5 0 s . ▁The ▁consumer ization ▁of ▁IT ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁first ▁regularly ▁called ▁by ▁that ▁term ▁by ▁Douglas ▁Ne al ▁and ▁John ▁Taylor ▁of ▁the ▁Le ading ▁Edge ▁Forum ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ; ▁the ▁first ▁known ▁published ▁paper ▁on ▁this ▁topic ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁LE F ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁is ▁now ▁used ▁widely ▁throughout ▁the ▁IT ▁industry , ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁topic ▁of ▁numerous ▁con ferences ▁and ▁articles . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁articles ▁was ▁special ▁insert ▁in ▁" The ▁Econom ist " ▁magazine ▁in ▁October ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Later , ▁Cons umer ization ▁of ▁IT ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁ambigu ously . ▁In ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁structure ▁the ▁am orph ous ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁term , ▁research ers ▁suggested ▁to ▁take ▁three ▁distinct ▁pers pect ives : ▁an ▁individual , ▁organiz ational ▁and ▁market ▁perspective . ▁ ▁The ▁technology ▁behind ▁the ▁consumer ization ▁of ▁computing ▁can ▁be ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁begun ▁with ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁eight - bit , ▁general - pur pose ▁micro process ors ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁eventually ▁the ▁personal ▁computer ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁Thus ▁the ▁micro comput er ▁revolution , ▁in ▁which ▁electronic ▁computing ▁moved ▁from ▁exclus ively ▁enter prise ▁and ▁government ▁use ▁to ▁include ▁personal ▁computing , ▁is ▁the ▁cardinal ▁example ▁of ▁consumer ization .