Once the touch paper is lit, a new technology era will be born and soon enough a host of new companies will explode into the headlines with extravagant business models and unbelievable valuations.
But Mr. Hoagland, who is the director of the Institute for Information Storage Technology at Santa Clara University and who in the 1950's was one of the developers of the original I.B.M. Ramac hard-disk drive, recalls a computer technology era that began before either the chip maker Shockley Semiconductor or its first offspring, Fairchild Semiconductor, arrived on the scene.
"Our employees understand that this is a great technology era that also happens to be extremely litigious".
Anyone who grew up in an earlier technology era, when home computers typically demanded a substantial chunk of your desk space, and 'portability' meant lugging around a dead-weight with a handle attached, understands Apple's imperative to slim down the kit.
"We will begin from tomorrow -- no today -- to focus our efforts toward a new information technology era and challenge N.T.T.'s command," KDDI's president, Yusai Okuyama, said.
INTENSIVE psychotherapy, effective though it can be, may be considered an anachronism in a high-technology era when people demand quick, ever-present and efficient solutions.
Computers have become a commodity, sales are stagnating, the industry is maturing, and there is talk of a "post-technology era" in which innovation takes a back seat to improvements in business processes and supply-chain management.
In this information technology era, increasingly more people are eager to receive continuing education.
THE push toward utility computing, according to Mr. Wladawsky-Berger of I.B.M., fits neatly into his concept of a post-technology era.
Following the paradigm of "precision medicine", contemporary urologic surgery has entered a technology-driven era of "precision surgery", which entails a range of surgical procedures tailored to combine maximal treatment efficacy with minimal impact on patient function and health related quality of life.
The industry, according to Irving Wladawstrategyexecutiveategy executI.B.M. I.B.M., has entered "the post-technology era".
