I will do these mini-posts as I see some interesting predictions over the next few days:
Strategic technology consulting will be an innovative service offering that gains traction in 2012. As more and more organizations start grappling with cloud computing models, technology scatter, virtualization, managing remote workers and branch offices, etc., the necessity for a company to come in and assess the current network environment and make recommendations for technological improvements that can provide significant business advantages will become apparent. – Heinan Landa, Optimal
My addition:
It is not just physical networks but both internal and external social networks layered on top of that. Making sense of technology scatter can certainly help many organizations.