What will your Laptop will look like in 2015?

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CIO magazine recently published a great review of laptop technologies titled "Meet the Laptop You'l Use in 2015" (available here: article). With this post I'll provide a review of that article and insert some thoughts from a technology early adopter and disruptive IT analyst.   First some concepts from the CIO Magazine article: The Slider Much like a sliding cellphone, this laptop is two OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays that slide … [Read more...]

Plastic Logic and what could be the ultimate thin client

I've written a bit here about new display technologies that are so thin they are disruptive to our current way of work. The move to cloud computing and rapid advances in display technology is enabling this, and these are both trends we ahve all been watching for quite a while. In October 2007 I wrote "Enterprise Requirements Come From Hollywood" where OLED (organic light emitting diode) TV's were discussed.   I mentioned the fact that once again … [Read more...]

Dell, Apple and Sony: who is thinner?

Of course the really big news today is Apple's ultrathin notebook, the MacBook Air.   I have a four month old MacBook and now I feel ancient. But there was another thin product I just learned about that has me even more excited.   A friend of mine noted my post on Sony OLED thin visualizations on Plaxo and pointed me to link for Dell's new "Crystal." From the Dell website:  Tempered glass, highly polished metal tripod stand, unobtrusive … [Read more...]

Thin Visualizations

I've long been a fan of thin-clients.   Now I'm becoming a fan of thin-monitors.  Fans of thin monitors have been hearing about paper thin screens for quite a while.  And we keep getting teased by the corporate world saying something is just about to be released.  Well now you can finally buy your own ultra thin TV.  Check out Sony's new super-thin organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV.  At it's thinnest point it is 3mm thick.  That's not … [Read more...]

Enterprise Requirements Come From Hollywood

Most visionary customers in today's enterprises know what they want.  They want hot technology like they see in the movies or on "24."  They want to be served by their IT departments the way Jack Bauer is served by his IT department. I'm not complaining about that.  I like cool stuff too.  And actually it makes my job easier since now I have a good way to figure out what customers really want.  All I have to do is watch the hottest shows and see … [Read more...]