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Technology is constantly changing how we live and work, pushing the boundaries

of what we thought possible and increasing the rate and pace of innovation in every

industry. For IT professionals — the catalysts of these changes — navigating career

choices in such a dynamic environment can be difficult. If you could see into the

future, what would you do to stay one step ahead? How would you ensure that you

were building the right skills for future success?

The 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report offers a glimpse into the future of where technology

is headed over the next two years. More than 4,000 IT professionals from 93 countries

and 25 industries shared their opinions, and the report highlights trends from the

five countries with the highest number of responses: the United States, Brazil, Russia,

India and China.

The survey focuses on business analytics, mobile, cloud and social business,

four critical and interconnected technologies that developers can use today to

determine which skills they need to build a Smarter Planet. Over the next 24

months, these areas will only continue to grow, fueling development, architectural

and analytic opportunities:

Business analytics is the most adopted technology in the survey, showing the

least adoption resistance as businesses struggle to automate processes and

make sense of ever-increasing amounts of data.

Mobile computing is here to stay, and offers room for IT professional growth

as more and more organizations build mobile applications. Globally, Android

emerged as the top platform for mobile application development; 70% of

respondents are expected to develop for the Android platform over the next

24 months, while 49% plan to develop for iOS.

Cloud computing offers new opportunities for technical professionals as

businesses are moving...