2011: The Next Computing Platform
David Needle reports in EnterpriseMobile Today on IDC’s prediction of the plethora of sales of mobile devices expected in the coming year with over 25 billion apps expected to be written for these devices in his article entitled Mobile Apps Will Heat up to 'Staggering' Levels in 2011: IDC. This will be the eventual merging of Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, and Social Networking. This will be the next paradigm shift in the computing world. For me this shift is clearly signaled when Needle quotes Frank Gens, IDC's senior vice president and chief analyst:
"In 2011, we expect to see these transformative technologies make the critical transition from early adopter status to early mainstream adoption"
“In addition to creating new markets and opportunities, this restructuring will overthrow nearly every assumption about who the industry's leaders will be and how they establish and maintain leadership"
Apple’s iPhone will dominate, but Android’s Marketplace will not be a distant second for long. With the staggering prediction of over 25 billion apps to be written and sold for all the new mobile devices, the other two budding technologies of cloud computing services and social networking will combine to move the new way of computing to warp speed.
Should we expect the acquisition by major software vendors of social networking providers? The IDC research says yes.
