Eleven Great Enterprise IT Developments for 2011

When you look back on 2011, it’s hard to put a finger on any one defining moment that transformed enterprise IT. But when you consider all of the developments of the past year, a rich tapestry of events that will shape enterprise IT for years to come starts to emerge.

So, while 2011 is not likely to be remembered for any one great development, it has certainly been a year that has witnessed the start of many things that will certainly have a lasting impact on enterprise IT

Click through for eleven important developments from 2011.

The best thing about Microsoft Lync is all the products that IT doesn’t have to manage anymore.

Solid-state drives get affordable and 4TB hard drives arrive. IT organizations need all the help they can get storing data.

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The only hope to deal with the complexity of IT.

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The real key to providing IT agility.

There may be other approaches, but none faster than agile development.

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With the emergence of chief data officers, order begins to come to the chaos.

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These devices are a pain to manage, but they also serve to increase the value of IT.

There may be other in-memory computing, but IT desperately needs a new approach to enterprise computing right now.

Thanks mainly to Hadoop, the business sees more value in IT.

Analytics delivers on the ROI promise of IT, especially when it comes to investing in social media.

The debate over public versus private becomes moot for all intents and purposes.