According to a recent report released by Gartner [1], cloud systems sit at a total of 8% of the overall office market and look set to rise to 33% by 2017. Currently around 50 million enterprise users have access to cloud systems and Gartner believes a major shift is on the horizon.
"The growth in cloud-based solutions for the enterprise market looks set to have a knock-on effect with regards to devices in general and BYOD (bring your own device) specifically," says Levina de Matos, Samsung product manager at Tarsus Technologies. "Users no longer want to be tied down to weighty desktop PCs; they need the flexibility and adaptability offered by devices such as the ultrabook, which can cope with heavy processing, but are not high maintenance."
Samsung's ATIV Book 9 is a device that seems to have been made for this growing trend. The weight is astonishing, at a mere 1.16kg. It measures only 12.9mm at the thickest point, with a screen size of 13.3 inches. Every photo, video, Web site and document looks stunning with a full HD (1920 x 1080) SuperBright screen with 300 nit brightness. It boots up in 6.7 seconds and wakes up within 1.3 seconds. It's also worth noting that Samsung has made a concerted effort to minimise the amount of preloaded software, which gives it a bit more street cred, certainly with users who know their stuff.
Inside the shell there's a solid-state drive for storage, delivering the robust edge needed in a device that is regularly moved around.
Sitting within the technical bowels of the Samsung device is a third-generation Intel Core processor - the lovely Ivy Bridge - and on the outside is the right amount of connectivity for a business device.
Users will be able to take advantage of speedy USB 3.0 as well as USB 2.0, mini HDMI, mini VGA, a headphone jack, an SD card slot and a mini Ethernet port.
"When the business user invests in technology, they want a device that can handle almost anything they can think to throw at it," adds De Matos.
Gartner has estimated that the typical knowledge worker users up to four devices to access their organisation's office system capabilities. This, in turn, could see businesses using cloud office systems so as to cut down on the IT burden of software installation, maintenance and other such costly and time-consuming issues.
As cloud gains traction in the market, the user will need a device that is capable of working with the infrastructure while simultaneously staying easily portable and adaptable.
"The average corporate laptop is taken from meeting room to office to car to home and back again every single day," concludes De Matos. "The weighty machine of old doesn't fit into this new mobile model, but the powerful, elegant and lightweight ultrabooks in the Samsung ATIV Book 9 line-up most definitely do, and now is the time to show people how this is the future."
Sources:
Gartner: http://www.gartner.com/document/2492216
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