On a plane ride home from Hong Kong last month, the person sitting next to me asked me what I do for a living. In the 80s, it was also about the need for better process control and quality management, and enterprise resource planning was born. But in the 90s, I explained, it's all about information superiority. Well, fortunately, network computing came on the scene.
Network computing delivers many benefits, but two stand out above the rest.
The first benefit is time and the second is accessibility. Even the best information is no good if it arrives after you need it. We're not alone in seeing this phenomenon. I also talked about how pervasive new technology has become in society. The growth of the internet and the consumerization of technology has turned IT apathy into IT fascination.