Anticipations: "We'll see computers as big as utility plants, costing hundreds of millions of dollars." (Handler, 1989) Even as the hardware of information technologies becomes more compact and less expensive, technological developments are likely to permit a range of networking and parallel processing configurations that are not only unattainable today, but virtually inconceivable. Future computing machines will almost certainly be characterized by a fundamental portability made possible by the miniaturization of component parts. A highly sophisticated, powerful computer with the capabilities of contemporary minicomputer workstations will be available as a small, electronic notebook, or perhaps as an article of clothing: a hat, a vest, or a wristwatch. Such a computational device will constantly process the contextual information of the user's (wearer's) immediate environment, providing advice or context sensitive counsel on demand. It will respond to queries by accessing the portable information base carried in a jacket pocket, and through cellular telecommunications technologies, link the individual to a global knowledge network. Graphic display will be through a device analogous to a pair of eyeglasses. Technologies effecting this development will include those relating to superconductors, superchips, spatial data management, natural language processing, neural sensors, information integration, fiber optics, and lasers. Advances in these same technologies will permit the development of immense supercomputer installations capable of information processing at a global scale. The very fact that change is unpredictable means that preservation professional must remain particularly well informed about CRM needs, and particularly sensitive to technological developments. The experience of the architecture profession serves as a successful model of technology adaptation through active participation. The ability to recognize and participate in opportunities for viable preservation applications will enhance the preservation process and radically change the manner in which CRM responsibilities are fulfilled. A Look to the Future Prognostications Monitoring Technological Developments Forecasting