NAIROBI, KENYA: Every 25 years or so, a new technology architecture emerges, which changes the way businesses operate and can often transform entire industries.
For example, mainframes were the first technology architecture when they were introduced in the 1950s. They enabled industries, such as manufacturing and financial services, to automate processes, which continues today. The technology architecture changed the business because mainframes enabled organizations to use shared services and grow from local to global operations.