Era of the Virtual Data Center is here

Larry Adams CEO Network Communications

The Sri Lankan IT Industry has witnessed a remarkable growth and greatest development over the years with President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s initiative of the Year of ICT and English. It could be generalized in saying that all Sri Lankan’s also have shown a keen interest in the IT industry.

IT purchases will be $1.69 trillion in 2011,with software accounting for the largest portion of the expense at $430 billion.

The year 2010 was huge for virtualization in enterprise data centers. The era of the virtual data center is here, and while the technology itself has lived up to its potential as disruptive its effect has also extended far beyond traditional data centers.

The past few years focused on server virtualization, the next few years will be spent on building cloud computing technologies. Server virtualization was primarily about containing hardware sprawl, and clouds are about optimizing IT and redefining roles and responsibilities.

Clouds also offer flexibility, agility, availability and with cloud technology, IT as a Service is finally within reach. These technological changes are truly disruptive, creating opportunities for qualified job seekers.

Network Communications a part of the Adam Group of Companies, is one of the leading retail and wholesale providers of Brand New IT and network equipment which is mainly importing IT equipment from Taiwan, Singapore, and China and the United Kingdom.

The company has an intensive distribution network in Sri Lanka. Netcom strives to offer high quality brands to valued customers at a affordable price and has been building international partnerships with the distributors and suppliers.

Netcom product line up consists of world renowned brands such as TP-LINK, Viewsonic, Biostar, EAST UPS, Suzuki Laptops and System X Branded Desktop computers.

Larry Adams with the aid of his internet based studies and experience gives a glimpse of areas the mobile, web, marketing and services will look like in 2011 and beyond. Mobile browsing-this might grow by 80 percent in 2013.

Therefore the mobile web will be a key part of most corporate B2C mobile strategies.

Mobile Payment- There were 81.3 million people worldwide using their mobile device to make payments (including in-app payments, mobile ticketing and mobile coupons). By the end of 2014, this is forecasted to rise to nearly 490 million (that’s 8 present of all mobile subscribers).

M-Banking and -M-Banking users of M-Banking and related services (including money transfers) doubled between 2008 and 2009 to 55 million and will doubles again in 2011.

In 2015 there will be 894 million users globally. Growth is being driven by efforts by operators and banks in developing countries. (particularly in Asia) to Bank the unbanked.

Mobile Commerce -170 million mobile subscribers worldwide will make domestic person to person payment in 2011- that’s three times as many as those that will conduct transactional banking functions by mobile.

Mobile ticketing more than 1 in 10 mobile subscribers will use m-ticketing in 2014.

Mobile commerce - in 2011, mobile virtual currency becomes a key drive of revenue of mobile publishers and game companies. As carriers begin to build out direct billing relationships with publishers and publishers establish viable virtual currency ecosystems with seamless micro-transactions, virtual currency transactions will grow 500 percent in 2011.