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Source: Gartner

IT Spending Increasing – But Not On Hardware

Companies are outsourcing hardware using Cloud solutions like “Private Clouds.” Source: “It Spending & Staffing Benchmarks 2015/2016,” Computer Economics

• Financial services, retail, & healthcare top the list • Public, non-profit, and process manufacturing at the bottom • Ever wonder why so many public agencies are hacked?

Cloud Applications Become Top Spend

• Option 1 – The Traditional Desktop – Intel i5, i7, or equivalent – 8 – 16GB RAM – 256GB – 1TB SSD and one optical drive – Multiple USB ports, including at least one 3.0 – 27”+ single monitor – Possible virtual machine – Windows 10 and Office 2016 – Small form factor, low power requirements, UPS

Workstation Configuration

• Option 2 – Laptop/Ultrabook – Movement to laptops for mobility and flexibility – Intel i5, i7, or equivalent – 8 – 16GB RAM – 256GB – 1TB SSD and one optical drive – Multiple USB ports, including at least one 3.0 – High-end docking station – External CD/DVD drive as these are no longer included – Windows 10 and Office 2016

ENVY 34 Curved All-in-One • With a 6th generation Intel® Core™ processor • 21:9 aspect ratio, high resolution WQHD (3440x1440) • Rich audio experience by Bang & Olufsen • $1,679 HP All-in-One • Display range in sizes from 18 to 23-inch • Optional touchscreen • $299-599

Yoga Tab 3 Pro • Built in projector • QHD display • Immersive audio • Hold, hang, tilt, stand • 18 Hour battery • Starting at $480

6 Copyright © 2016, K2 Enterprises, LLC. Reproduction or reuse for purposes other than a K2 Enterprises’ training event is prohibited. • 13.5” (3000x2000) • 12.3” (2736x1824) • 13.5” (1920x1280) • 3.34 pounds • 1.73 pounds • 1.37 pounds • 128GB – 1TB drives • 128GB – 1TB drives • 64GB – 512GB drives • 8 or 16GB RAM • 4, 8 or 16GB RAM • 8GB RAM • 12 hour battery • 9 hour battery • 9 hour battery • Intel i5 or i7 processor • Intel Core M, i5 or i7 • Intel i3, i5 or i7 • Full size keyboard

Surface Dock

• For Surface Book, Pro 3, & Pro 4 • 2 Mini DisplayPorts • 1 Gigabit Ethernet port • 4 USB 3.0 ports • 1 Audio out port • $199

• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet  – $1039 • HP Envy 8 – $329-429

Looking For An Inexpensive Tablet

Acer Iconia One 8 (several models) • Android 5.1 OS • 16GB storage (128GB with microSD card) • 10 hour battery life • 8” HD display • 5 megapixel front camera • 3 megapixel rear camera • ¾ pound • $99

• 2.9 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 • Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz • 8GB 1866MHz LPDDR3 memory • 512GB PCIe-based flash storage • Intel Iris Graphics 6100 • Built-in battery (10 hours) • $1,799

Apple Small Form Factor Desktop Computer

• Apple Mac Mini MGEN2LL/A Desktop • Size - 7.7” by 7.7” by 1.4” • Intel Core i5 processor – 1.4 Ghz - $450 (500 GB drive) – 2.6 Ghz - $650 – 2.8 Ghz - $985 • 8GB RAM • Intel Iris graphics • 1TB 5400 RPM hard drive • Mac OS X Yosemite

• Brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gb/s • Thunderbolt 3 Dock (TBT3-UD1) $179

4K iPad Pro

• New iPad Pro Models unveiled in March 2016 • New 9.7-inch iPad with 4K and 4GB RAM to go along with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro • Four-speaker design • New LED flash net for rear camera – 12/8MP • $599-1029 for 9.7”, $799-1299 for 12.9” plus keyboard, case & stylus

