RESEARCH PAPER: The New Workplace Needs New PCs

Enterprise PCs are behind the times. As people become more reliant on connectivity, convenience, and speed from their personal smartphones and tablets, they are demanding the same from their work PCs as well. Millennials have their own expectations about work and devices for work. Workplaces are enabling, and even encouraging, more mobility. And new interface and usage models proliferate. Companies need new PCs to address the new workplace. Enterprises should consider upgrading their fleets of Enterprise PCs at a faster pace than previously. Recent hardware improvements make new Enterprise PCs even more attractive than the current average 5 year old installed base. Many of these improvements are a result of introduction of the new Intel Skylake processor and many of the platform improvements that come along with it. You can download the paper here.

Summary
Workplace Trends: Demanding More from PCs
Hardware Improvements Help Meet New Demands
Technologies Improving Mobility in the Workplace
Connectivity Technologies Improving the User Experience
Design & Form Factor Improving Perception & Experience
Responsiveness & Performance Improve Overall Experience
Call to Action
Figure 1: Putting the Pieces Together

Companies Cited

Dell
HP
Intel
Lenovo
Microsoft

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Patrick founded the firm based on his real-world world technology experiences with the understanding of what he wasn’t getting from analysts and consultants. Ten years later, Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights) in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.