Gartner's 10 predictions for 2008 are:

1. By 2010, end users' preferences will decide as much as half of all IT-buying decisions, including hardware, software and services.
2. By 2012, 50 per cent of mobile workers will leave their notebooks at home in favour of other devices.
3. By 2012, at least one-third of spending on business software will go toward subscription-based services instead of a product licence.
4. By 2011, early technology adopters will forgo capital expenditures and purchase 40 per cent of their IT infrastructure as a service.
5. By 2012, 80 per cent or more of all commercial software will include elements of open-source technology.
6. By 2010, 75 per cent of organisations will use full life-cycle energy and carbon footprint as mandatory PC hardware-buying criteria.
7. By 2009, more than one-third of IT organisations will have one or more environmental criteria in their top six buying criteria for IT-related goods and services.
8. By 2011, suppliers to large global enterprises will need to prove their green credentials via an audited process to retain preferred-supplier status.
9. Until 2011, the number of 3D printers in homes and businesses will grow 100-fold over 2006 levels.
10. By 2011, Apple will double its US and Western Europe unit market share.