Deloitte's Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry group released "Predictions 2007," a series of three reports that examine emerging developments and how they will shape the TMT marketplace. The usual suspects that impact communicators topped the list, with trends pointing to: 

• A continued evolution of social networking media;
• A move towards green technologies as portable power needs increase;
• Law-driven digital storage expansion based on companies' legal obligations to keep years of data;
• User-generated content continuing to empower consumers, making them proverbial media moguls; and
• The development of new media metrics and comparable statistics, allowing companies, customers and investors to more accurately judge performance.