Major technological shifts have significantly impacted businesses and society over the past several decades, including the development of mainframes, client/server systems, relational databases, applications, operating systems, storage, and networks. These shifts led to results and changes even greater than the technologies themselves. The presentation argues that the shift to personal computers and the web, followed by mobile technology and cloud computing, will continue to drive large changes in the coming years.

1. Shift HappensBEN HOROWITZCO-FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNERANDREESSEN HOROWITZ

2. 1980sPrevious Big ShiftsCLIENT/SERVERMAINFRAMES1970s

3. 1970sPrevious Big ShiftsRelational databasesHIErarchical databases1960s

4. Previous Big ShiftsAPPLICATIONS

5. Previous Big ShiftsOPERATING SYSTEMS

6. Previous Big ShiftsStorage

7. Previous Big ShiftsNETWORKS

8. The New ShiftPcs & WEBMOBILE & CLOUD2007TODAY

9. The results of the change are usually bigger than the change.

10. The results of the change are usually bigger than the change.

11. The results of the change are usually bigger than the change.????

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