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Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Research by Gartner earlier this year predicted one in five businesses will be using virtualisation by year's end - up from 12 per cent in 2008.silicon.com's CIO Agenda research also found many heads of IT are eyeing the... [11 Nov 2009]
Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News The five things you need to be thinking about now, as identified by analyst house Gartner, for one. October's highlights on silicon.com were all about software - from fresh rumblings in the perennial Mac vs PC debate, to... [09 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
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]
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]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News Choosing the right BPO outsourcing partner is becoming increasingly important with analyst house Gartner predicting that one quarter of the biggest BPO providers will not exist in their current form by 2012. [30 Sep 2009]
One in five of world's households now wired to the web
News By year-end, one in five households worldwide will be wired up to the internet, according to new estimates from Gartner. At the end of 2008, 21 countries had broadband connections in at least 50 per cent of homes,... [28 Sep 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]