• $49.99, 6 for $249 • 7” 1024 x 600 • 2MP F&R cameras • Privacy concerns

Touch Screen Prices Also Starting To Tumble

• 23.6" PLANAR 5ms Multi-Touch widescreen LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 1000:1- $249 • 27" Acer 5ms touchscreen monitor 300 cd/m2 5000:1 built-in speakers - $519 • More demand - more competition - more revenue to cover R & D • Tablet & monitor manufacturers cutting the number of models – More bargaining power with suppliers – Improve inventory management – Manufacturing focus is on high end touch

802.11ah (Wifi Ha- Characteristic 802.11g 802.11n 802.11ac 802.11ad 802.11af Low) New standard to be In use for docking Future standard for FCC has still not Late life, still in use, Current standard used used in Notes stations/ home the Internet of Things approved this do not redeploy in most firms new/replacement theater only (IoT) standard in USA installs ??? (slower than Max Speed 54 Mbit/s 150 Mbit/s 800 Mbit/s 6.75 Gb/s 150 Kb-18Mb 802.11ah) MIMO (Simultaneous no up to 4 up to 8 N/A ??? ??? Channel Bandwidth 20 MHz 20-40 MHz 20-160 MHz 2.16 GHz ??? ??? Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.4 & 5 GHz 5 GHz 60 GHz 900 MHz 54-790 MHz Wireless docking, IoT- Long distance, Typical Use Wireless PC network Wireless PC network Wireless PC network ??? Wireless displays slow comms Line of site, single Miles away (uses Indoor range 38 m 70 m 35 m Up to 1 km room unused TV spectrum) Outdoor range 140 m 250 m 140 m 100 m ??? ??? Year 2003 2009 2013 2014 Q3 2016 2014

Note that 2.4 GHz is used by legacy Wi-Fi as well as microwave ovens, which often leads to interference. 802.11x, 802.11y, and 802.11z were excluded since IEEE estimates that the standards will not be approved before 2019-2020 at the earliest.

Your Wi-Fi Hotspot Is Likely A Bottleneck

• You need 802.11 ac capability • Get ac – new Wi-Fi hotspot needed • 1 Gbps wireless (likely better than your wires) • 2 Gbps wired • Suggested Models for home and small offices – Asus Dual-Band Wireless-AC3100 Gigabit Router – AC88U - $300 – D-Link DIR-879 AC1900 Wi-Fi Router - $150

12 Copyright © 2016, K2 Enterprises, LLC. Reproduction or reuse for purposes other than a K2 Enterprises’ training event is prohibited. Consider Whole Home Wireless Using Consumer Or Business Grade 802.11ac And Extenders • IOGear • TPLink • Amped • ASUS • D-Link (Belkin) • Linksys • Locking routers to not allow open source firmware due to FCC regulations

Solid State Drives

• SSD capacities continue to increase and prices continue to plummet • Very good values in the 120GB – 2TB capacity range • $79-649

• LINK by Fasetto • 256GB or 2TB models • $275-1400 • 802.11ac • Up to 36 users can attach • Stream 4K video • CEO Coy Christmas said their software now runs on this encrypted, enterprise hardware

Scanners

• Fujitsu Document Scanner • Canon imageFORMULA DR-C240 fi-7160 Deluxe Bundle Office Document Scanner • 60 PPM B&W, 60 PPM Color • 45 PPM B&W, 30 PPM Color • $1,023 • $795

• CAT 8 cabling ready for review, but holding for addition of 40GB, 100GB • Revisions to 2017 NEC code impacts POE Article 840.160, 725.144 • OM1 & OM2 Fiber standards no longer recommended • OM3 is 50-micron multimode fiber that was produced in such a way that it was optimized to support 850-nm-generated signals to long distances

Home Audio And Theater, Gadgets, & Smartphones PERSONAL TECHNOLOGIES

Amazon Echo

• Voice recognition • Voice ordering, list • Music playback • Internet search • Alarms and timers • 8 Microphones • $100M development • Skills for new apps • $179 • One of the most gifted items of 2015 – Twice - Feb 16, 2016

• HDMI 2.0a (High-Definition • Support peak 100Mbps peak Multimedia Interface with HDR video bit rates (High Dynamic Range) • Deliver a bit depth of 10 bits to – 18Gbps up from 10.2 deliver smooth color gradations – 4K at 60 fps, not 30 to support ITU’s BT.2020 color – 32 audio channels gamut • HDCP 2.2 copy protection • Open HDR 10

