2016 Mobile Mainstream

The Device Mesh

What Gartner Predicted

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.