Annual Developer events are a good place to spot the IT trends. In the past, I use to follow - Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP. Now, I follow more - Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon annual developer events.
In this context, I was monitoring the Google IO (IO means Innovation in the Open) - 4th Annual developer conference.
Google Search was a closed technology. Now, with Android, Chrome, Google App Engine and with varied Google APIes - it has more open things for developers to play.
These are the two big things from my perspective:
1. Home Automation Through Android - In just 2-3 years Android based (mobile, tablet) devices have reached 100 Million. Now, Google is launching Android Open Accessory development kit, Android@Home framework. If these gets matured & standardized then it would create another big area.
2. A Second Alternate to MS Windows PC/Notebooks – App iMac/ MacBook is the first alternate. Now, ChromeBook could become the second alternate. Google Tool Bar success lead to Google Chrome Browser. Now, with 160 Million Chrome Browser, Google Chrome Browser is moving to Google Chrome OS as ChromeBook.
Android success is driven through Android Market apps ecosystem and Google Internet Services ( Search, Maps, Mail etc.).
Similarly, Chrome OS success is going to be driven through Chrome Web Store apps ecosystem and Google Internet Services (Google App Engine, Google Apps etc. and with offline access to Mail, Calendar)
With this - Google has filled the Client Devices (Mobile, Tablet, Notebook) to Power their Internet services.
So, google is proving that it is easy for it to move from being close to the consumer apps ecosystem (search engines, mails etc) than being close to the machine (OS). Microsoft is trying to do the other way around and we know where they are.
ReplyDeleteSomething similar to Accenture's of the world and Infosys of the world. Everyone said, it will be easy for Infosys to move up the value chain (business consulting) rather than for Accenture to move down (move to delivery). Looks like, both are struggling here!
-Harish Kashyap