Technology Trends

How the processing of data has changed over the past four decades.

In the 1970’s almost all data processing and computing was done on massive main frame computers and only displayed to the user via a green screen.

In the 1980’s, the introduction of a smaller personal computer provided the capacity for the client pc to perform data processing tasks.

The introduction of main stream Internet connectivity in the 1990’s returned the trend to fast and powerful super computers processing vast amounts of data for millions of Internet users. The problem was the lag time between user action and system response, especially as the load increases on those super computers from processing the thousands of simultaneous requests.

The power and cost of current day home and office pc’s means that the average user can own a computer capable of processing phenomenal amounts of data. Smart Client Technology takes advantage of the client processing power, as well as reaping the benefits of central data repositories, working in both “web connected” and “unconnected” environments.