[So is IBM's announcement the beginning of the shift to on-demand computing? Some say absolutely:] We're on the tip of a change on the order of magnitude of [the beginning of] the client server in late '80s, ... Our estimates are that outsourcing and on-demand computing will cut IT costs [buying and operating] in half over the next five years. |
An important chunk of Apple's market is people who use Adobe applications. Those folks are going to stay away from the new machines until they're sure their software works. |
Anyone making hardware is in for a very painful transition. Equipment is going commodity. |
I would expect this to be primarily about experimentation. |
None of this stuff is going to change things for users in the next 12 months. |
Strategically, HP is (at) an interesting crossroads. |
The challenge here is not the individual products, but the interplay of a number of individual products. |
The pay-for-use model is an innovation, but there is a very unflinching standardization. |
This is all part of Sun's effort to remain relevant by making Solaris more attractive to users and blunting the growing interest in Linux by offering their own open-source technology, |
This is all part of Sun's effort to remain relevant by making Solaris more attractive to users and blunting the growing interest in Linux by offering their own open-source technology. |
We're on the tip of a change on the order of magnitude of [the beginning of] the client server in late '80s. Our estimates are that outsourcing and on-demand computing will cut IT costs [buying and operating] in half over the next five years. |