Technology Shifts vs. Drifts

Published: Jan. 21, 2024, 6 a.m.

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Lots of trends happen in technology, but which ones of them are significant changes vs. just adjacencies to previous trends. Let\\u2019s explore technology shifts vs. drifts.\\xa0

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WHAT IS A SHIFT AND WHAT IS A DRIFT?

  • What is a Shift? What is a Drift?
  • Does it obviously help you save money?
  • Does it obviously help you make money?
  • Does it just seem to replace something else in a new way?

HOW IMPORTANT IS OBVIOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT?\\xa0

  • Is \\u201cWe can respond to the business faster\\u201d just code for \\u201cWe\\u2019re not sure what the impact will be?\\u201d How many new ideas happen per year?
  • Why aren\\u2019t TCO or ROI more obvious with every new technology?
  • Mainframe (shift), Mini (drift), PC (drift?), Mobile (drift?), Virtualization (shift), Serverless (drift), Kubernetes (drift), AI (shift)
  • The shift vs. drift is sometimes dependent on the user/use-case

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