Economic turmoil on tap:

Analysts and researchers have already predicted an economic recession on the cards for the year 2013. If such a situation arises, we will be seeing a sudden halt to new purchases and investments across the enterprise space.

“This will impact the traditional enterprise software vendors in a greater way than they realize," comments analyst Frank Scavo, president of the IT research firm Computer Economics. "Upgrade projects for traditional on-premises enterprise systems will be cancelled or delayed. The third-party maintenance business will prosper as customers look for ways to cut support costs. This will put pressure on traditional vendors to cut maintenance rates, which they have been resisting. This in turn will pressure their operating margins."

Don't believe anything you've just read:

Now if you are really serious about our predictions, then don’t try believing them.  It’s like what Bill Gates said about predictions; “we always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10.”

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