Brightening the light by enabling shadow technology
Changes in computing take significant leaps forward, and it is interesting to observe the progress over 15-year cycles writes Ian Doyle Standard Bank Group Head: Employee Experience Engineering In 1981 IBM introduced the first personal computer, code-named “Acorn”. It used Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system. It had an Intel chip, two floppy disks, and an optional colour monitor. It started the shift to placing computers within reach of many users. Rolling forward 15 years, Sergey Brin and Larry Page developed the Google search engine at Stanford University. They laid the foundation for democratising access to information and in so doing, shaped the modern internet. In 2010, Apple unveiled the iPad. Changing how we viewed media and jumpstarting the tablet device computer segment. It also set the base for devices to serve both work and personal needs in a unique form, making mobility the norm. Shifts such as these have brought technology with...