In recent years, we arguably have seen the dominance of web apps, and now we are seeing mobile apps at the fore. The next app cycle will be built on social apps, Salesforce believes.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Salesforce Identifies Key Software Eras
Most observers of the computing business are familiar with the "eras" of computing architecture, including mainframe, mini, PC and client-server periods. There is universal agreement we are heading for the next era, though there is not agreement on what to call it.
Salesforce argues there are "lead application" eras as well.
In recent years, we arguably have seen the dominance of web apps, and now we are seeing mobile apps at the fore. The next app cycle will be built on social apps, Salesforce believes.
In recent years, we arguably have seen the dominance of web apps, and now we are seeing mobile apps at the fore. The next app cycle will be built on social apps, Salesforce believes.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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