Top Twelve Tech Trends for 2003

The key trends to which AEC/FM and plant/process technologists should direct this year's management attention and technology budget can be grouped into three clusters: Infrastructure Realignment; Application Integration; and Security Enhancement.

Infrastructure Realignment

Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP)

Wireless networking

Web services

Outsourcing

Application Integration

Building information modeling (BIM)

Professional services automation (PSA)

Collaboration

Knowledge management (KM)

Security Enhancement

Business continuity planning

e-signatures

Identity management

Digital rights management (DRM)