The Cloud is Expected to Replace the Role of the PC by 2014
About a decade ago, the PC was believed to be well on its way to become the digital hub that enables our digital lifestyle and connects multiple devices, content and entertainment applications.
For most consumers that never happened, but analysts now believe that there is a new digital hub developing that will be the at the center of our "digital lives" by 2014. Gartner says it will be the personal cloud that will replace the PC as the digital hub.
"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."
Kleynhans noted that we may not be seeing a one-to-one replacement for the PC as cloud computing should be viewed as a new style of personal computing.
Gartner mentioned virtualization among the most significant computer trends at this time, a shift from applications to apps, the emergence of the self-service cloud, much more mobile devices that enable anywhere, anytime computing as well as an ongoing trend of consumerization, in which new technology trends are developed and shaped in the consumer space and then adapted by businesses.
"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," said Kleynhans.
When I hear the term cloud, I also hear the term monthly fee's and corporate control.
no ....thanks.
When I hear the term cloud, I also hear the term monthly fee's and corporate control.
no ....thanks.
I am afraid, till then local storage will win!
Over-all, I will not be one to follow this new usage model, I do not want or need my content syned across the "cloud". No Need, call me a dinosaur, but there you go!
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I totally agree, though some cloud based services may be useful to us like gmail and a few others, but the ultimate goal of the high level tech tycoons is what you said above, atleast I think so.
The question of the "Cloud" is who owns the data? How accessible is my data? How protected is my data?
Some industries such as defense, health and banking may not be able to use the cloud.
The libraries will be overcrowded, and the neighbours will hate me :-)
Cloud is good for light stuff like e-mails and as a backup. But I don't think I'd ever use it as a main storage, no matter how good the advertisement will be. And I don't think the cloud will be cheap enough to store all my FLAC files for mobility, and I refuse to use any lossy format.
Personal home cloud, using NAS is an interesting idea, if unlimited mobile internet becomes super cheap.