The 10 Technologies that Changed the World, and the Industries That Were Left Behind

that changed our lives, TECHNOLOGIES AND THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND 1712 STEAM TURNED THE WHEEL. WATER MILLS WERE REPLACED BY FACTORIES AND MASS PRODUCTION, AND NEW FORMS OF TRANSPORT WERE BORN. 000000000 1837 WITH THE TELEGRAPH, GONE WERE THE DAYS WHEN YOU HAD TO FEED AND WATER AN ANIMAL TO GET MESSAGES THROUGH. HERE LIES 1876 CARRIAGE MAKERS FOR HORSE AND BUGGY... THERE WERE NO TAKERS THE TELEPHONE PROVIDED INSTANT COMMUNICATION. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES HAD TO BECOME TELEPHONE COMPANIES, OR GO THE SAME WAY AS THE MESSENGERS THEY REPLACED. D00000000 1880 THE ELECTRIC LIGHT MADE CITIES SAFER AND FACTORIES MORE EFFICIENT. BUSINESSES WERE EITHER ELECTRIFIED ... OR NULLIFIED. 1896 THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PUT THE WORLD ON WHEELS...AND HORSES BACK IN STABLES. 1903 THE AIRPLANE PUT PASSENGER LINERS, SHIPYARDS, AND LIGHTER-THAN-AIR TRAVEL ON NOTICE: THEIR HAYDAY WAS DONE. R.I.P. HOT AIR BALOONS THE WRIGHT BROTHERS CAME ALONG FAR TOO SOON 1947 TRANSISTORS FORCED TV AND STEREO MANUFACTURERS TO ADAPT TO A WORLD OF INCREASING MOBILITY. 1982 lulll THE PERSONAL COMPUTER PUT PROCESSING POWER ON THE DESKTOP. MINI-COMPUTER 1992 COMPANIES HAD TO ADAPT OR DIE – MOST CHOSE NOT TO ADAPT. THE SMART PHONE GAVE CONSUMERS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME CONNECTIVITY. SO BUSINESSES HAD TO BECOME ANYWHERE, ANYTIME TOO. R.I.P. COMPANIES THAT MADE THEIR CUSTOMERS STAND INLINE, NOT ONLINE General Store CLOSED CLOUD COMPUTING CLOUD COMPUTING IS REPLACING WELL, COULD IT BE REPLACING YOU? 2005 HISTORY IS LITTERED WITH BUSINESSES THAT FAILED TO ADAPT TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES. ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL? Compuware HELPING COMPANIES MAKE TECHNOLOGY PERFORM FOR THE NEW NORMAL THE TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE CompanY COMPUWARE.COM/NEWNORMAL O 000 "10 Technologies That Changed Our Lives" by Compuware is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. BY NO SA Based on a work at compuware.com/newnormal.