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- Gartner Analyst paper: Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets, 2007
- Good governance of a service-oriented architecture SOA is becoming a core competency. This Gartner Research Note examines the market for SOA governance through a set of integrated technologies. While no vendor yet offers a best-in-class service-oriented architecture governance technology set, best of breed is preferable to best of brand, when...
- Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-24
- Preliminary worldwide PC shipment estimates for 2Q08
- A preliminary report has been released by Gartner on the number of worldwide PC shipments in the 2nd quarter of 2008. According to the information technology research firm, the total worldwide PC shipments reached 71.9 million units. This represents an 16 percent increase from same time in 2007....
- Tags: PC, Gartner Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Gartner MarketScope for Network Access Control, 2008 brought to you by Sophos
- About half of the vendors in the network access control market are startup companies, most of which will grow in 2008. Starting in 2009, the overall market will begin to consolidate, as established network and security vendors embed and enhance NAC functions into their products. This Gartner report assessed vendors...
- Tags: Network, Sophos Plc., Gartner Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- White papers 2008-05-01
- The more things change, the more they stay the same
- One of the things I like to do in my Classics Rock blog is to bring back content that we created back in the dawn of TechRepublic to show how little has actually changed in the IT field. Often times, tips which we created for old versions of Office or...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Gartner Inc., Change Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Don't believe the farce that says 'Windows is collapsing'
- Last week, Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil McDonald gave a presentation called "Windows Is Collapsing: How What Comes Next Will Improve" on April 9 at the Gartner ITxpo in Las Vegas. Several journalists attended the session and reported on it, including ZDNet's Larry Dignan and Computerworld's Gregg Keizer. ...
- Tags: Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Gartner analysts think that Windows is 'collapsing'
- Speaking at a Gartner-sponsored conference, two analysts noted that Microsoft's flagship Windows operating system risks becoming a "has-been" if radical changes are not made. In their presentation, they added that the "situation is untenable." Excerpt from Computerworld: [The analysts] said Microsoft has not responded to the market, is overburdened...
- Tags: Analyst, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- And so...Gartner has finally joined the bandwagon
- So today, I read that Gartner has finally jumped on the open source bandwagon. I honestly thought this was a hold over April Fools joke. Seriously. In my time in the open source community (as well as my time when I actually had a physical office at TechRepublic -- the...
- Tags: Gartner Inc., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- The four hurdles the iPhone had to jump to become business-ready
- Since the iPhone was released in mid 2007, Gartner has been one the most outspoken critics of using it as a business smartphone. Gartner warned IT departments not to allow it into the enterprise because of its security shortcomings. However, in the light of Apple's announcement of its iPhone SDK...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Gartner Inc., Podcasts, Internet, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Sanity check: Should IT support user-owned smartphones?
- The issue of IT departments supporting user-owned smartphones is such a hot topic right now that at the Gartner Mobile & Wireless Summit last week there was no less than three sessions in which it became one of the primary topics, and there were a lot of other sessions where...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Information Technology, Department, Smart Phone, Gartner Inc., Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Gartner denounces iPhone (again) and doubts the impact of Google Android
- When the Apple iPhone was released to massive hype and fanfare last June, Gartner doused the party with a bucket of ice water by saying businesses and IT departments should be "extremely wary" of allowing employees to use the iPhone for corporate work. Now that Apple is on the cusp...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Android, Mobile, Gartner Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Gartner sees mobile phones becoming less important than mobile platforms and services
- Gartner launched its 11th annual Mobile and Wireless Summit in Chicago on Monday, March 3, by asserting that mobile phones themselves are losing importance, while the value of platforms and services is rising significantly -- at least for enterprises. In the opening keynote, Gartner's Nick Jones, VP...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Gartner Inc., Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- 10 trends that will transform IT over the next five years
- Business analyst Gartner recently released a list of its top 10 IT predictions for the next three to five years. TechRepublic's Jason Hiner examines Gartner's forecast and weighs in with his own analysis.This download is also available as an entry in our Tech Sanity Check blog.
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Jason Hiner, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2008-02-20
- Sanity check: 10 trends that will transform IT over the next five years
- Gartner pours out a lot of opinions and predictions. While I regularly disagree with many of those opinions, I believe that Gartner is one of the best analyst firms in the business at organizing and clearly articulating its views. A recent example of that is Gartner's list of its top...
- Tags: Software, Sourcing, Home Depot Inc., Apple Macintosh, Open Source, Information Technology, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Supplier, Apple Inc., Enterprise Data Center, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- IT risk and the millennials
- I know, it sounds like the name of an old school rock band, but it's not. Managing risk with the millennial workforce is actually going to be one of the most pressing issues for IT in 2008. With millions beginning to enter the workforce from Generation Y, CIOs are scrambling...
- Tags: Information Technology, Fortune, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Samir Kapuria
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Gartner, IDC reports show boost in PC sales
- Gartner and IDC, in separate reports, announced the boost in PC sales -- a jump of more than 13% compared to the quarter last year. An excerpt from EETimesAsia: Preliminary figured by Gartner Inc. showed that worldwide PC shipments increased by 13.4 percent last year to...
- Tags: PC, Gartner Inc., International Data Corp., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- Gartner Report: Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers
- This Gartner Magic Quadrant Report evaluates Blue Coat WAN Optimization solutions against competing products based on each company's Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Available here as a free download, "Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers, 2007" explores what you need to know about acquiring WAN optimization capabilities.
- Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., Blue Coat Systems Inc., WANs, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-12-14
- Gartner: Data Center Consolidation - 3
- The attendee of this webcast will learn what drives data center consolidation and why data center managers must become finance, environment and marketing managers.
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Gartner Inc., Data Center Consolidation, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2007-12-01
- Gartner research predicts fall in software licensing costs
- Software licensing fees falling?How well do you find the emerging trends syncing with your enterprises licensing deals?
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, pr.arun@..., software, Gartner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Gartner research predicts fall in software licensing costs
- Gartner's research predicts that software licensing fees are set to fall in the next decade. An excerpt from Silicon: In a research note, Gartner VP William Snyder said: "Up until now the unique nature of the software market has meant that buyers had very little negotiating...
- Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- Green IT makes Gartner's top 10 list of strategic technologies for 2008
- What technologies are on your top 10 list?Gartner offers its prediction of the top 10 strategic technologies for 2008. Is Gartner's prediction spot on, or do you think that a particular technology is missing from the list?
- Tags: Sonja Thompson, Gartner Inc., Green IT
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
