The Web Economy/30

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Era of Convergence

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Technology including software tries to converge into the human experience.
The TV and Phone are long considered killer appliances, now joining into a single even more encompassing application. The normal PC can now communicate in high definition and fidelity for a similar phone experience, and follows via login ID wherever the user goes.
High bandwidth and high storage made cheap defines a more richer user experience that removes the limitations from devices and applications.
Present advancement is allowing players to revive the ASP model as the present SaaS (Software as a Service) where users pay per unit usage rather than setup a whole ERP.

Name examples of killer apps now present in the PC.
Research the future trends in software over the web is delivering funtionality and features right to any device convenient to the user.
In which devices or applications will it most likely to create a new wave of impact?
Will ERP which is so complex and unique for individual users be effecively served via a configurable remote system?

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