gartner in news
RSS gartner in news85 per cent of companies embracing open source
News Eighty-five per cent of companies are already using open source software, with most of the remaining 15 per cent expecting to do so within the next year, according to analysts at Gartner. Gartner... [18 Nov 2008]
'Telcos must join Google's cloud, not fight it'
News Telcos looking to offer cloud services to their customers would do well to get into bed with Google, analyst house Gartner has warned. Gartner research VP, Alex Winogradoff, added telcos should consider... [17 Nov 2008]
Don't dither over IT in the downturn, banks told
News Analyst house Gartner says organisations that attempt a third way by treading the middle ground risk blowing their IT budget and having little to show for it. Alistair Newton, research vice president at... [05 Nov 2008]
Carl Icahn: "Yahoo! should make a Microsoft deal"
News Just last month, Ballmer said during a Gartner keynote presentation that an acquisition of the company "still made sense" for Yahoo! Yahoo! shares edged up Tuesday as analysts and the company's own major shareholder and... [05 Nov 2008]
Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News Defences against viruses and spyware work pretty well," said John Pescatore, an analyst at Gartner. Vulnerabilities are decreasing but becoming easier to exploit; Trojans are the biggest threat; and Chinese computers are... [04 Nov 2008]
SAS CEO: "Teradata merger? They couldn't afford me"
News It's a trend that's brought new pressure to SAS, according to Andreas Bitterer, Gartner's lead analyst on BI. SAS CEO Dr Jim Goodnight has poured cold water on speculation that the business intelligence company might... [03 Nov 2008]
Social networks 'could replace' public services
News That's according to analyst house Gartner that says government organisations could benefit from social networking technology if they approach it in the right way. Gartner analyst Andrea Di Maio told... [27 Oct 2008]
Ballmer: 'Skip Vista, that's OK'
News Speaking on Thursday at Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo conference in Orlando, Ballmer defended Vista and noted that "the adoption rate of Vista is two times faster than XP at two years in". Gartner analyst... [17 Oct 2008]
Acer topples HP from Europe top spot
News Although HP retained its leading position in the global stakes, according to Gartner's preliminary results for the third quarter of this year, Acer moved up from second place in the EMEA region.... [16 Oct 2008]
Steve Jobs: No Apple netbook, no touchscreen laptop
News While it would be innovative to put one in a laptop, it's not really likely from any major computer makers at this point, according to Charles Smulders, Gartner's managing vice president. Three of them are some of the... [15 Oct 2008]
Top 10 strategic techs for 2009
News Analyst house Gartner has tipped its top 10 strategic technologies and trends for next year, with virtualisation, cloud computing and social networking all making the grade. For instance, Gartner says... [15 Oct 2008]
CIOs having night sweats over job security
News Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner and global head of research, predicted that even in a worst case scenario, IT spending will increase of 2.3 per cent in 2009, a revision of Gartner's... [14 Oct 2008]
CFOs to be bossing CIOs by 2013
News In a few short years CIOs are going to find themselves closer than ever before to the person holding the IT department's purse strings: as the global economic crisis bites, analyst house Gartner says it's vital CIOs and... [10 Oct 2008]
Why green tech is more influential than ever
News According to Gartner analyst Simon Mingay, venture capitalist investment in green tech has increased significantly this year with businesses and investors beginning to recognise the role technology could play in the... [08 Oct 2008]
Are you heading for an IT train wreck?
News That's according to analyst house Gartner, which says organisations are looking at the next project rather than how to modernise their IT in the long term. Companies are spending too much time on these short term fixes... [08 Oct 2008]
