Monday, May 28, 2012
Next-Generation Computing
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 They're reaching flood stage, those rising rivers of data coursing through the Internet and corporate networks. Computer users are sending, receiving, and storing ever increasing amounts of information, and it's beginning to put a strain on the facilities that aim to manage the flow. BusinessWeek.com's Special Report on Next-Generation Computing explains how a host of companies, from stalwarts like Cisco Systems () and Sun Microsystems () to newcomers such as VMWare () and XenSource, are crafting ways to help companies cope. One solution will be PCs that meet the growing demand for information and entertainment anywhere, all the time. To see how they'll get there, take a look at our slide show. Anyone who has ever lost sleep over computer security will want to read up on how a startup called MagiQ Technologies harnesses quantum physics to keep your data from prying eyes. And, in a Q&A, IBM () vice-president Dave Turek explains how supercomputers, the Formula One speedsters of tech, will influence mainstream computing. For all this and more, go to www.businessweek.com/go/06nextgen
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