Which technologies and trends are set to have the greatest influence in 2006?
23 February 2006 – Hotwire kicked off its 2006 seminar series with a look at key technologies through the eyes of influential industry commentators. Events were held in the UK, Germany and France at which key journalists and analysts were asked for their views on the trends that would shape the year ahead.

In the UK, senior industry analyst Richard Edwards of the Butler Group started with a quick look back at the dramatic pace of development over the past twenty five years. This was followed by a more detailed examination of the continuing influence of the PC, the increasing need for businesses to manage data from “creation to destruction” and what Richard called “IT Osmosis”. IT Osmosis describes the influence that technology arising in the home – instant messaging, file sharing etc. – is having on business environments.