Perspective 2009 Predictions

Once again here are the Perspective fearless predictions for 2009

Politics

1. There will be an assassination attempt on Barack Obama. (Let's face it folks, this one don't take no brains to figure out!)

2. Russia will be at serious odds with Ukraine and Europe over gas and oil. (Again a no brainer!)

3. The world-wide economic situation will not be as bad or last as long as first thought.

4. Oil will settle at 50 to 70 dollars a barrel for the next few years.

5. Some of the shine will fall from China's image in the world. A faltering economy.

Social

1. Social networking will start to lose it's appeal on the Internet.

2. Religious strife between Christians and Muslims will increase.

3. The Rolling Stones will be no more due to health reasons.

4. Major medical break throughs (especially cancer) led by an advance in genetics.

5. The poor economy will provide a major boost to the entertainment industry.

Tech

1. A revolution in so-called cloud services and computing, in which software and other applications are delivered to end-users over networks, or "the cloud."

2. Like cloud computing, "virtualization" helps companies reduce the cost of operating machines such as servers. The technology basically allows a single piece of hardware to run systems or applications that previously had run on multiple machines - essentially allowing companies to squeeze more out of existing hardware and even defer new purchases.

3. No matter how bad things get out there, American consumers are unlikely to part with their broadband connections, an Accenture study found. Indeed, they are more likely to get rid of cable television channels (once considered practically a utility) or their mobile phones than their high-speed Internet connections.

4. With SMEs being hit by the credit crunch perhaps harder than anyone and yet having the same need for up-to-date tech as other companies, 2009 could well be the year that 'free as in beer' software takes off. There are already a handful of software companies providing their services to SMEs ostensibly free to the customer, using advertising to make their money.

5. Mobile broadband beats fixed. Australia's incumbent telco Telstra has already gone live with a 21Mbps mobile network while Vodafone in Europe is testing a 28.8Mbps equivalent - I predict it won't be long until the UK's operators launch their super speedy networks on the unsuspecting British public. dito for North America.

Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E ! and as a paperback H E R E !

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