Deloitte has released its 2009 Canadian TMT predictions, outlining the future of technology in Canada. Some important existing trends are evident, and likely to manifest in 2009. The continuing growth of smartphone use, despite the recession, is one of them. An important part of the future involves providing for the bandwidth needed to cope with the incredible growth in usage, particularly from the rise of video and movie transmission on the web. Governments and companies may finally move in turning the electrical system into a transmission medium. Also, on another note, companies may begin exercising control over email usage by their employees. Email volumes are continuing to grow and the content is increasingly seen as irrelevant to business. In fact, the survey doesn't say this, but email may be peaking as a useful means of communication. It may be replaced in part by the growth of facebook type social networks, customized specifically for particular businesses, which is one of the trends seen in the report. Combine thie trend with the continuing move towards cloud computing and SAAS, and we have a very different technology environment taking shape, one that bears some resemblance to the centrally controlled environments of years ago. Is the wild west coming to an end for business? We'll see. Check out the Deloitte paper at the Deloitte site.