If, like me, you live on the bleeding edge of web technology, you will appreciate reading (and watching) Mary Meeker’s technology & internet trends presentation from this year’s Web 2.0 Summit. Her Powerpoint “decks” always sum up nicely everything that’s going on in our world.
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Her current technology trends:
- Tech stock performance strong reflecting future expectations – for now
- Consumer demand for Internet-enabled services / products is strong
- Innovation in wireless products is accelerating
- Storage needs continue to ramp
- Data center growth is robust
- Emerging markets pacing next wave of technology adoption
- Enterprises may be coming out of relative purchasing funk
- Recession(s) = very serious potential challenge
Her current internet trends:
- Strong Internet user growth – fastest in non-US markets
- Strong broadband growth – with more upside
- Search continues to improve as content access tool
- Ongoing share gains to online from offline – large markets to tap
- Turf wars increasing – core / emerging businesses + M&A
- High level Web 2.0 trends are compelling
- Software as a service (SaaS) momentum = strong + broad-based
- Emerging Internet-enabled devices gaining traction
More details can be found in the actual presentation document and you can watch her speech here.
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