2016 Mobile Mainstream
The Device Mesh
What Gartner Predicted
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An expanding set of endpoints people use to access applications and information, or interact with people, social communities, governments, and businesses, forming a 'mesh' of connected devices.
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Prediction Accuracy
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Device ecosystems grew but as walled gardens (Apple, Google, Samsung), not the open 'mesh' of interconnected devices described. The mechanism (vendor lock-in ecosystems vs. mesh interoperability) was wrong.