{"id":70,"date":"2011-06-07T19:47:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T02:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebiz98.wordpress.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:27:48","slug":"chromebooks-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/chromebooks-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Chromebooks for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past 30 years we have struggled (and some of us made a living) with managing, configuring and supporting PCs. For just as many years folks have been talking about ways to make this easier. After all maintaining PCs can be a very expensive endeavor for businesses and a time consuming task for homes and families.<\/p>\n

For many years Google has been leading the way of the web-as-the-only platform you need for your computing needs. Google was a web-company, before the web was really cool. They had the vision and foresight to stick with it.<\/p>\n

Other companies (Oracle, Citrix, Wyse, IBM to mention a few) have tried to embrace the ‘thin-computing model, but unfortunately has not taken roots in the mass-market.<\/p>\n

On May 11th Google announced (availability on June 15) of\u00a0Chromebooks for Business<\/a>and businesses should be excited!<\/p>\n

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The offering can be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n

For a flat-fee of $28 ($20 for educational and government) per user per month, you get: Hardware, Software, Support and hardware refreshes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Software *and* hardware as a Service!<\/p>\n

What makes this possible?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several converging technologies: Browser advances (Chrome), Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Better Processors; HTML5, and many more..<\/p>\n

Bottom line: \u201cYou can do everything on the web\u201d<\/p>\n

I am excited about this latest chapter of computing. The disruption of the model that has been in place for 30 years is well overdue. The possibilities are endless!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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