A non-Letterman Top Ten List.

This list will not likely make it to late night television - not withstanding the writer's strike - but this analyst's predictions for 2008 around Unified Communications is worth a look. As I said, there is writer's strike, which is freeing up more reading time for some of us. Please come back soon.

For the most part, this reads like any other Top Ten UC Predictions floating around online, but there are two points that caught this blogger's attention. One I really hope comes true and one that I don't.

#4-Corporations will endorse Social Networks: Why I am hopeful for this one? Because it will give further impetus to telecom companies to go out of the box when it comes to API's allowing start-up applications - like social networks - to integrate into mainstream solutions, hence giving them more access to public validation. And it should help social become business - networks, that is. This will also push Telephony 2.0 from being about just VC-backed ideas to representing stable, profitable companies with established channels to market.

#8-Enthusiasm over Video-Conferencing Fades: Why I hope this one does not come true? Because, contrary to the pronostication, I am big believer in video as a collaboration application. I think - and know - it changes the way companies operate. And any time you can do this, you are likely to be a little more than a nice to have. (As a side note, I also have plenty of friends in video that I would like to see succeed...).

By the time next December rolls around, we will surely have forgotten what we thought would happen in '08. Funny how we see very little of these folks publishing the results of their predictions.