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Meet Goog-Azon, world dominator

Giants such as Yahoo, Google, eBay and Amazon and their ilk are going to control 50 percent of all consumer purchases by 2016 and wreak havoc on consumer businesses. These stats are tossed out by Gartner to get folks thinking. That...

Tags: Amazon, eBay, Enterprise 2.0, Gartner Symposium, General, Google, Innovation, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless, Yahoo

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Data center cooling: The bright side comes in 2011

Worried about power costs in your data center? Feeling squeezed by the power company? Dreaming of modular designs and airflow at night? Well, relief is on the way--in four years or so. This is the bright...

Tags: Datacenter, Gartner Symposium, General, Green Tech, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Are businesses getting complacent on security?

Security has fallen out of the top 10 business priorities and complacency may be setting in without big attacks grabbing headlines. That was the message from Gartner security analyst John Pescatore, arguably the best observer in the firm. At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Pescatore raised...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Security, General, Gartner Symposium

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Green IT: Why it matters

Theres an environmental storm about to hit the technology industry. Information and communication technology accounts for 2 percent of global CO2 emissions, according to Gartner. Thats the equivalent of the airline industry. The big question: What are technology executives going to do about it?...

Tags: IT Management, General, Gartner Symposium

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Big computing plans means big privacy issues

The future of computing will feature devices that monitor you, anticipate your actions and chronicle your life. The problem: Privacy concerns. Eric Horvitz, principal researcher at Microsoft Labs, demoed the software giants "life browser" effort, which puts memories, images and other items in a...

Tags: General, Future in Review, IT Management, Innovation, Gartner Symposium

Blog posts 2007-04-25

A look at your IT department's future (or lack of it)

Do you need a traditional information technology department? That question was at the heart of a Gartner debate on the future of the IT departments. At issue at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo: Is IT about keeping the lights or enabling a...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Innovation, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Gartner Symposium

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Will voice make Second Life more business friendly?

Phillip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Second Life, said Tuesday that the company plans to roll out 3D voice applications in the next few months. And more business applications could arise with voice in Second Life. According to Rosedale, Second Life is developing a voice application that will...

Tags: Gartner Symposium, General, IT Management, Second Life, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-04-24

Virgin America's CIO gets an IT greenfield

Few CIOs get to build a technology infrastructure from scratch. In that regard, Virgin America CIO Bill Maguire is a lucky man. Virgin America is expecting to go "wheels up" at the end of June pending Department of Transportation approval. The airline is looking...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Outsourcing, Open Source, Offshore outsourcing, Linux, IT Management, Innovation, General, Gartner Symposium

Blog posts 2007-04-24

The next frontier: Infrastructure as a service?

Jeff Lucchesi, CIO of Building Materials Holding Corp., is looking to build his technology infrastructure on a services model. In other words, he wants someone else to provide most technology services. The weak link in Lucchesis master plan: Infrastructure. Lucchesi,...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Gartner Symposium

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Hiring talented tech workers: Easier said than done

Hiring technology employees isnt as easy as it used to be. In fact, its getting downright confusing. Crosscurrents abound, says Gartner analyst Diane Morello. To wit, Baby Boomers are nearing retirement. Teens brought up with MySpace will be entering the...

Tags: General, IT Management, Innovation, Gartner Symposium

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Gartner Symposium ITxpo: A quest for rapid results

Gartner Symposium ITxpo: A quest for rapid resultsSurvey is correct...IMHO the survey of the CIOs is right. The business is moving even faster or wants to but the finance department does not want to release funds for creating a more agile infrastructure. So the pressue is really on to do...

Tags: Marketing research, Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Gartner Symposium, Gartner Inc., survey

Discussion threads 2005-10-18

Additional Resources

Gartner pitches analysis of PHRs in the clouds

The problem, Gartner says, is that the private clouds could disrupt local initiatives to collect and use Personal Health Records. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Gartner Inc., Health Care, Personal Health Record, Analysis, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-25

323 mln broadband users in 2007, 499 mln by 2012

Worldwide consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 mln connections in 2007 to 499 mln in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide consumer broadband connections penetrated 18% of households in 2007, and by 2012, households with a broadband connection will reach 25%. Five countries exceeded 60% broadband penetration into the home...

Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, AM

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...

Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service

Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...

Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws

In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...

Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-23

The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?

The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?180 million soldMany buyers are selecting more expensive versions. Microsoft revenues are up extraordinarily. Despite Apple's ads and sales, PC sales are up significantly.And the SP 1 release usually helps sales.You might consider that the reputation you discuss...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft revenue, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, Apple Inc., Vista psychosis, psychosis, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

The evolution of search over traditional BI

Today's business intelligence tools are great at tracking tradional numbers but fail to quench business's thirst for more information says Commentary--A recent Gartner report predicts that IT’s involvement in business intelligence BI will diminish in time as business users adopt new technologies to quench...

Tags: Payment, Data, Analyst, Information, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, business intelligence, search, Sid Probstein, Attivio

News items 2008-07-22

Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries

Updated: Apple on Monday reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 a share, on revenue of $7.46 billion, well ahead of Wall Street estimates as Mac sales continued to surge. However, Apple lowered its outlook and failed to allay concerns about CEO Steve Jobs' health. ...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Job, Apple Macintosh, Health Care, Apple Inc., Steve, Operational Accounting, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21

PC shipments solid in second quarter; Apple No. 3 in U.S.

PC shipments solid in second quarter; Apple No. 3 in U.S.WellWell, that shows that Apple is still not significant worldwide,which is not surprising !MisleadingAlthough Apple slightly edged out Acer in US sales, it comes nowhere close to Acer in international sales. So to claim that Apple topped Acer in shipments...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., PC, PC shipment, No. 3, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-17