Top 10 Data Storage Technologies That Could Disappear

“So let’s forget prognostication and take a different look into
the crystal ball. Instead of predicting which technologies will
take over in the future, let’s predict what won’t be there, or what
will gradually start to fade in the storage and data center
world.

“Mike Karp, an analyst with Ptak Noel and Associates, took at
stab at just that. Here is his Top 10 list of technologies that
will fade away:

“Scripts. There will be fewer and fewer opportunities for people
writing scripts. Even within the mainframe world where scripting is
second only to breathing, scripting will greatly diminish. And the
reason is simple — as the old brigade fades into retirement,
they will be replaced by a younger set with no real scripting
orientation. “All the newer IT staffers have grown up with GUIs,
and that is what most of them want to work with,” said Karp. “Also,
scripts don’t automate well.”

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