Part of what will be required is a common underlying software layer that runs on all electronic devices.
It has invested in a software layer designed to have populist appeal.
In the absence of its own software layer, Sony has partnered with a company called Symbian to develop software for "smart" cell phones.
"This is a very thoughtful strategy by Google: Let's build ourselves into the value chain at a spot of vulnerability, which is the software layer, " says Virgin Mobile USA co-founder, Amol Sarva.
Packet Design's engineers plan to infuse new software into this layer of the network in six months.
And as Huberman contends, the key to the NAS market is in the software that you layer on top of the hardware.
Another layer of software is needed to tell the battery what to do.
Jacobs had better results with Brew, a layer of software that lets games and other apps get loaded onto phones and also handles billing.
More important, HTML5 removes a layer of software from Android, said Mr. Sullivan, and thus drives down the cost of hardware needed to run it.
At the top, the computer makers control everything, managing customer relationships and farming out orders to their software subsidiaries in the second layer.
Waratek will let an enterprise swap out the middle layer of its software stack without changing its applications and significantly increase the density in data centers.
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And that same seamlessness, he said, should extend across not only public and private clouds but also hybrids and on-premise software: to everyone above the administration layer, the underlying platforms should be unknown, nondisruptive, and irrelevant.
The real carrot is the managed services and software on top of a Cloud platform and application layer.
Putting the bulk of computing and storage in the data center has other perks for IT management: It creates a centralized location for software upgrades across an entire organization and puts a layer of network security between users and sensitive data--a lost thin client laptop, for instance, doesn't contain private information, and so doesn't pose a threat of causing a data breach.
Adding a social layer on an existing application or rebadging existing software is the flavor of the moment.
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With private clouds, enterprises maintain all the equipment and software, while seeking to offer resources through a virtualized service layer.
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And in yet another layer of IP complexity, server owners often incorporate software provided by third-party developers, and in some cases also hire people to write code to add customized features to the server.
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We played around with it a bit, and while the 800 x 600 E Ink screen resolution is a little disappointing, and the resistive touchscreen layer impacts readability in a small but noticeable way, the software is certainly pleasant, and iriver is up to its usual standard in hardware design.
You load the software on all the PCs on your network and Network Magic automatically creates a management layer that bridges the interoperability gaps between disparate network devices.
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On the software side of things, Samsung is taking advantage of its mobile devices' processing power to layer premium features on top of Android, such as the ability to run two apps at once in a split screen or separate window.
And while the Apple software does offer some traffic information, you can't see it in the form of a layer when you're in navigation mode as you can with the Android version.
The open-cage printer will work using "fused filament fabrication" with 1.75mm filament, and will also feature 100 micron layer resolution (0.1 millimeter), rigid aluminum construction, an open-source software tool chain and optional heated build platform.
The TAL provides a layer of abstraction that takes care of any difference in devices capabilities or controls, so that software built using it will continue to run on anything added to the BBC's certified list without the need for a new version.
Beginning with the well-known Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) structure, Gartner added in a Business and Information Systems layer that includes brokerages, management and security.
From the introduction of user-friendly labels like "My Computer, " through the abortive "Microsoft Bob" project (an attempt to build an extra, easy-to-understand layer on top of Windows -- an interface for an interface, if you will), the software giant has been waging a war to get the geekiness out of its operating system.
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