4K Ultra HD TV Prices Starting To Tumble

• Vizio M55-C2 55 inch 4K Ultra HD Smart TV – tech FOR LESS

• LG 60" Class 4K Ultra HD LED Smart TV – $1,319.95 New in Box – smile.amazon.com • Sony - 65" LED 2160p 4K Ultra HD Smart TV – $1,499 Best Buy

• Roku 4 (4K)-$129 • Sony started 4K streaming April 4 • Roku Streaming Stick-$49 • Amazon Fire TV-$100 • Netflix has been doing 4K • Google Chromecast-$38 streaming for over a year, but • Google Nexus Player-$70 admitted to throttling March 29 • Amazon Fire TV Stick-$39 • Net neutrality and data limits key • Slingbox M2-$199 • Slingbox 500-$299 • Apple TV-$149 • TiVo Bolt - $300+ • Video Game Consoles • Dragon Box

WHICH SMARTPHONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

• What size phone do you want/need? • Is price an issue? • What unique features do the different brands offer? • Is compatibility with your desktop/laptop OS important to you? • How do the different phones stack up with respect to – Battery life – Durability – Camera quality

U.S. Smartphone Market Share By OS January 2012 Through November 2015 Source: Statista.com

• Support for newer wireless standards (ex. 802.11 ac) • NFC chip (supports new wireless payment methods) • Operating System • Memory • Security • Camera quality • Screen size • Durability

Smartphone Price and Screen Size Selection Tool from productchart.com

Google’s Nexus 6P Matte Gold Smartphone

• Two quad-core processors and a graphics processor • Android 6.0 Marshmallow • 5.7 inch 3-D touch (2560 x 1440) • 23 hours talk time • 12.3 MP camera, 4K video • USB Type-C charging port • Fingerprint sensor • Corning Gorilla Glass 4 • NFC chip • 32GB $449 • 64GB $499

Left to Right • Prices Unlocked $699 $676 $793 • Note5 has pen and memory card slot • Note5 - 5.7” • S7 & S7 Edge - 5.1” 5.5” • Edge supports Samsung Pay All models have Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Apple iPhones

• SE, 6S & 6S Plus have 12 MP camera • 6 has an 8 MP camera

5.5" 4.7" 5.5" 4.7" 4 " • SE, 6S & 6S Plus 3D touch 3D touch have 4K video 1920*1080 1334*750 1920*1080 1334*750 1136*640 recording ------Fingerprint resistant coating on glass ------A9 chip A9 chip A8 chip A8 chip A9 chip Fingerprint Fingerprint Fingerprint Fingerprint Fingerprint $749 $649 $649 $549 $399

• 5.7” Quad HD display (2560 * 1440) • Corning Gorilla Glass 4 • Octa-core 2.0 GHZ processor • Windows 10 (full version) • Wireless charging base ($40) or USB-C • 25 hours talk time, NFC chip • 20 MP F camera, 5 MP R, 4K video • 32GB storage, 3GB RAM, MicroSD 200GB • $649, Lumia 950 has 5.2” (2560*1440) $549

Windows Continuum And Lumia 950 XL

• Connect your phone to a “Microsoft Display Dock” • Use a mouse, monitor, and keyboard • Simply plug in the dock – monitor starts • Office apps and Outlook auto scale up • Phone charges while you work • Leave your laptop at work • PC-like experience powered by phone • $99

• Both methods support transmission of information using NFC – new terminals required • Samsung pay also supports MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) – Select the card from Samsung Pay app – Hold the phone within an inch of the terminal – Phone emits signal the mimics magnetic strip – Information transmitted securely to terminal – Works with most existing terminals – Only Samsung Galaxy phones – no other Androids

Don’t Miss These Changes In Apps, Productivity, Operating Systems, & What Microsoft Has In Store SOFTWARE UPDATE

