1. Technology update
Presented
by James
Sturgess –
Owner/
Director
Sturgclan
Consulting
16/06/2011
James@sturgclan.co.uk
0800 058 8929

2. Contents
1. Introduction
2. Changing perceptions
3. Internet Presence
4. Hardware/software
1. PC vs.. Mac
2. Android vs. IOS
3. Battle of the browsers
5. Security
6. Conclusion

3. Introduction
 Thanks for having me
 Today's talk – Technology update – I want to keep you abreast of the ever
changing world of technology.
 There a a few sections, however as the technology itself you will see that
everything is starting to link together.
 Cloud services have become a big player in the business world with SAAS
(software as a service) becoming the new internet in many sectors.
 As a result virtualisation has saved many businesses, large and small, time
and money as well as increasing productivity due to less downtime and tighter
controls.
 Advancements in hardware mean more and more power hungry applications
can run at higher speeds offering previously unheard of performance to suit all
budgets.

4. Changing perceptions
Facts
 Internet usage has almost doubled
over the last 6 years March 2005,
13.9% of world population (about 888
million) used the internet, in March
2011 this has increased to 30% (2,072
million).
 In 2010 every single day around 294
billion emails were sent, that’s about
107 trillion over however over 80% of
these were Spam 

5. Changing perceptions
Interesting stats but what does that
mean for business?
An effective online presence is vital.
People know what they want and are
more savvy.
E-commerce was like the proverbial talking dog. It wasn’t about how well the dog could talk, it was
amazing that the dog could talk at all.
Quote from <http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/03/5-top-trends-in-consumer-based-internet-
businesses-for-2011/>

6. Internet presence
What is an Internet presence?
How much Management does it
require?
Do you know where you rank?
Do you have more than your website?
Is your site compliant to W3C
standards?
Where else are you listed?

7. Hardware/software
Hardware
Hardware is evolving faster than ever at present.
• Processors have traded speed per unit
advancements for multiprocessing (eg. Dual
core/quad core, and now hex-core)
• Solid state hard drives are starting to become a
viable option, offering faster read speeds.
• Mobile phones now have at least as much function
as a computer, often allowing greater flexibility due to
their portable nature
• Cloud and virtualisation has meant that costs have
come down for your end users, allowing no more
than a dumb terminal with limited resources to run all
the functions you require from a central server.

8. Hardware/software
Software
•Windows 7 has meant that even lower spec
devices such as net books can offer outstanding
performance.
•HTML5 is finally incorporating all of the elements
such as video, audio and images into the main
markup without having to use memory hungry 3rd
party code (eg. JavaScript, Flash, PHP)
•“The cloud” has allowed users to collaborate on
projects like never from before, everyone from
musicians, scientists, sales people to
accountants can all work more efficiently.

9. PC vs Mac
 For a long time, the PC has been the least secure option.
 This meant that a number of users switched to Apple,
allowing more interoperability with the infamous I-phone.
 The focus of the cyber-criminals has now shifted to Apple
technology.
 Modern PC security is thorough and requires little
management.
 PC’s are much more flexible as Apple use a closed garden
approach
 The majority of software and hardware manufacturers still
focus mainly on the PC market
 Windows 7 dominates the operating system market, with
the 64 bit version many designers are also switching their
allegiances.

10. Android vs IOS
Android IOS
• Android is a totally open source platform • I-phone is the most successful
offering developers and manufacturers
freedom. handheld device in history.
• Android is used a number of high end Having an almost cult
devices, but will happily run on low end
phones as well following.
• Android is open-source allowing • IOS is used only on Apple
developers to create whatever their
imagination allows. products, you cannot change
• This in turn makes Android more the OS even if you want to.
susceptible to security attacks, however
there is adequate free software for • Apple control the content
protection. available
• Every part of the Android UI is editable
• Android is the best solution for 3rd party • The I-phone is very secure, but
applications using cloud technology is limited in its capabilities
• You cannot change the UI on
an I-phone.

11. Security
As a Windows user, today As a Mac user, you can no
you need look no further longer rely on the built in
than Microsoft for all of software, choosing which
your security needs. For package is a minefield.
any business with up to Interestingly more and
10 networked PC’s more users are installing
Microsoft Security windows on their Mac with
Essentials is free of their Bootcamp partition,
charge and offers they can then download
unrivalled protection. MSE and an additional
driver to scan the Mac
partition.

12. Security
• The cloud used to be a great security
concern – rather than having to get into
each individual host machine, all a cyber-
criminal would need to do is access the
server. They could do this by logging into
any of the host machines, meaning the
security of the whole network depended
on each individual user, now the
protection is loaded directly into the cloud,
protecting both internal and external
attacks.