How flat is the IT world, anyway? [cont'd]
A while back I made
this observation.
Now comes a fascinating report from the World Economic Forum: the fifth
Global Information Technology Report. A key part of it is an assessment of "networked readiness and ICT competitiveness" - defined as
the degree of preparedness of a nation or community to participate in and benefit from ICT developments.
Here, there's a relative ranking of 115 economies in this context. The
Excel version of the rankings provides some additional dynamics. Below I've taken the liberty of mapping the Top 20 countries (in black) and countries ranked 21-40 (in grey). Apologies for the poor shading work - particularly if you're the resident of a country that's been poorly shaded...
So I ask again - how flat is the world of IT, anyway? Just look at all that white space. This is the kind of
long tail we should be thinking about.
