Mobile computing, the falling cost of software creation and distribution and smart computing algorithms are already here.
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The Forrester analysts lay out four waves of roughly 15 years each (click on chart below to enlarge), starting with mainframes in 1960, then PCs until 1990, networked computing until 2005 and finally smart computing ending at 2018.
Now Kaspersky Lab and others are working on new threats to cloud computing and smart phones.
From augmented reality to constant texting to ubiquitous computing and smart-devices we live in a culture already re-made.
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To drive future growth, the company has a pipeline of products for solid-state drive controllers, digital entertainment, cloud computing and smart energy.
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From the Internet to smart phones, apps and greater computing power, new businesses and business models are being created and all too often stifled by arcane laws created with good intentions, but now simply serve to protect old, status-quo businesses.
The Smart Data Collective, focused on cloud computing and data mining, is sponsored by Teradata.
Competition has been extremely intense, and many consumers have shifted from traditional PCs to tablets and smart phones as their main sources of computing activities.
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Engineers working in the field of pervasive computing are aiming to create smart fabrics, embedded with computer chips and sensors that will enhance and possibly even save our lives.
"The N150 is the smart choice to meet all your essential mobile computing needs with style, " said Kyu Uhm, Vice President of Samsung IT Solutions Business.
While mobile phones have been around for a while, we are currently living through a moment in time where everyone is changing their primary computing devices from their PCs to their smart phones.
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Then Apple focused on additional new markets, transforming smart phone growth with the iPhone and altering the direction of computing with the iPad.
The Inspiron One 20 delivers everyday connectivity and computing in a clean and simple design, making it a smart investment at a competitive price.
If the reports are true, it would be a smart move, and one that could help ease the transition into modern mobile computing.
But ubiquitous digital consumer data, cheap computing power and open-source software have created a tremendous opportunity for smart marketers to change the research game.
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Smart IT leaders cope with this shortage of generalists by moving to hybrid IT departments that manage cloud computing as well as more traditional IT functions, and that essentially run as virtual internal service providers, drawing on a menu of external managed services as demand requires.
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