• Docker Machine – Open Container Initiative, or OCI, an Open-source container virtualization – Packages apps into containers, eliminating the need for guest OSes and requiring just one host operating system – Mesos, Kubernetes, and Deis to Azure – On Ubuntu Server by Canonical and Microsoft Open Tech, including the LXD container management – IBM, Google and Amazon are also big supporters • Swarm - allows Azure customers to leverage Docker's native clustering and scheduling features

New Microsoft Server Technologies

• SQL 2016 • Exchange 2016 • Windows Server 2016 • SharePoint 2016 • Azure, Big Data • AD Enterprise Sync

• Delivers more speed, better security, and better Cloud integration • Touch integration while providing a superior desktop experience • Unified interface and applications across all devices • Mobile workers - same Apps on desktops, laptops and phones • Cortana voice activated digital assistant • Biometric authentication frees users from the risks of using passwords • Extends built-in mobile device management (MDM) capabilities

Lots Of People Are Upgrading To Windows 10

• Release date July 29, 2015 • 14 million installed in first 24 hours • 53 million installed in the first 20 days • 200 million installed in the first 6 months • Almost 400 million in first 12 months • Upgrades from Window 7 and Windows 8.x are were free • Install is automated – nothing to download before starting • Just click Install and wait 10 to 60 minutes • If desired you can create an install disk on a CD or Flash Drive

Market Share By Major Classification Comparing The Versions Of Windows Mac Linux 8% 2% Windows 7 47.01%

Windows 10 21.13%

Windows XP 10.34%

Windows 8/8.1 9.89%

Windows Vista 1.22%

Windows Windows NT 0.15% 90% Windows 3.1 0.03% Windows Mac Linux

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Office 2016

• Office 2016 is built for touch and is expected to be more compatible with other, non-Microsoft, Operating Systems – A new Mac version is available, too • Released September 22, 2015 – Office 2013 only available until Sept 30, 2016 for Office 365 customers – Current Branch for Business (CBB) = max 8 months of use on an Office 365 version, only available to Office 365 Enterprise customers (not O365 Business users) – Current Branch (CB) requires monthly feature updates – No Long Term Service Branch (LTSB)

• Significant PivotTable enhancements for data management – Automatic data relationship detection – Automatic time grouping (year, quarter, month) – Search in PivotTables – Smart rename of tables and fields (columns) • Financial templates (cash flow, stock analysis) • 6 new chart types (Waterfall charts included) • Simplified query to common databases • Simpler sharing • Publish and share with Power BI • Data Loss Protection (DLP) – spots things like SS#s out of compliance

Other Office 2016 New Features

• Recent files list for email attachments in Outlook • Further improvements to search in Outlook • All products – do things quickly with Tell Me • Work together with Word in real time • Ink equations in Word, Excel and PPT • Improved version history in all product • Significant improvements to OneNote – Capture images or text from phones – Clip the Web with Clipper – Insert video into note page

MS Office Branch Rules – CBB, CB

• CBB customers can defer an update but must update after four months or no longer qualify for updates, and will receive security updates • Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Enterprise E3, E4 or E5 users can switch to CBB for greater flexibility on when to deploy updates • Office 365 Business and Office 365 Business Professional users fall under the CB track • Current Branch customers can’t skip an update

• Power BI – Online Microsoft service for analyzing and visualizing data • With Office 2016 you can publish workbooks directly to Power BI to create reports and dashboards

Put These In Your Technology Plan EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY TO WATCH

• Can stream 4K video effectively • Private VPN Tunnel • IPV6 is implicit as part of this standard • Carriers pushing the standard • Standards progressing faster than expected; however, not likely to have agreement before 2018 • European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Next Generation Protocols Industry Specification Group (NCP ISG) will work on the protocol stack of the standard

OLO Smartphone 3-D Printer

• Daylight resin • Uses smartphone light to print a 3-D model • $99

Buy “patterns” to Print Anything The da Vinci Jr. 1.0 – Home, School, Office

The da Vinci 1.0 Pro – Office, Job Site

Printer $699

Hand Scanner $199 Source: yeggi.com

Scanify – A 3-D Scanner

• Handheld 3-D scanner • 3-D cropping, editing and exporting • Captures 3-D models of everyday objects • Used for 3-D printing or on screen applications • Many other similar 3-D scanner products are available • $1,490

