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Trends Since the late 1980's we have witnessed a lot of changes in the Boston computer, software and communications landscape. One thing has remained a constant, and that is the flow of ideas and energy of the entrepreneurs in the Boston area. We saw the demise of the mini computer market, the rise of data communications, the growth of enterprise and client server applications once the LAN was in place, the build out of the internet and then the profusion of opportunity and excess built upon the Web. We lived through the inevitable downturn as the pendulum swung back in the other direction after overextending to the positive. Moving into 2006, things were looking pretty good. It was 1997 all over again. Then Bust, Q4 2008 and things came crashing down. We have now survived into 2010 and our market is back and the job market is robust and startups are hiring. Our key Trends for this year are Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Consumer Web , Web Marketing/Analytics Tools, SaaS and Search Marketing. If you made a move between 10-2008 and 12-2009, you might want to consider looking again, to regain the compensation that you might have given back during the down market.