2012 Hot Markets : Printing in a Mobile World
Global per-capita demand for data will increase exponentially from 3GB to 11GB by 2015. Developed countries are already there. Data centers will proliferate as Red Hat (+45 percent), Juniper (+25 percent) and others challenge the “G-Force” in what will be converged supercore hosting. Solid-state computing will replace the silicone chip and affect every aspect of knowledge management and distribution. Crashing will be the PC hardware-related participants. Canon, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark are at zero growth in the computer sector, as will be Dell as it sells fewer than 40 million machines.
Vincent Mallardi, C.M.C., is a the chairman of the Printing Brokerage/Buyers Association International (PBBA) and is a Certified Management Consultant in the paper, printing and converting industries. He is also an adjunct professor in economics. Contact him via email at vince@pbba.org
