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title: "Blurring the Lines Across Traditional Boundaries: Top IT & Data Management Trends of 2012"
description: "Blurring the Lines Across Traditional Boundaries: Top IT & Data Management Trends of 2012"
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# [Blurring the Lines Across Traditional Boundaries: Top IT & Data Management Trends of 2012](https://blog.enterprisemanagement.com/blog/blurring-the-lines-across-traditional-boundaries-top-it-data-management-trends-of-2012)

 Written by [Dennis Drogseth](https://blog.enterprisemanagement.com/author/dennis-drogseth) | Jan 27, 2012 6:37:00 PM

At the beginning of this month, EMA analysts were asked for their predictions about what 2012 might bring. Responses spanned management solutions across applications, systems, network, security, services, assets, desktops, and mobile devices, as well as business intelligence and content management. The results were surprisingly cohesive, and as a whole reflected core requirements in analytics, \[...\]

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