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A look back at technology developments in the last quarter century and predictions for the future
The past 25 years
Call it foresight. Call it business savvy. Or call it just plain dumb luck. But when InfoWorld launched in December 1978,
the magazine was in the right place at the right time. Initially a black-and-white tabloid with an academic moniker (until
February 18, 1980, the name was Intelligent Machines Journal), InfoWorld bore witness to the most accelerated tech ramp-up
in history. For this retrospective, we sneak a backward glance at what information technology has wrought.
1979 - 1985: The Dawn of the PC
Personal computers meet the enterprise
1986 - 1995: The Networked Enterprise
LAN, Ethernet, Lotus Notes, Windows 95, and a connected workforce
1996 - 1999: The Internet Era
What a lovely bubble it was
2000 - 2003: The Age of (In)Security
Grappling with worms, viruses, and a devastating terrorist attack
The next 25 years
Unless you're in the business of creating sci-fi for entertainment, predicting the future of technology can be a risky proposition.
But as the personal computing pioneer Alan Kay once said, "the best way to predict the future is to invent it," so InfoWorld
turned to some high-tech innovators for their take on the future, and they bravely stepped up to the crystal ball. Their vision
of the next 25 years may validate the imaginings of Neal Stephenson, Gene Roddenberry, and Steven Spielberg after all.
The path to pervasive computing
Consumer electronics show us the way
Computers that mimic intelligence
Do computers need 'brains' to function intelligently?
The invisible workforce: IT in the future
As IT becomes invisible, so do the workers who keep it that way
After silicon: Biocomputing at work
Organic processes become the model for future technology
The visionaries
IT leaders make predictions about the future
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