IBM will position mainframes as super servers by the mid 1990s.
Predictor: Burrus, Daniel
Prediction, in context:Forecaster/futurist Daniel Burris includes a predictions list generated by his company and run on his company Web site that is denoted as “The Burris Taxonomy of Technology.” The introduction says: “In 1983, Daniel Burris pioneered a new and powerful methodology for accurately predicting the future of technological change.” One of the 1992 predictions in the Burris Taxonomy reads: ”IBM will position mainframes as super servers by the mid 1990s.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: Burrus Research
Title, headline, chapter name: Accurate Technology Predictions
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.burrus.com/samplepredictions.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry