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Vista: Companies slow on the uptake - poll
News We will have a stronger, faster upgrade cycle for Vista than for Windows XP," he said. Despite all the hype and razzmatazz surrounding Vista, a poll of silicon.com readers has found most businesses are certainly not planning to adopt the OS overnight. [06 Dec 2006]
Gartner predicts shift to collective intelligence
Fenn was speaking after the launch of Gartner's emerging technologies hype cycle for 2006, which identified the Semantic Web, social-network analysis and mashups as key themes for the future. Analyst firm Gartner has claimed that businesses will... [10 Aug 2006]
Why CIOs need to know about Ajax and mash-ups
News Web 2.0 is one of the major themes identified in Gartner's emerging technologies hype cycle, especially around user-generated content and web services. One of the key themes of the emerging technologies hype cycle is the growing consumerisation of... [09 Aug 2006]
Topping the hype curve - mobile TV and IPTV
News Gartner uses its 'hype cycles' model to show the maturity of technologies that the analyst claims run through a cycle from hype, though to disillusionment and then on up to understanding. Mobile TV is among the most over-hyped technologies on the... [27 Jul 2006]
The SME hype cycle
Comment The hype cycle has come around again. The stalwarts are then left to get on with it as usual and the cycle starts over again a few years later. With the potential opportunity to provide solutions for large numbers of users within corporate accounts... [25 Jul 2006]
Avoid 'clean break' Vista upgrade - Gartner
News Jump also raised the issue of hardware compatibility, and claimed that only machines bought in 2007 will probably be around long enough or have enough of their "useful life" left to run Vista, based on a three-year life cycle. [22 Jun 2006]
Current Issues in RFID Standardisation
White Paper This paper seeks to provide an overview of the current situation of RFID standardisation issues, with a particular focus on the different, and often competing, interests of the actors involved in the two standard life cycle stages: standard... [09 Feb 2006]
Gartner: Linux 'five years away from mainstream' use
News Gartner's latest Linux 'hype cycle' report shows that open source is halfway to maturity but warns the biggest test will be whether it can demonstrate the necessary performance and security to function as a data centre server for mission-critical... [08 Sep 2005]
Emerging tech gets the hype test treatment
News Tablet PCs, internet micro-payments, passive RFID and videoconferencing are four technologies that are firmly stuck at the bottom of the "trough of disillusionment", according to the 2005 "Hype Cycle" of emerging technologies released by analysts... [25 Aug 2005]
Emerging Opportunities in Database Information Life-Cycle Management
White Paper While there is certainly a great deal of vendor hype with respect to ILM, users must understand where real ROI can be quickly obtained. Database ILM is an emerging best practice that IT organizations are just beginning to address. [04 Aug 2005]
Leader: Microsoft faces a tough sell for Windows Vista
Leader On a more serious level there is evidence that CIOs and IT directors of businesses using Microsoft software are preparing to play hardball over the company's upgrade cycle and licensing costs. It may be early days but the Microsoft hype machine has... [03 Aug 2005]
Service Oriented Enterprise: Practical Enterprise Architecture
White Paper Recently at the peak of Gartner's "Hype Cycle" SOA is currently entering the trough of disillusionment. The strongest of enterprise architecture trends lately is represented by three words - Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). [26 Jul 2005]
RFID benefits hard to spot
News He said: "This survey reveals that organisations are looking to move beyond the hype cycle but does underline the challenges that remain. UK companies are still struggling to see the benefits of RFID technologies. [30 Jun 2005]
CIO Jury: Will skills shortage lead to IT wage spike?
News We have already seen evidence of ad-hoc salary reviews outside of the annual cycle, more head-hunting and higher expectations for annual increases and bonuses. However, it does have the potential to become an issue if staff start to believe some of... [16 Feb 2005]
IP poised to storm the call centre
Comment Yet like any hype cycle, it's followed by a sharp downturn towards disillusionment and a perception of failing to meet expectations. The IT industry has a tendency to over-hype new technologies and the introduction of voice over IP (VoIP) in call... [16 Feb 2005]
