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Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Figures from analyst Gartner released earlier this year reveal only 16 per cent of current IT workloads are running on virtual machines. The group also uses virtual cloning technology, and has seen a 70... [20 Nov 2009]
Revealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
News Analyst group Gartner has drawn up a list of the applications it thinks will be most popular by 2012, ranking applications based on criteria including their estimated market penetration, revenue and... [18 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News At the datacentre level, the main thing that has happened over the last couple of years is that, whereas previously people didn't care too much about the efficiency of their datacentres, suddenly everybody cares," said... [29 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News While the Commission may be encouraging the use and creation of greener technology and IT services, according to Gartner analyst Simon Mingay the only thing that's really going to prompt significant change is consumer... [13 Oct 2009]
Avatars made to wear a suit to work as the style police arrive
News And now analyst group Gartner has drawn up a set of guidelines, explaining to employers how to make the best use of online environments. Gartner said firms should be teaching employees... [09 Oct 2009]
Cool Vendors in Data Protection, 2006
White Paper A group of cool new data protection vendors are delivering disk-based solutions that capture data more frequently and that deliver faster recovery than traditional backup solutions. The storage software industry is... [05 Oct 2009]
IT chiefs ignoring datacentre energy use
News Datacentre and IT chiefs aren't paying enough attention to measuring, monitoring and modelling energy use in datacentres - and unless they do, they will not be able to cut their energy costs and meet compliance requirements, according to... [25 Sep 2009]
ERP delays give CFOs a headache
News Christian Hestermann, research director for ERP at Gartner, said that many ERP projects suffer from delays as they involve a large number of different people within the business and "a lot of distributed responsibility". [25 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News Read an exclusive article, in response to the CIO Jury findings, from Michael Silver, research VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner who argues that just because CIOs aren't buying Macs, that doesn't mean they won't... [21 Sep 2009]
Apple's unspectacular launch: It's just a sign of maturity
News Helping customers find what they want "is one of the oldest and most persistent problems in retail", said Mike McGuire, an analyst with research firm Gartner. What Apple calls "Home Sharing" enables iTunes users to drag... [10 Sep 2009]
6 Best Practices for PreventingEnterprise Data Loss
White Paper And industry analyst firm Gartner Group estimates that the cost of recovery can reach $150 per breached record - a number that does not factor in the monetary impact of regaining customer loyalty and... [23 Jul 2009]
Paving the Way for a Dynamic and Mature ICT Infrastructure in Education: A Case for Schools in Emerging Markets
White Paper According to the Gartner Group, more than 70% of the Information Technology budget in today's enterprises is destined to maintenance. It addresses the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) with... [13 Jul 2009]
CIOs: Go large for services
Comment Mark McDonald is group vice president and head of research at analyst house Gartner. When it comes to managing services, thinking big will get you far, says Gartner's Mark McDonald. As... [24 Jun 2009]
BAA on IT offshoring, T5 opening and selling Gatwick
News Service delivery manager, Kevin Mercer, told the Gartner Outsourcing Summit this week how the team were helping steer the UK's largest airport operator through a challenging period. Another area of focus for the... [18 Jun 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Business intelligence
News Gartner suggests that even by 2012, more than a third of the top 5,000 global companies will fail to make "insightful decisions about significant changes in their business and markets". Business intelligence also... [08 Jun 2009]
