Last year I wrote about the effect of turbulence on us IT folks and, more importantly, to the business/government users of IT. So has “turbulence” and its cousin “uncertainty” been reduced as we peer into 2013? Let’s see: political direction (in the US: more or less taxes; more or less government regulation; health care; less gridlock; sequestration; Europe; regulations’; the imminent beginning of the 2014/2016 campaigns)?  Huh. Don’t see anything much resolved here. Let’s see:  economy (Europe again; individual European states e.g., France, Greece; impact of US energy independence; consumer spending? taxes again)?  Oh, maybe a little more direction can be seen –- but not much. Let’s see:  technology (products/services; Cloud, et al; all the …

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