Gartner: Personal cloud will replace PC at centre of users’ digital lives by 2014 | Digital and Electronic Signature Software from xyzmo SIGNificant

Gartner: Personal cloud will replace PC at centre of users’ digital lives by 2014 | Digital and Electronic Signature Software from xyzmo SIGNificant

Gartner: Personal cloud will replace PC at centre of users’ digital lives by 2014

March 13th, 2012

Gartner analysts said the personal cloud will begin a new era that will provide users with a new level of flexibility with the devices they use for daily activities, while leveraging the strengths of each device, ultimately enabling new levels of user satisfaction and productivity. However, it will require enterprises to fundamentally rethink how they deliver applications and services to users, a Gartner statement said.
“Major 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,” said Steve Kleynhans, research vice-president at Gartner.
“Many call this era the post-PC era, but it isn’t really about being ‘after’ the PC, but rather about a new style of personal computing that frees individuals to use computing in fundamentally new ways to improve multiple aspects of their work and personal lives,” Kleynhans said.