Are Corporations Moving Away from PCs and Anti-Virus Protection?

I don't see them replacing the PC. I can't see someone doing data processing on a device that small. If what they are saying that the technology used in those devices is unable to be attacked by the present day PC virus. Then why has it not been put to use in the PC.

If these device are not small PC what are they then? If not a PC then they do not have the power to do the data compiling and number crunching needed for business use. If they do, what does acronym PC stand for then?

As we work to secure the transfer of information there are always others that will try to acquire it for their ill gotten gain. So what to say these device which seem secure will stay so?

great post... but, corporations are also stoopid, and will tend to do whatever is cheapest... maximizing profits over benefits.

Chris

While I pretty much agree that the pundits haven't a clue as to what is going on in the real world, one thing to consider is that the proliferation of alternative operating systems should lessen the impact of malware, simply because it is extremely difficult to write code that can infect all the different operating systems out there. This is the primary reason Linux is "more secure" than Windows- you have too many versions and too few users of a single release of a particular distro to effectively mount an attack. Windows is vulnerable mostly because the large installed base makes it worth the effort to attack (well, OK, there is also some pretty sloppy coding going on, but you can see that in most operating systems to varying degrees).

So, diversify. Get as many operating systems going as you can dream up. Make the bad guys work for a living for a change...