{"id":16106,"date":"2012-06-07T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-07-04T11:58:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T15:58:11","slug":"personal-cloud-to-replace-pc-by-2014-says-gartner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/personal-cloud-to-replace-pc-by-2014-says-gartner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Personal Cloud\u2019 to Replace PC by 2014, Says Gartner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u2018Personal<\/a>Mike Barton wrote<\/a> on Wired’s<\/em><\/a> Cloudline<\/a> that there\u2019s no doubting the cloud invasion. But the research firm Gartner<\/a> (IT<\/a>) believes the personal cloud will replace the PC<\/strong> as the center of our digital lives as soon as 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Gartner<\/a>Steve Kleynhans, research vice president at Gartner, said in a statement<\/a>, \u201cMajor trends in client computing have shifted the market away from a focus on personal computers to a broader device perspective that includes smartphones, tablets, and other consumer devices.<\/em>\u201d He continues, \u201cEmerging cloud services will become the glue that connects the web of devices that users choose to access during the different aspects of their daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"cloud-happy<\/a>In the article, Mr. Burton writes that Google plans a cloud-centered future with Google<\/a> (GOOG<\/a>) Play and Android mobile OS. But the personal computer will also not miss out on the cloud, as Microsoft<\/a> (MSFT<\/a>) and Apple<\/a> (AAPL<\/a>) are planning to weave the cloud<\/a> into the next generation of their desktop operating systems, Windows 8<\/a>, and OS X Mountain Lion.<\/p>\n

But a cloud-happy future will not be as easy as that, because Gartner says, \u201cit will require enterprises to fundamentally rethink how they deliver applications and services to users.<\/em>\u201d Gartner sees a number of factors are converging to make for a perfect personal cloud storm by 2014.<\/p>\n

Megatrend No. 1: Consumerization<\/strong>\u2014 Gartner says what corporate IT has seen so far been a precursor to the major wave that is starting to take hold across all aspects of IT as several key factors come together:<\/p>\n