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2011年7月5日星期二

Acer's tablet PC line-up has been warmly received by end users

PC builder Acer has declared war on its competitors by predicting that it will emerge as the leader of the tablet market in the years to come.
The firm recently unveiled its Iconia family of tablet PCs, which run on either the Android or Windows 7 operating systems.
Speaking at the PC vendor's summer partner conference in Windsor, Acer UK managing director Bobby Wat­kins said the devices are a fundamental part of the firm's growth strategy.
"We are super serious about tablets and we will lead the market in the next few years, which may sound like a bold statement, given how far ahead one competitor is at the moment," ex­plained Watkins.
"[But] we have the broadest line-up [of tablet PCs] available and a big marketing campaign in place to support our plans."
Watkins said Acer's tablet PC line-up has been warmly received by end users, but admitted there had been some initial scepticism from the firm's channel partners.
"We launched the products seven or eight weeks ago. The response was similar to when we moved into consumer PCs - when retailers told us we were not quite there compared to some other brands," he said.
Despite this, he said the firm was "pretty relaxed" by the success it has had so far.
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"After [the first] three to four weeks on sale, we got to 17 per cent volume and 20 per cent of the value of the market, which is probably much better than many of the commentators in the market would have guess­ed," he added.
In more general terms, Watkins said the firm is comfortably ahead of its competition, citing PC market data from analyst GfK.
"If you look at the total PC market, we have about 30 per cent, which is the highest we have ever been in market share terms," he said.
However, he admitted the firm is selling more units as a ratio to revenue and margin than is sensible "at the moment", in the wake of its channel inventory woes.
"We are making some pretty bold decisions, and if I were one of our competitors with four to five per cent share, I would be feeling pretty cold and exposed right now," added Watkins.
"Market conditions are tough, and we can withstand that because of our strength in volume across our different channels."
Robert Peckham, chief executive of Apple consultancy Mac Technology, said that Acer's tablet PC line-up does not look likely to trouble Apple's dominance of the market.
"Acer's product range is im­pressive, but the Asus tablet is lower in price and the Mo­torola Xoom has good screen quality," said Peckham.
"I do not think it will pose a major threat to Apple's dominance, but it might do a good job of mopping up the rest of the market."

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2011年6月17日星期五

Top five picks for technologies will change enterprise computing

This fall will see the adoption and increased widespread use of new technologies that will alter the way enterprise computing is accomplished. Some of these technologies come from the consumer technology side of the business, some are grown from labs, and some are the result of integrating existing technologies. Check out our top five picks for technologies that will change the game in enterprise computing.
1. Search, the next generation. Google grew into a huge company by capitalizing on melding search with context-specific advertising. The next generation of search will take the contextual idea about 10 steps forward. By combining search, social networking and location awareness, users will be able to add emotional context to search, and advertisers will be able to derive revenues from customer presence rather than customer awareness. The next generation of search is a huge opportunity in which neither Google nor Microsoft nor Yahoo is now in a position of dominance.
2. A virtual company means more than a garbled conference call. The mobile enterprise? Maybe, but right now the software to build virtual companies is sorely lacking in capabilities and integration. Replicating meetings both formal and informal, real-time sales results, and all of the myriad elements that go into running a real, face-to-face company should be the outcome of the business services available. Right now you can assemble disparate pieces of a business, but the virtualized, mobile enterprise is not yet there. But don't think that lots of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists aren't interested and investing in this area.
3. Virtualizing all the other stuff. Virtualization has a lot more legs than just cutting down the number of servers in the data center. Servers, storage, networking and client computing from desktops through notebooks and smartphones are all in line for the virtualization makeover. Virtualization management is catching up, but the big management console that lets you know the availability, security and capacity of an entire company full of virtualized devices is still under development. This fall will see those management consoles being introduced by a range of vendors.
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4. Cloud creator. Cloud computing is absolutely the buzzword king of the technology marketplace. But CIOs are still reluctant to turn their company's technology operations over to their Internet connection. Taking the existing business applications and adding cloud services that are always secure and always available is the business opportunity of the moment. Expect to see lots of promises and some actual delivery of these cloud services over the next couple quarters.
5. The X factor. The best thing about technology is that it is always in flux. The technologies that were going to be game-changing (client/server comes to mind immediately) often sputter and die. The technologies that are first discounted (search on the Internet, voice over IP, your college yearbook turning into Facebook) often become the dominant players. Trying to guess the next big thing is what keeps pundits in business. I tend to think that management technologies, including energy management, education management—providing distance learning and measuring achievement—and financial management for both the public and private sectors will be a big deal. But we'll have to see how that develops.

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2011年2月20日星期日

Apple iPad Reviews-Do People Want A Tablet PC Suggestion?

Apple’s iPad has been available to consumers for a couple of months now, selling as many millions on a global scale. These figures alone give us some indication of the initial success the device has brought to the Cupertino giants.apple ipad home screen small Apple iPad Do People Want A Tablet PC Device?
However, Europe’s largest e-commerce advertising platform, and one-stop shopping service Kelkoo, have produced some of their own facts and figures revealing what people really think when quizzed about the undoubtedly, revolutionary device which act as an interesting follow-up to our previous “Apple iPad – Do We Need A Tablet Device?” article – you perhaps don’t “need” one as you could either use your smartphone or netbook instead, but do people “want” an iPad?
The first statistic is a simple one, but actually enlightening. After it’s initially frosty reception from consumers following the initial Apple iPad announcement (which many complained about the name itself as well) and once the dust had settled perhaps, an incredible 82% of people asked declared they believed the iPad would be a roaring success with consumers far and wide. So that begs the question, what is it that people like about it, and what do they like about Apple as a whole?

Kelkoo Found People Do Want A iPad / Tablet Device!

Well Kelkoo shared my interest and their results are interesting to say the least. 34% of those surveyed said it was due to their implementation of unique, and innovative features. 27% said they feel Apple simply offer the best products in their respective markets and 24% loved the ease of use. The remaining 15% felt Apple was just ‘cool’.
However, rather less surprisingly, 20% of people are ‘biding their time’ for a second-generation iPad, perhaps hoping for the (likely) inclusion of a camera and the far less likely provision of Flash implementation, two elusive features in the current iPad that Steve obviously think we don’t need! In accordance with that, 23% of people asked reckoned its functionality was too limited at present and 32% just felt it served no purpose. So perhaps it’s time for Apple to take note and include other features such as voice and video calls and HDMI connectivity considering the video capabilities of the device.
Bruce Fair, Managing Director of Kelkoo UK, commented when questioned at the time of the Apple iPad UK release date: “It’s crunch time for Apple as tomorrow heralds the launch of its iPad in the UK. With anticipation for its latest must have gadget reaching fever pitch, together with recent share price changes showing that the company has ousted arch-rival Microsoft to become the world’s biggest technology company, it seems that Apple undoubtedly has the ‘Midas touch’.  Apple’s iPad could certainly turn around the fortunes of the struggling tablet PC market by redefining the category as a premium multi-touch entertainment product, and in so doing, pave the way for other manufacturers to follow in its footsteps.”
“The iPad is a hybrid of Apple’s best loved products all under one roof, which is good for consumers as it could lead to significant cost savings. Like netbooks, the iPad provides the basic functions offered by a laptop at a margin of the cost – which in the current economic climate is bound to have mass market appeal.”
Interestingly, it seems Bruce got it spot on, with manufacturers far and wide, from Fusion Garage to Samsung or Neofonie to ASUS all outing their own tablet devices with more being announced at this year’s Computex event in Taipei.
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