XML, which allows previously incompatible computing platforms to understand each other, could be owned by anyone.
In response, forward-thinking CIOs are encouraging workers to use their own smartphones and tablets alongside corporate computing platforms.
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Windows and Android are the world's most successful computing platforms, with massive ecosystems of system and software developers.
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Other conditions for early take-off include the ready availability of the right kind of software, computing platforms and systems-integration expertise.
Applications that make the best use of cloud resources are those designed specifically for cloud computing platforms, as I described above.
Submissions were judged on their usefulness, potential impact on health, ease of use, and accessibly from a variety of computing platforms.
You have to take things on a case-by-case basis, but as time progresses, cloud computing platforms are eliminating many of the platform tradeoffs.
Lazaridis identified what he sees as three distinct product categories: communications devices like the BlackBerry, mobile computing platforms like the PlayBook and smartphones.
Fortunately, the cloud is getting much better press as organizations discover proper fits for cloud computing platforms, and we choose the path to the cloud for both value as well as performance.
Growth has also benefited from the larger memory requirements associated with newer, more visually and feature rich computing platforms and software applications, and the storing and play back of higher quality media files such as high definition video.
Embrace mobile computing platforms?
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"It's increasingly common for people to use more than one device over the course of the day, and we saw an opportunity to help ease the transition among screens with the Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard, " said Mike Culver, vice president of brand development for consumer computing platforms at Logitech.
While Intel dominates, competition is becoming more intense with each company rolling out newer integrated computing and graphics platforms.
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The demand for mobile platforms with more computing capability, responsiveness and reliability continues to skyrocket.
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Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech's combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control.
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Of course there are tradeoffs when you leverage different platforms, and cloud computing is no different.
All servers for DNS, directory services, databases, applications, and cloud computing should be on non-Windows platforms.
Traditionally, the Linux and open-source software communities focused on solving the software problems of enterprise and computing markets with a limited choice of processor platforms.
Companies who prioritize developing mobile computing for the cloud and provide compelling experiences across multiple platforms will be at the forefront of the mobile tidal wave.
No longer are users bound by the limitations of a single computing device, but instead are free to experience a multitude of devices, platforms, and mobility (both socially and physically).
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You see platforms for this type of work evolving through companies like Lionbridge ( thesmartcrowd) and Crowd Computing Systems.
For cloud-computing providers, this presents a daunting challenge: can your products coexist smoothly and invisibly with all of the other platforms in the IT universe?
But that is to reckon without the shift towards Internet-based computing, and the growing success of the Java programming language, which allows applications to run on a variety of platforms.
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