Change is coming to the devices you use for work.
In as little as five years, gesture-based computing could become the norm in the workplace, Forrester analyst Frank Gillett told Business Insider.
Enterprises will give their employees a completely new kind of computer. Instead of a PC and a phone, companies will issue something that Gillett calls a "frame." The frame will work closely with other devices like tablets, PCs and smartphones.
The frame will be chock full of sensors, it will include WiFi, have a bunch of PC-like processing power and will operate via some kind of gesture control system, like Microsoft Kinect.
The point of the frame will be to allow employees to choose whatever devices they want to use for work, while still providing them secure access to the software and data they need to do their jobs.
It's the result of a phenom going on now called "bring your own device" (BYOD).
Many employees are fed up with the devices their companies give them and are demanding to use their own.
The days of telling employees they can't use their own devices are long gone.
Solution: the frame.
It will give IT control and give employees freedom.
The frame will be like a universal docking station, making any device connected to it more powerful, like a tablet or smartphone
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