Accenture Executive Predicts Five Anticipated Trends for CES
By Rob Scott
December 28, 2011
December 28, 2011
- Kumu Puri, senior exec with Accenture’s consumer electronics practice in San Francisco, has identified what she believes will be the top trends at next month’s CES.
- “Microsoft will have a major role to play this time around; and as per usual, Apple will cast a giant shadow on the proceedings, though as usual it won’t be actually participating,” reports Forbes.
- Puri’s anticipated trends include: 1) Ultrabooks, driven by Intel, which aim to compete with Apple’s MacBook Air; 2) Mobile devices, especially Android-based tablet computers and smartphones with mobile-payment systems and location-based services; 3) All sorts of connected devices, topped by automotive electronics, kitchen appliances and TV sets; 4) An increased focus on health care centered on the increased adoption of tablets in medical facilities, “cloud-based solutions for storing, archiving, accessing and retrieving medical records,” and new consumer medical devices, including apps and dedicated gizmos; and 5) Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system and “a variety of new Windows Phone-based mobile devices.”
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