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Hype Cycle for PC Technologies, 2009
21 July 2009
 
Bruno Lakehal   Leslie Fiering   Mark A. Margevicius   Stephen Kleynhans   Joseph Unsworth   John Monroe   Brian Gammage   Ronni J. Colville   Terrence Cosgrove   Phillip Redman   Angela McIntyre   Mikako Kitagawa   Michael J. King   Tim Zimmerman   Michael A. Silver   Tom Austin   Ken Dulaney   Annette Jump   Leif-Olof Wallin   Jim Tully   Rafe John Graham Ball   Federica Troni   Amy Teng   Nick Jones   Hiroyuki Shimizu   Christian Heidarson  

The Hype Cycle for PC Technologies evaluates 40 PC-related technologies to guide PC buyers making tough cost optimization decisions and PC vendors making tough product line management decisions.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 What You Need to Know
    
 The Hype Cycle
    
 The Priority Matrix
    
 Off The Hype Cycle
    
 On the Rise

    
 Work Space Virtualization
    
 Persistent Personalization
    
 Bluetooth Low-Energy Wireless Technology
    
 Many-Core Processors
    
 Operating-System Streaming
    
 PC Hypervisors
    
 At the Peak

    
 ARM-Based PCs
    
 Home Server/NAS
    
 VoIP Wireless WAN
    
 Bluetooth 3.0
    
 PC Linux for Consumers (Mature Markets)
    
 PC Virtual Software Appliances
    
 Pico Projectors
    
 3-D LCDs
    
 Desktop Brokering Software
    
 Web-Based Office Productivity Suites
    
 OLED Screens
    
 Hosted Virtual Desktops
    
 PC Linux for Consumers (Emerging Markets)
    
 PC Application Streaming
    
 Hardware-Assisted Virtualization
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

    
 PC Application Virtualization
    
 Linux on Desktop for Mainstream Business Users
    
 Hosted PC Virtualization Software
    
 Blu-ray
    
 Mini-notebooks
    
 802.11n
    
 Micro Fuel Cells
    
 Open-Source Office Products
    
 Nonvolatile Memory Caching
    
 Blade PCs
    
 PC-Grade Solid-State Drives
    
 Climbing the Slope

    
 Embedded Cellular Data
    
 Tablet PC
    
 64-Bit Computing
    
 Electronic Paper
    
 Server-Based Computing
    
 PC Linux for Data Entry Workers
    
 ExpressCard
    
 Entering the Plateau

    
 Cellular Data Cards and Dongles
    
 Appendixes

    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for PC Technologies, 2009
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for PC Technologies, 2009
 

Figure 3. 
 Hype Cycle for PC Technologies, 2008
 



Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for PC Technologies, 2009
21 July 2009
  
Hype Cycle for PC Technologies, 2008
1 July 2008
  
Hype Cycle for PC Technologies, 2007
25 June 2007
  




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