Upcoming applications will reflect a changing IT environment as virtualization becomes more important, according to one journalist writing for VentureBeat. In an article about the so-called "Third Era" of new IT systems, Rich Napolitano says that the way we access information is going to become decentralized and "unstructured" in the near future due to new technological trends.
According to Napolitano, the old systems of organizing data are opening up to account for increased and easier means of connecting to networks. Whereas the "First Era" was defined by the mainframe and the second by the growth of personal device use, the upcoming Third Era will put an increased focus on wide-reaching networks and disseminated data.
"Due to the rise of Big Data, the Internet of Things, and mobile-social-virtual application workloads, we need a new network architecture to accommodate massive amounts of unstructured data and distributed application requirements," Napolitano writes. He also said that "a shift from component-centric to data- and application-centric infrastructure will cause the Second IT Era building blocks to change dramatically."
In this view, it's possible that businesses are ignoring the implications of the newer changes and allowing their typical approach to running applications to become obsolete. Why not bring legacy applications into the foreground instead and make them easier for all employees to use on a regular basis?
Putting the focus on data access first is one way of staying current with the changes in network structure and keeping up with the implications of this Third Era. Companies that translate their legacy applications to virtual spaces could grow more in touch with this new environment and in a better position to use it to promote productivity and functionality.