Over the last 3 months you have no doubt witnessed a host of crystal-ball gazing blogs, papers and general punditry.  The prediction papers and chest thumping was a virtual flood of pontification.

Instead of joining the fray, we sat back and read.  A LOT!  We collected articles, blogs, reports, and snippets from all over the web.  We read the very well known, and the not so well known.

Then we gathered the text together and analyzed it.  We researched 2010 search trends.  We looked at 2010 hiring trends.  We looked at stories and data.  The result is in a free report we have made available (link on the image – registration required and greatly appreciated).

We found that amidst all the theory and conjecture 6 key trend themes emerged that were common to all of the material.  These were

  1. The socializing of business processes
  2. The Cloud as infrastructure
  3. Mobility for information
  4. Renewed focus on User Experience
  5. Analytics and Search for navigating the information flood
  6. Operational Efficiency

We delve deep into each of these themes to explore them and tease out what they’re about.  We tied them to hiring trends – evidence of real $$$ investment by organizations.  We mashed them up against Google keyword search trends – evidence of what users are curious about and interested in.

All in all it is an exciting report that represents not just the voice of Fishbowl, but rather the combined voice of the industry ecosystem.

Please download this free report and share it with your colleagues, customers and constituents.  And then let us know what you thought of it.