The Future of Home Computing

Goodbye DesktopsHello Webtops

But why would you want that?

Centralizedcomputing

in enterprisesis back!

Software as a Service

is on the rise again

Rich Internet Applicationsare piling up

Office applications emerge on the Internet

Get your Unlimited &

Cheap Online Storage

Portals are on the rise

PC Games sales are on the decline

Online Games and Console Games on the Rise

WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE

Homeless Moe

Joe User

Ryan Gamer

CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Who reads my data

Can I always get to my data

Who took my data?

What about hard copies

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD

Grids don’t really needs thePCs anymore

Gartner: “Vista is the

last major OS from

Microsoft”

Antiviruses and malware detection tools will decline

Media will start to disappear

Maybe Micropayments will succeed after all

Communication segment will grow

There will be an Increase in mobile computing appliances

Servers good ;PCs bad

The Global village will become much

more dense….