There are all kinds of interesting ideas out there about how the computer interface in the future will look. Lasers currently used in various uses from cutting diamonds to improve eye sight have been around for years and are the basis for many films such as Star Wars. I believe for the immediate future, lasers will play a bigger and bigger role in how we interact with our computers. One trend that has become a reality is the projection of computer light onto or from a surface that allows users to manipulate data and send commands basically by blocking the beam with his hands.

The richest version of this vision has been seen in futuristic films like Matrix. This system gives us a vision of a very abstract and iconographic interface of light that requires extensive body movements to operate. They seem to be far in the future, but they really aren’t.

As I write this there is already a keyboard out there made entirely of laser light, and its operation, while visually appealing, is actually quite ordinary. By moving someone’s finger over the keyboard (the height can be adjusted and determined by the angle of reflection) the touch button signal light is blocked, activating that button. Although I’m sure the novelty of a lightweight laser keyboard will wear off and definitely has to have a little learning curve to operate, it does have qualities that will make laserware more popular. It is immune to spills, falls, and breaks. This will take up zero space and reduce clutter. Finally, this will be the first but important step in familiarity with the way we will interact and manipulate data and information in the future.

I can’t wait until some of this technology is ready to use. They have been tested and …

Modest organizations inside the United states devote roughly $200 billion dollars annually on technology-related purchases. This is a massive and expanding number. How can smaller businesses squeeze each and every dollar from their technologies budgets while generating certain to have the efficiency and IT help they have to have?

Standardize anything. Standardize your hardware, software, network style, policies, etc. How does this save you income? Easy: efficient troubleshooting and support.

Why standardize?

If every single piece of hardware and application at your business is different, you suffer a variability tax each and every time there is an issue having a computer system on your network. If there are no standards, each dilemma requires longer to determine, investigate and solve regardless of how familiar a technician is together with your network setup. In the end the issue will price you far more to fix no matter if you bring inside a consultant to investigate, devote your very own time, or have an internal employee resolve the issue.

Every time a technician looks at an issue he have to uncover the answers for the following inquiries: What’s the personal computer model we are working on? Which version of operating technique is being employed? Which version of application computer software is getting utilised? Has the most recent service pack been installed? And other folks. Obtaining the answers to these questions is important to solving an issue and standardizing these variables across your computers will save you time and money.

By standardizing the vendor and personal computer variety employed within your organization, replacing broken hardware becomes much easier at the same time. If each computer system you buy is diverse, replacing components becomes an investigation requiring opening up the laptop or computer, getting buying records, and determining if parts for that pc are regular. …