For sure, the explosion of new types of devices will continue. People will still line up for the next big, shiny thing.

But the importance of any one type of device is already declining as personal information, contacts, photos and files move to the cloud.

"If all my data and applications are on the cloud why do I need a PC -- why do I need a Hummer to go to a Whole Foods store?" said Tarkan Maner, president and CEO of Wyse Technology in a keynote address Monday at the ceremony here.

The recognizes visionary applications of information technology.

Over the next decade, Maner said he sees the unfolding of "contextual intelligence," which delivers Google-like answers to questions while simultaneously trying to know who you are, where you are, your likes and dislikes and the time frame you are operating in. "Contextual intelligence" also puts information in the context of social network connections, he added.