This makes one feel that we are heading towards another technology 'switch'. The forward flip was the movement away from 'novell netware' type thin clients to desktop-resident memory-hogging apps. The reverse flip is back to a more network based application approach brought to the fore by browser based applications like Gmail and now Google personalizations. With the access to applications/information becoming increasingly mobile and the proliferation of access devices (like cellphone, laptops, desktops etc.) it is only natural to move back the applications to the network and have a ubiquitous and seamless access. The network is becoming the computer once again.
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This makes one feel that we are heading towards another technology 'switch'. The forward flip was the movement away from 'novell netware' type thin clients to desktop-resident memory-hogging apps. The reverse flip is back to a more network based application approach brought to the fore by browser based applications like Gmail and now Google personalizations. With the access to applications/information becoming increasingly mobile and the proliferation of access devices (like cellphone, laptops, desktops etc.) it is only natural to move back the applications to the network and have a ubiquitous and seamless access. The network is becoming the computer once again.