Direction Of The Computer Industry In 2007

 
  In 2007, our computerized world continues to advance. Data, Communication, Graphics, and The World Wide Web have become central to business and personal lifestyles. The demand for storage capacity, network appliances, and servers has grown proportionally.  In this segment, we will visit web sites of three major computer manufacturers.   We will see what they are communicating on their home pages to find out how they are addressing the world's demands.  
    More about Hard Drives
  Back in the 3rd quarter of 2006, Seagate was informing web visitors about technologies that bridge into photography. Now in May 2007, Seagate's home page devotes the top center space to a large moving banner. Blurred moving People with digital products blending into their motions. This image represents a lifestyle and generation of "People On The Go". Free Agent is the product line. Seagate recommends solutions up to 750GB portable eSATA hard drives with USB 2.0 interfaces.
Directly beneath the Free Agent Banner was a headline story announcing that the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a band out of LA, had switched to Seagate hard drives.
     
  Cisco continues to bring a content rich site.  The upper center location of the home page is dedicated to banners.  This rotating banner included a slot for the Welcome to the Human Network.  How it changes our lives. This is a forum dedicated to user contributed stories and testimonials about new solutions that incorporate Cisco products and solutions.  One of the other banner messages, in the rotation, aimed at informing the technical audience about an upcoming conference.  The Cisco Live exhibit and conference will host a variety of seminars centered on networking.  This event will run from July 22nd through July 26th, 2007 and will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center.  Exhibitors include Verizon Business, Tripp Lite, Trend Micro, and HP.    This site offers podcasts and rss feeds to visitors.  
    More about Networking
  With mid-year approaching, Sun MicroSystems is also communicating messages through a prominent banner rotation.  Sun has chosen to use larger images and to place their banner in the center of their home page.  Sun's main focus is the upcoming (May 7th, 2007) open and free developer event.  The media depicted a view from within a tent looking out through an unzipped flap.  Outside the flap is a Surfer in a full wetsuit, board in hand.  The text suggests that visitors Explore the open possibilities.  The big event is titled CommunityOne.  Hosted at the Moscone Center in San Francisco California. This event is aimed at the technical community and focuses in on free and open-source projects.
Subjects to be covered include:
• NetBeans Day
• GlassFish
• OpenJDK and Mobile & Embedded
• OpenSolaris
• Web 2.0
 
     
  The digital age continues to evolve.  People continue to gather and store data.  Data continues to be shared via high tech networking methods.  Serving data and managing relationships become a standard part of daily life.  Technology continues to integrate globally with modern society and cultures.  
    More about Servers
  Article written by Philip Dominguez, and Edited by The Trade Federation Information Team  
  Sources  
 
  • www.Seagate.com May 5, 2007
  • www.Cisco.com May 6, 2007
  • www.Sun.com May 5, 2007
  • Trade Federation Article: Direction Of The Computer Industry For 2005, published Jan 2005

  • Trade Federation Article: Direction Of The Computer Industry For 2006, published Sept 2006
  • www.AnaheimOC.org May 6th, 2007

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