Category Archives: Mobility

Is Apple about to lose the Tablet Market?

Today Huawei announced an Android based tablet with impressive specs. A little thicker but lighter than the iPad, the newly announced tablet beats the current iPad2 in sheer hardware specs. While Apple stubbornly continues it’s policy of controlling every aspect … Continue reading

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Mobility and Why Should SMBs Care about it

Shifting Workplace Information Technology has been impacting the way businesses operate, but the essential nature of an employees’ work has largely remained unchanged. Within a business environment conducting work has typically involved bringing people together in a single physical location … Continue reading

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SMB Mobility Solutions Adoption Trends

Recently, Techaisle conducted a very detailed study on SMBs adoption of Mobility Solutions across several countries. It is quite evident that Mobility Solutions are important for SMBs and a high percentage of these businesses are actively implementing them. The level … Continue reading

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New Technologies – Cloud, Mobility, Managed Services Will Finally Change SMB Channel Landscape

Techaisle’s recently completed channel surveys show that Cloud, Mobility, and Managed Services Solutions together are beginning to change the SMB channel landscape as these solutions are revolutionizing IT utilization by SMBs. However, only 14% of channels are currently offering all three … Continue reading

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Mobile App Developers Should Focus on “Transformative” apps

At the recent GigaOm-Appconomy conference the talks and panel discussions centered around app development and the challenges associated with it. There was a great set of panels that honed in on some of the key challenges faced by app developers … Continue reading

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Smartphone to Notebooks Continuum: OS Wars and the Battle for Dominance

There is a continuum from smartphones to notebooks, with a variety of sizes and operating systems. The market will continue to be in a state of flux for several years before showing any signs of stable continuum. Widespread adoption of … Continue reading

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Thunderbolt Announcement: Why it is good for Consumers and SMBs

Intel today announced, Thunderbolt, a technology that allows a user to connect multiple devices with only one cable with a bi-directional transfer rate of 10 Gbps. Now, that is a massive speed and certainly takes the pain and guessing game … Continue reading

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Tablet PCs and Relative Views on PC Cannibalization

Recently we conducted a survey of small businesses to understand the adoption and cannibalization of traditional PC market by iPads and thereby Tablet PCs. Keeping aside the survey results for another time, a different blog and a report – our … Continue reading

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Buyers Speak: Prices, Not Programs Drive Convergence

With the ever growing uptake of smart and mobile computing devices, many IT and Telecom vendors have been quick to forecast major channel restructurings to take place. For example, for many vendors, Netbook PCs have opened entirely new avenues to … Continue reading

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Rise of Tablets brings Human Factors Design into Sharp Focus

Microsoft’s recent announcement regarding their intention to compete with iPads and other Android based devices signals a fast acceptance of tablets becoming popular with individual and business users alike. Microsoft is not new to this market having made their first … Continue reading

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