The IT Everywhere Trend
by
Randy Mears
Over the past 50 years we have seen information technology evolve. This evolution has substantially impacted the hardware, software, processes and peripherals that have made IT into what it is today. A major difference between now and then is primarily the make-up of the key players, geographically. From a global view the point of the spear for IT innovation had been centered in the western world; at least until the 20th century arrived.
So the century rolls from the 20th to the 21st and the world becomes flat. Now, as the global economy grows explosively, so grows the PC. According to this article, "Nothing is changing IT like the adoption of technology across the developing world." The implications for everyone involved in technology development could be staggering.
If Forrester Research's prediction that there will be 2.25 billion PCs in the world by 2015 comes true then the global PC count will have almost tripled in just 8 years. That won’t happen without the direct collaboration of the developing world and the "old guard", like Microsoft, Intel, Dell, etc. But it won't just be about the old guard; as far as IT innovation goes, forget about the point of the spear and expect it to come from everywhere.
