[We see a] convergence of technologies – powerful desktop computers; powerful, inexpensive “mainframes;” high-speed networks; standards; interoperability; and open systems, for example – that will reach a state of maturity in 1994.
Predictor: Farmer, Nick
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Information Today, Lois Lunin reports on the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) ’93 Conference, held Nov. 24-28 in Columbus, Ohio, quoting Nick Farmer of Chemical Abstracts Service. Lunin writes: ”Nick Farmer, CAS, sees a convergence of technologies – powerful desktop computers; powerful, inexpensive ‘mainframes;’ high-speed networks; standards; interoperability; and open systems, for example – that will reach a state of maturity in 1994.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: Information Today
Title, headline, chapter name: Puppets, Verbings, and Serious Reflections at ASIS ’93
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Vol. 11, Issue 1, Page 13 ISSN: 87556286
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Vellucci, Amanda