Is the PC Era Coming to an End?

Are you surprised that the personal computer era is coming to an end? Let`s think over this phenomenon. With the advent of portable smart devices which enables high productivity anywhere at any time, personal computers are considered to be less convenient. Mobile devices are used to play games, chat, make international calls, read books and surf the Internet.

According to the latest researches the PC sales are dropping while sales of mobile devices including tablets and smart phones are significantly growing. There are multiple reasons behind this growth – mobile, generational and consumer driven – but one factor that is promoting this shift is the increasing popularity of cloud technology, especially personal cloud. It allows users to store information on a server and grant access to it no matter which device is used and where the user is located.

People have realized very soon that the devices used for personal purposes can be beneficial at work too reshaping business communication. This shift in technology and communication preferences is forcing companies to reshape their business model switching to phenomenon called BYOD (bring your own device).

The Era of Personal Cloud

When workers bring their devices to the office they expect to have possibilities to access their work data and applications, synced in any location and across any mobile device. This could be carried out through the personal cloud. But it means the data will be locking behind a corporate firewall which by all means will cause more serious headaches that it will solve.

The companies need to define how to provide balance workers demand for the flexibility and swiftness they want with security issues. This is consumer-oriented revolution, but it is encouraged by desire and need for enhanced mobility in the company environment and access to multimedia content from any devices. Companies must create communications services and deploy network infrastructure separately if they want to back the way workers interact with each other and with company`s customers.