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Analyzing the analysts
21-Dec-2007CMS Watch evaluates vendors for a living. But what if we turned our gaze on our own predictions?
Well, our recent predictions for 2008 reminded me that a year ago, we made 12 similar forecasts for 2007. Let's look back to see how we did.
- Google de-googles its appliance - Nope
- AJAX UI backlash - Sort of
- Web managers embracing the delete key - Definitely
- She's got the power: the web marketing manager ascendant - Not yet
- Website simulations finally arrive - No
- Falling seat prices - Yes
- Taking a second look at your repository - Yes
- Rediscovery of workflow - Sort of
- Portal platforms will diversify - Yes
- Portal dashboards meet standards - Sort of
- Long live (lightweight) SOA - Not yet
- You will need to explain Text Mining - Not Yet
That's 5.5 out of 12. Or, to use a baseball expression, we're batting .458. Nice stats for a lead-off hitter, but not so great for an analyst firm.
I think we'll do better for 2008, but who knows? Technology innovation has its own logic. We'll be sure to come back in a year and hopefully turn our current check-minus rating into a better score... ;-)
- Submitted by: Tony Byrne, Analyst
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