Disruptive Business Models Predicted for 2006

Posted on December 5, 2005

A CNET article has a statement from analyst group IDC that suggests more companies will adopt the disruptive industry changing trend set by Google.

"A critical new ingredient we'll see (in 2006) is the acceleration of disruptive business models; 'open innovation' in IT product and service development--the open-source effect--and online delivery of IT as a service--the Google effect," Gens said in a statement. "These disruptive shifts will force most vendors to perform a strategic 'gut check' as they enter the year."
The "Google effect" that Gens described would be prompted by the fear that the search giant will dominate more markets in the years ahead.
"While much of this disruption will be years in the making, and will be overhyped in 2006, the more important impact of 'Google as a disrupter' will be as a spur for traditional suppliers to disrupt themselves before competitors do. This will be evident in enterprise applications, information management and IT services," IDC said.
Gens also believes that open-source-like collaboration will grow in popularity.

Some also refer to these new start-ups as Web 2.0. Those who have been watching have seen countless new search tools, bookmarking tools and social networking tools launching in 2005. Companies still have to be careful when adopting a disruptive approach -- even Google finds significant detractors when they tread in areas like other people's copyrights.