Post-PC era
I am fascinated to see the coverage in the press over the last few days raving about windows 8 and how this is a move to the post pc-era.
As someone who was working and delivering large technology programmes in the pre-pc era I have to ask myself if the pc has had its day.
My initial response is it may well be the post pc-era in terms of consumer devices and the use of technology in the home but in terms of the corporate world I really doubt it. How many people out there are still using XP service pack 2 (my current client has only recently moved to SP3!)?
What really is happening is the computer power that was once the domain of the PC can now put delivered in any form factor imaginable, tablet, smartphone, small screen devices what ever the human mind can dream up.
I think the term that should be used is not the post-pc era but the era of “ubiquitous computing”.
The fact that these new devices and form factors are providing opportunities to deliver new and exciting business solutions needs to be embraced and we should push to use them wherever possible.
In previous articles on this site I have said that IT needs to move away from and cant do attitude to a can do attitude. Well thinking differently can help in that re-alignment.
As the computer pervades more into day to day life there will be the demand to have the same in peoples professional life, how many are already asked about ipads!
I have always been someone who has looked forward in technology terms and I find what is happening now as one of the most exciting times to be around. The early promise of computing is now becoming a reality.
We live in interesting times.
Post-PC era
I am fascinated to see the coverage in the press over the last few days raving about windows 8 and how this is a move to the post pc-era.
As someone who was working and delivering large technology programmes in the pre-pc era I have to ask myself if the pc has had its day.
My initial response is it may well be the post pc-era in terms of consumer devices and the use of technology in the home but in terms of the corporate world I really doubt it. How many people out there are still using XP service pack 2 (my current client has only recently moved to SP3!)?
What really is happening is the computer power that was once the domain of the PC can now put delivered in any form factor imaginable, tablet, smartphone, small screen devices what ever the human mind can dream up.
I think the term that should be used is not the post-pc era but the era of “ubiquitous computing”.
The fact that these new devices and form factors are providing opportunities to deliver new and exciting business solutions needs to be embraced and we should push to use them wherever possible.
In previous articles on this site I have said that IT needs to move away from and cant do attitude to a can do attitude. Well thinking differently can help in that re-alignment.
As the computer pervades more into day to day life there will be the demand to have the same in peoples professional life, how many are already asked about ipads!
I have always been someone who has looked forward in technology terms and I find what is happening now as one of the most exciting times to be around. The early promise of computing is now becoming a reality.