The Impact of Low Cost Computing Technologies on the Department of Defense. Technology Trends Update.
Abstract
The key findings in the second phase of the technology trend study are those that have long-term implications for the Department of Defense. These findings can be summarized by the following technology factors which characterize the low cost computing environment: The move towards end user computing and away from traditional data processing organizations, Dispersion of information processing resources and capabilities which parallel the shift to end user computer, Merging of previously separate technologies for data processing, office automation and telecommunications, Continuing, dramatic improvements in price/performance ratios for both hardware and software, coupled with extraordinary volumes of sales, The rapid rate of technological change which makes product life cycles much more shorter than in the past, The availability of good, package solutions in hardware and software for applications that in the past would have required extensive custom development work, and Economic forces in the market place that favor consumers with unusual displays of creative competition on the part of vendors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 18, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA128489