Paris, December 9th
2011. Today
the conference Le Web Paris II (http://leweb.net/) has finished. It was one of the most
important Information Technology events in the last time in Europe. Paradoxically and in parallel
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy were trying to save the Euro and Europe in Brussels from the worst financial crisis in
it’s recently history.
Well, at least these computers geeks know what’s cooking and what will
be the next technology wave. All the interesting applications are going to be
some combination of Social, Mobile and Local. Social, because we spend our time
in a social world. Mobile because mobile first is the answer to almost every
question now. And local, because we live in a local context.
The next big thing will be the model “App Internet”, in which, powerful
local devices (PCs, smart phones, tablets) run applications that simultaneously
take advantage of resources in the Web/Cloud as do iPhone and Android
applications, and the old models “Microsoft model” and “Web/Cloud Model” are
not appropriate anymore. The “Microsoft Model” where local personal computers
do most of the work. The second model is the Web/Cloud model, in which most of
the work happens on remote servers. … The Microsoft Model fails to
leverage the economies of scale in the Cloud; Web/Cloud fail to leverage the
exponential growth in the power of local storage and processors.
Google will need to address the challenge that the information in the
App Internet is not easily searchable, Microsoft will remain focused on the
device-centric Office strategy and Apple will continue its cruise. While some
players in the Software-as-a-Service market might get “slaughtered”, Newcomers
such as Flipboard will boom.
Beyond the conclusions of this event, it is good to know that there are
some people who are not waiting for the politicians to solve their lives and
get us out of the crisis. Perhaps, entrepreneur’s mentality, investments in
research, development and science could be the solution. The competition is
needed and it is good. It will help us to change and improve this world. Microsoft vs Apple, iOS vs Android, Silicon
Valley vs China. Ups... Where is Europe in the tech world leading by the USA and Asia? This conference in Paris could be a good beginning. By the
way, “entrepreneurs” is a word of French origin, so this conference could be
the start point to set up the new Europe wanted by Merkel and Sarkozy. Is Europe ready for this wave?
Eric Schmidt's interview at Le Web Paris 2011
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