Traditional file servers became popular in the business world because they facilitate access to files inside a company’s network. But businesses have evolved, and employees need mobile access to files from the device of their choice. File servers cannot meet the requirements of today’s workforce. They’re expensive and lack the essential features that modern businesses need like mobility, security and collaboration.

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Think about how often you’re in a conference room, fumbling with cords, trying to get a projector to work.  You plug the cable into your laptop, wait, hope that the PowerPoint you want to show will display correctly.  Or, you search for a dongle so that the VGA cord will fit your Mini HDMI display port.  Or. Or. Or.  There are 10 or 20 different scenarios and you’ve likely experienced them all.  Heaven forbid if more than one person needs to plug in a laptop.  Then the scene plays out all over again.

In my quarterly meeting, we waste between 40 and 50 minutes getting laptops to display correctly because 8 different folks routinely present information.  That’s almost an hour of time we could spend working productively or sharing other information.

But with the introduction of Intel® Pro Wireless Display (Intel® Pro WiDi), all this is about to change.  Pro WiDi is available in 5th generation Intel® Core™ vPro processors and I have already seen the ways it is helping transform work.   The technology enables companies to wirelessly connect to projectors and displays via a WiFi Direct connection (not through their networks), while also delivering the security, flexibility, and configuration capabilities not found in consumer solutions. 

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A couple of years ago I started seeing the two monitor setup showing up in our Nex-Tech offices and thought why would someone need that?  And, to be honest, for a while I was thinking it was really just a status symbol and it might have been.  However, like most tech things, I had to give it a try.  At first it was annoying.  Having to drag items between screens.  Generally, I used one monitor for email and the other for everything else.

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I recently upgraded my cell phone and as a loyal iPhone user, I knew the upgrade had to be to another iPhone.  The next step was deciding which model…the iPhone 6 or the 6 Plus.  After doing a quick hardware overview, not taking into account the screen size, I discovered that there were a couple of things the iPhone 6 Plus had that the iPhone 6 did not. These include:

From the 747 that sends sensor data to the ground to the smartphones and tablets we all carry and use, from machine sensors that alert manufacturers about required maintenance to fitness trackers that upload data about calories and activities, the Internet of Things – or IoT – is already here, folks.