Back in the mid-1990s, then Microsoft CEO Bill Gates offered a prophetic observation.
The impact of the Web, he wrote, would be greater than most people thought, but would take longer to happen than was commonly supposed. Turns out, happily for Microsoft, that he was right. Yet now, perhaps not so pleasantly for Redmond, the confluence of mobile computing, social online interactions and cloud computing are together supporting a wave of change that will both be more impactful than many think — and also happen a lot quicker than is expected.
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The Mobile, Social Enterprise Cloud
Posted by: Dana Gardner January 25, 2011 05:00 AMBack in the mid-1990s, then Microsoft CEO Bill Gates offered a prophetic observation.
The impact of the Web, he wrote, would be greater than most people thought, but would take longer to happen than was commonly supposed. Turns out, happily for Microsoft, that he was right. Yet now, perhaps not so pleasantly for Redmond, the confluence of mobile computing, social online interactions and cloud computing are together supporting a wave of change that will both be more impactful than many think — and also happen a lot quicker than is expected.