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News Financial services is not making the steepest cuts, however: that honour goes to the agriculture mining and construction industry with a 9.2 per cent year-on-year fall, followed by the discrete manufacturing industry with an 8.5 per cent... [04 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News A September survey by Gartner found that IT chiefs weren't paying enough attention to measuring, monitoring and modelling energy use in datacentres, focusing on immediate concerns rather than looking at the bigger picture. [29 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News While some CIOs may resist the call of open source now, they may soon find it impossible to avoid: analyst Gartner has predicted that by 2011, at least 80 per cent of all commercial software will include elements of open... [28 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News According to Gartner, the 10 strategic technologies will have an impact on the enterprise over the next three years, with IT chiefs encouraged to make decisions on them within the next two. Green IT will be strategic... [22 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News According to research from Gartner, enterprise tech spending is down 5.2 per cent on 2008 figures. According to Gartner, it's an issue that CFOs need to be on top of - and as such, CIOs need to make sure... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Gartner analyst Rakesh Kumar told silicon.com that because project managers buy more new hardware and new software for each project, consolidation is not happening - and that IT departments need to be going back and... [19 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: The five things you need to be thinking about now
News According to analyst house Gartner, there are a number of issues companies should already be considering ahead of any planned switch - including the need to put an end to Windows XP. The looming end of support for... [15 Oct 2009]
iPhone: Coming to Phones 4u for the first time
News Worldwide sales of the iPhone reached 5.4 million in the second quarter of 2009, according to research firm Gartner - year-on-year growth of 509 per cent. Phones 4u has confirmed it will start selling Apple's iPhone this... [14 Oct 2009]
Software Development: A Cost Conscious Way to Outmaneuver the Competition
White Paper Hear experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc.and Cincom Systems, Inc.reveal a solution that features a new and rare Web-based integrated development environment that provides immediate feedback. [13 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 how to control... [09 Oct 2009]
Think Strategies - SaaS - A Primer for IT and Business Decision Makers
White Paper Because of the growing track record of success of SaaS solutions, Gartner predicts that 25% of new business software will be delivered as SaaS by 2011. However, many midsize businesses are learning the hard way that most... [05 Oct 2009]
Findings From the 'Compliance and Risk' Research Community: Use Auditor Demands to Get the Controls You Want
White Paper Many auditors are making unnecessary demands on IT organizations for effective, long term Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. The key is to ensure that technology initiatives for audit remediation deliver material business benefits and process... [04 Oct 2009]
Security Configuration Management Vendors Expand to Vulnerability Management
White Paper Vendors in this vulnerability management segment focus primarily on security configuration policy compliance. Although some concentrate on operational configuration management, most sell primarily to the security buying center. [04 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 dominated by two... [04 Oct 2009]
