At stake is the next big market for corporate computing.

Dell, the model of efficiency in the PC industry, is increasingly moving into mainstream corporate computing.

One thing we've done, due to the nature of the work, is blend personal and corporate computing.

But the real issue is how far Linux can extend its reach into everyday corporate computing in all kinds of industries.

The person added that the company now has sizable businesses in consumer software and in operating systems for corporate computing.

Despite Intel's considerable technological and financial resources, its advance into mainstream corporate computing is expected to be gradual.

With the newly emerging client-server applications, Gates said, the role of personal computer technology in corporate computing is growing.

I have no interest in corporate computing since I left that world moons ago.

Many technology companies are trying to curb the runaway energy consumption of data centers, the modern engine rooms that power the Internet and corporate computing.

But corporate computing has also reached a new phase, and many customers are uncertain how to proceed.