Personal Cloud Will Replace The Personal Computer By 2014

  A computer will be replace by personal cloud in 2014

The personal computer has long been the essential tool of corporate employees, keeping all the secrets – and spreadsheets – of a business across a network of machines.  But now, as the cloud technology trending recently, according to Gartner, Inc. the reign of the personal computer as the sole corporate access device is coming to a close, and by 2014, the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the center of users’ digital lives.  

 

 “Major trends in client computing have shifted the market away from a focus on personal computers to a broader device perspective that includes smartphones, tablets and other consumer devices,” said Steve Kleynhans, research vice president at Gartner. “Emerging cloud services will become the glue that connects the web of devices that users choose to access during the different aspects of their daily life.”

 

 

The Next Paradigm Shift: Personal Cloud Computing

 

  Megatrend No. 1: Consumerization — You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

• Users are more technologically-savvy and have very different expectations of technology.

• The internet and social media have empowered and emboldened users.

• The rise of powerful, affordable mobile devices changes the equation for users.

• Users have become innovators.

• Through the democratization of technology, users of all types and status within organizations can now have similar technology available to them.

   

  Megatrend No. 2:

   Virtualization — Changing How the Game Is Played
  Virtualization has improved flexibility and increased the options for how IT organizations can implement client environments….     

  Megatrend No. 3:

   “App-ification” — From Applications to Apps
  When the way that applications are designed, delivered and consumed by users changes, it has a dramatic impact on all other aspects of the market….

  Megatrend No. 4: 

  The Ever-Available Self-Service Cloud
  The advent of the cloud for servicing individual users opens a whole new level of opportunity. Every user can now have a scalable and nearly infinite set of resources available for whatever they need to do….

      Megatrend No. 5: The Mobility Shift — Wherever and Whenever You Want

   “The combination of these mega trends, coupled with advances in new enabling technologies, is ushering in the era of the personal cloud,” said Mr. Kleynhans. “In this new world, the specifics of devices will become less important for the organization to worry about. Users will use a collection of devices, with the PC remaining one of many options, but no one device will be the primary hub. Rather, the personal cloud will take on that role. Access to the cloud and the content stored or shared in the cloud will be managed and secured, rather than solely focusing on the device itself.”

   

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