Trends Report

Computing Futures 2016: How Hardware Advances Will Shift Vendor Prospects

CPUs, Disks, Sensors, And Displays Change Dramatically In The Next Five Years

August 24th, 2011
Frank Gillett, null
Frank Gillett
With contributors:
Christopher Mines , Michael Yamnitsky , Charles S. Golvin

Summary

Hardware innovation will continue to roil the tech ecosystem through 2016, forcing vendor strategists at software and services firms to adjust continuously to new hardware capabilities, plus the new software features they'll enable. Because there's no easy source for an overview of emerging hardware technologies and their effect on the vendor ecosystem, Forrester developed scenarios for the state of technologies in client systems and for the data center in 2016. We give a high-level forecast for the state of processor, storage, network, sensor, display, and battery technology. The projected shifts mean that vendor strategists will face continuous shifts in market opportunities, product life cycles, and software platforms.

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