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Research firm Gartner Group gives us their list of top ten strategic technologies for 2012.  Hold on to your zip drives (what?!?!) and see if you agree with Gartner’s list of these impactful technologies.

So what made the list?  Here are a few entrants:

Media tablets and the broader category of mobile computing. Gartner indicates it will be an Ecumenical world here, where no particular platform or technology will dominate.

Mobile-centric applications and interfaces. Perhaps no surprise here, given the previous strategic technology to make Gartner’s list.  After all, if mobile platforms will be big, it only follows that mobile apps and interfaces will also rule.

Internet of Things. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept that describes how the Internet will expand as sensors and intelligence are added to consumer devices or other physical items that are then connected to the Internet.  The vision has existed for years, but the technological reality is accelerating today.

Cloud Computing. While the bold predictions of cloud computing taking industry by storm have proven slower to materialize, perhaps the slower pace of real-world adoption of all things Cloudish has been a result of economic realities (when the economy slows, both business and consumers become more conservative in embracing new technologies) and technological worries (like security concerns over cloud platforms).  Regardless, cloud computing continues to be a disruptive technology that will change the nature of business – and personal – computing in the decade ahead.

See the rest of Gartner’s top ten strategic technologies for 2012.