• Interconnected technology breakthroughs – Robots (NASA R5 pictured) – Drones – Intelligent cities/self-driving cars – Artificial intelligence – Big data • The fourth industrial revolution is not a product revolution, it’s a system revolution, possibly a basis for a new human renaissance

Robots

• A robot is a mechanical or virtual artificial agent, usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by a computer program or electronic circuitry – Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous • Consumer, assistive • Industrial, military • Consumer $17B by 2025

• Who owns the airspace – privacy, trespass, wiretap issues • Commercial use - registration with FAA required since 2012 • Private use - FAA registration required since 12/21/2015 • Security - 18 year old creates gun firing drone • Liability issues - aviation liability, physical damage, bodily injury • Drone blocking – a new line of business • Over 700,000 sold in U.S. during December 2015 • Projected to be 90+ Million units and $4.6B by 2025 • 1/26/2016 – Google filed patent infrared "delivery receptacle"

Self-Driving Cars – Fatal Truths

• 28% increase in auto-related fatalities caused by distracted driving from 2005-2008 • Age 15-24 – auto related accidents are the leading cause of death • 32,675 – number of Americans who died in an auto accident in 2014, with an additional 2 Million injured • 1.3 Million deaths globally per year • 6 Million car accidents reported to law enforcement, 94% are the fault of drivers

• Auto accident damage $836 Billion • According to a 2013 Eno Corp. study – Making 10% of U.S. vehicles to self-driving would reduce accidents by 211,000, save 1,100 lives, cut costs by $25.5 Billion – Making 90% of U.S. vehicles to self-driving would reduce accidents by 4.2 Million, save 21,700 lives • According to Morgan Stanley, U.S. savings $1.3 Trillion, including $158B in fuel, $488B in accidents, productivity increases of $507B. – Worldwide estimate $5.6 Trillion

Self-Driving Cars – Losers

• $100B industry in parking • Width of driving lanes, bridges, overpasses • $198B auto-insurance industry, KPMG estimates -40% in 25 yrs. • $300B auto after market business • Jobs – 3M Truck, 200K cabs, 170K auto body repair

• Volvo has pledged to have zero deaths or serious injuries in its new cars by 2020 • Audi Q7 - $54,800 • Hyundai Sonata - $21,750 • Chevy Spark - $12,600 • Tesla Model S - $69,900-$85,000 • Google prototype • Mercedes Benz F 015 Prototype – facing seats! • Largest driverless fleet today? Ford! • Rumors? Apple!

Big Data

• Big data is a term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate – Challenges include analysis, capture, data curation, search, sharing, storage, transfer, visualization, querying and information privacy

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Insights And Strategies To Use

• Open Source – OpenROV open source robotic unmanned underwater exploration • On demand, consumer economy • Cloud • Mobile • Payments • Security

• Less operating system dependence • Browser independence • Virtual Machines • Cloud applications accessible with a remote client (RDS, Citrix, VDI) • Docker • AWS, Azure for utility computing • Microsoft announcing support for Ubuntu • Open source productivity applications

On-Demand Economy

• Uber, AirBnB, BlaBlaCar • Amazon – Holiday season almost overran UPS in the last 10 days because of free two day shipping • Gig economy • Avalara addressing tax needs of on-demand economy • Just in time/why bother owning?

• Vendor applications improving • Connections becoming easier • Reliability improving • Your own Private Cloud infrastructure is still fine

Mobile

• Numbers increasing every day • Tablets and phones can almost be computers • Cellular improvements • Better screens

• Apple Pay statistics • Android Pay • Samsung Pay • Bitcoin and other digital currencies

Blockchain As A Transaction Verification

• Blockchain, and similar “distributed ledgers,” range from thwarting diamond thieves to streamlining stock markets – the NASDAQ exchange will soon start using a blockchain-based system to record trades in privately held companies

• It’s a Cyber War • Electronic breaking and entering continues to get easier • Create your own Incident Response (IR) plan and team

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