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Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

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2008

27 entries

<2 years2-5 years5-10 years>10 yearsobsolete before plateau years low confidenceGrey: no band on the chart. Exact positions where digitized; otherwise spread evenly within the phase on a schematic curve.

Label	Phase	Time to plateau	Confidence	Note
Erasable Paper Printing Systems		>10
Context Delivery Architecture		5-10
Behavioral Economics		5-10
Mobile Robots		>10
Augmented Reality		>10
Surface Computers		5-10
Cloud Computing		2-5
3-D Printing		5-10
Microblogging		2-5
Green IT		2-5
Social Computing Platforms		2-5
Video Telepresence		2-5
Solid-State Drives		2-5
Public Virtual Worlds		2-5
Web 2.0		<2
Service-Oriented Business Applications		2-5
Virtual Assistants		5-10
RFID (Case/Pallet)		5-10
Corporate Blogging		<2
Idea Management		2-5
Social Network Analysis		2-5
Wikis		2-5
Electronic Paper		2-5
Tablet PC		2-5
SOA		2-5
Location-Aware Applications		2-5
Basic Web Services		<2