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The Four Epochs of Corporate IT - Coggle Diagram
The Four Epochs of Corporate IT
Began in
1980s
PC Epoch
Productivity improvements (all organizations)
affordable PC
1970s
Data-Processing Epoch
efficiency improvements (large organizations)
Information Scarcity
the model on which today’s educational institutions are founded
information are expensive to produce, store and transmit)
afford expensive mainframe computers
Began in
mid-1990s
Internet Epoch
internet commerce
social media
email
Collaboration improvements (organizations and individuals)
Information Abundance/Overload
the amount of input to a system exceeds its processing capacity
Information become easier and less expensive to acquire and transmit
2010s
Cyborg Epoch
Capability amplification (blurring boundaries man and machine)
machine become tools
wifi enabled
pacemakers