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