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We increasingly suspect that most individuals will shift consumption activity to a personal tablet, and perform creative and administrative tasks on a shared PC. There will be some individuals who retain both, but we believe they will be exception. Mika Kitagawa, Gartner

"It won't stop with bring your own PC. Bring your own IT is on the horizon. Once these new devices are in the mix, employees will be bringing their own applications, collaboration systems, and even social networks into businesses." David Willis, Gartner

Gartner's 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

The Nexus of Forces is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social, mobility, cloud and information patterns that drive new business scenarios. The Nexus of Forces

Ranjit Atwal, Research Director bei Gartner, sagt hier interessante Dinge: PCs are transitioning from a one-size-fits-all computing platform to a more-specialized device, prized for its ability to complement other devices. "The PC market is experiencing dramatic structural changes," said Mr. Atwal." Moving forward, PCs will no longer be…

Gartner meldet heute: Kann ich ganz persönlich bestätigen. Nachdem ich zuletzt durchaus regelmäßig alle zwei Jahre einen neuen Rechner angeschafft hatte, arbeite ich weiter stillvergnügt mit meinem 13,3-Zoll-MacBook ("Late 2008", Aluminium-Unibody) -- dem Gerät, auf dem ein paar Monate lang das "Pro" nicht draufstand. Ich hatte seinerzeit das…