center

• Social computing• Security – activity

monitoring• Flash memory• Virtualization for

availability• Mobile Applications

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1. Cloud computing• using cloud services, developing cloud-based

applications and implementing private cloud computing environments

• Everything will be available as a service• SaaS, HaaS, PaaS, IaaS

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Cloud Computing Provider

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Examples of Government Cloud Computing

• USA.gov – US federal government information portal■ General Services Administration (GSA) project■ Over 100 million visitors per year to web site■ Initially developed as FirstGov in 2000, with co-

funding from 22 agencies and led/ administered by GSA

■ Operated by Terremark Worldwide■ Awarded Feb 2009■ IaaS, public cloud

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3. Client Computing• Virtualization is bringing new ways of

packaging client computing applications and capabilities.

• choice of a particular PC hardware platform, and eventually the OS platform, becomes less critical

• Thin Client• VDI

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Sun Virtual Display Computing Offerings

Deploy virtual display clients for end-users that don't

require a PC

Enhance existing devicesby providing secure access to

applications of any type

Sun Secure GlobalDesktop Software

Sun Ray™ Software

Data Center

Sun RayClients

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6. Social Computing• Taking advantage of social media tools to

build community• Do not ignore the role of the social profile to

bring communities together.• Social network analysis can be used both to

detect fraud and to change business processes to boost internal efficiency.

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10. Mobile Applications

• By year-end 2010, 1.2 billion people will carry handsets capable of rich, mobile commerce providing a rich environment for the convergence of mobility and the Web

• the mobile applications market has grown from almost nil to overflowing in the last year

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Thank You.thanachart.numnonda@sun.comwww.facebook.com/thanacharttwitter.com/thanachartwww.thaijavadev.com

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