1. The growing influence and impact of consumer technologies
2. Web 2.0 heralds the participation age
3. Software as a service (SaaS) gains broad acceptance
4. Wireless Internet drives enterprise mobility
5. SOA enters the mainstream
6. Green IT becomes important
7. Open source becomes broadly accepted
8. Strong business intelligence demand
9. IT for emerging markets flows back into the developed world
10. India IT companies make broad acquisitions
According to ZDnet Asia, July 17th 2007.