Top 10 * 5 predictions for 2009

Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2009

1. Virtualization
2. Business Intelligence
3. Cloud Computing
4. Green IT
5. Unified Communications
6. Social Software and Social Networking
7. Web Oriented Architecture
8. Enterprise Mashups
9. Specialized Systems
10. Servers – Beyond Blades

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Best destinations and types of travel to explore in 2009.

(By The Specialty Travel Agents Association (STAA))

1. Culinary
2. Dominican Republic
3. Ecotourism - (Srilanka , Bahamas Islands)
4. Galapagos Islands
5. Maldives
6. Mexico
7. New Zealand
8. Portugal
9. South Africa
10.Thailand


Top 10 Blogs for Writers for 2008 / 2009

1. Copyblogger:

2. Men With Pens:

3. Freelance Writing Jobs:

4. Write to Done:

5. Confident Writing:

6. The Renegade Writer:

7. Remarkable Communication: succeed.

8. Writing Journey:

9. Freelance Parent:

10. Urban Muse:


Top 10 fastest-growing companies

Here are the companies that scored highest in their ability to grow revenues and net income, alongside the corresponding average year-on-year growth rate over a period of four years.

Company Revenue Growth (%)

1. Baidu.com 154.23
2. Lenovo Group 137.79
3. Google 73.9
4. Research in Motion 65.95
5. Salesforce.com 62.24
6. HTC 51.39
7. Huawei Technologies 48.72
8. Blue Coat Systems 48.20
9. AT&T 46.71
10. Akamai Technologies 44.89

Company Net Income Growth (%)

1. SonicWall 733.31
2. Baidu.com 328.39
3. Salesforce.com 308.72
4. CA 286.81
5. Deutche Telekom 286.33
6. Akamai Technologies 282.63
7. Lenovo Group 201.07
8. Apple 174.93
9. Sony 149.66
10. Google 137.92