But CIOs are holding off even more than normal, for which I can only blame the impact of the Post-PC era.

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Future growth, says Baumgartner, staring into an unintelligible IDA Pro screen, depends on creating new technologies to address the threats of the post-PC and laptop era.

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Curious, on the first of these, Michael Dell, on stage at Dell World in December, declared the PC alive and well and rubbished the idea of a post-PC era.

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"Xi3 Modular Computers are designed from the ground up as the computers for the Post-PC Era, " said Jason A. Sullivan, founder and President and CEO of Xi3.

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The bigger question for the company is how does it plan to compete more effectively with Apple, Google, Amazon and a slew of more nimble companies that are more prepared for the post-PC era?

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Indeed, as enterprises enter the post-PC era, they are turning to iFixit to extend the lifespan of their iPads and Android smartphones along with their PCs.

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