The first post in a series on the impact that mobile devices will have on enterprise content.
Predicting the future is never easy. Most successful visions of the future are either based on historical analysis or by detecting some anomaly or opportunity. Over 30 years ago, Dr. Donald Chisholm based his vision of the futuristic “Digital World” on the latter. Foreseeing great opportunities in digital technology, he predicted that information moving across networks would one day become more important than the telecommunications introduced by Alexander Graham Bell at the start of the century.
The problem with Dr. Chisholm’s bold statement was that very few who prospered in the analog computing world believed him. Time proved that his vision of the future was correct. History has a way of leveling the playing field for those who may be successful in the present, but fail to see beyond their success into the future. This is particularly true after long periods of incremental innovation. Such periods set the stage for a fusion of forces which create new paradigms and new windows of opportunity.
The future presents a unique window of opportunity driven by the confluence of digital media, cloud computing, and mobile devices. The clear and present “Tablet Wars” (iPads, PlayBooks, etc.) are yet another example of tensions that exist between established and new market players who are applying technologies to create new ways of communicating, working, learning, socializing, and in fact, living.
The future of enterprise content belongs to the mobile app
The next decade holds as much risk as opportunity for every enterprise, NGO, and government institution worldwide. What lies ahead on the horizon now that we’ve lived to see Dr. Chisholm’s vision become a reality? Without a doubt, the mobile future is here to stay. The key question is how affordable “moving culture” will shape commerce, education, and the way we live.
This blog series will take a look at the mobile digital world that is emerging, and what it has in store for enterprise content in terms of usability, productivity, enterprise content management (ECM), and security.
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