The New Option: Netbooks Challenge Notebooks’ Dominance
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We’ve seen laptop alternatives before—bricks, iPAQs, smart pads and “ultra portables” that were never quite cheap or convenient enough to take a real bite out of the market. What’s different about netbooks? Simple: They’re really, really inexpensive and provide better functionality than any smartphone. We’re not surprised that consumers and business users alike are snapping these babies up like Twitter stock options.
Still, some CIOs wonder whether netbooks are ultimately a consumer play. The answer is unquestionably no. In our recent InformationWeek Analytics Windows 7 survey of 1,414 business technology professionals, 36% of respondents said they already have some level of netbook use in their organizations today. This saturation is expected to grow to 72% of companies over the next 24 months, with 19% planning extensive deployments.
While you can’t ignore the category, CIOs do need to educate themselves on what netbooks are capable of today and how the landscape of competitors, hardware options and OS choices will dramatically change over the coming two years. In this report, we’ll outline 10 key questions you need to review to see where netbooks fit within your organization.
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Table of Contents
- Author’s Bio
- Little Device, Big Impact
- Figure 1: Current and Future Netbook Use
- Figure 2: Typical Device Configurations
- Figure 3: 2009 Consumer Reports Usability Scores
- For Laptops and Notebooks
- Figure 4: Impact of Vista and XP Use on System
Policies - Figure 5: VDC: Netbook Unit Shipments Through
2013 - Does everyone understand what a netbook is—and
is not?
- Questions to Ask:
- Have we mapped our employees’ computing
behavior? - Can they play a role in our cloud and virtualization
strategy? - What’s our current plan for mobile phones?
- How are we going to manage them?
- How is our green policy shaping up this year?
- How open are you to Microsoft alternatives?
- How open are we to Intel alternatives?
- How will our organization account for these
devices? - Are netbooks just a fluke?
About the Author
Mike Healey is the president of Yeoman Technology Group, an engineering and research firm focused on maximizing technology investments for organizations. He has more than 23 years experience in technology and software integration. As a contributing editor for InformationWeek Analytics, Mike focuses on the business challenges related to implementing technology. His work includes analysis of the cloud market, the challenge of green IT, the impact of converging technologies and operational readiness related to virtualized environments.
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