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- Search for top Gartner alternative comes up empty handed
- Tekrati is addressing the debate over which industry analyst firm is the best alternative to Gartner, now that Gartner’s acquisition of Meta Group is history. Tekrati hand-picked what they consider are seven top choices in North America--Forrester Research, IDC and AMR Research, Burton Group, Info-Tech Research Group, The 451...
- Tags: META Group Inc., clientS, Burton Group
- Blog posts 2005-08-15
- What Gartner kept from META
- Ever wonder what happened to META Group since it was acquired by Gartner? A post on Outsell Now sums it up, and concludes:META is gone for all intents and purposes. It has been absorbed into Gartner, and a lot of the META employees and products are no longer around....
- Tags: META Group Inc., Gartner Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- Looking east for a municipal Wi-Fi compromise
- Meta Group thinks that the City of New York has found the best compromise in the ongoing debate over municipal Wi-Fi. The research firm says that the city is thinking about leasing public infrastructure (i.e. street lamps) to service providers to build out competitive Wi-Fi, and later, WiMax services. "In...
- Tags: Wi-Fi
- Blog posts 2005-03-16
- CIO "DNA" evolving, says Meta Group
- Meta Group recently published results from a study called "Top Global CIO Issues for 2005" based on a global survey of 1000 CIOs. Tekrati reports on the findings, addingcommentary from Metas senior vice president of Executive Directions, Jonathan Poe. He told Tekrati "The DNA of the CIO is more multidimensional...
- Tags: ITO
- Blog posts 2005-02-25
- Meta Group says don't forget to add intelligence to RFID pilots
- "The industry has been 'wowed' by estimates of more than seven terabytes a day of Wal-Mart item-level data, and this may explain why the data warehousing teams stand by waiting for data from the pilots" Meta Group: A review of retailer and US Department of Defense-mandated radio frequency identification RFID...
- Tags: RFID
- Blog posts 2005-01-20
- Emerging Opportunities in Database Information Life-Cycle Management
- Database ILM is an emerging best practice that IT organizations are just beginning to address. It is important to separate the benefits of relational database ILM from the overall ILM market, which impacts file data, content management systems, e-mail systems, etc., as each one needs to balance the solution with...
- Tags: META Group Inc., Database ILM, Storage, E-mail, Databases, Hardware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Neither presidential candidate will stem inevitable outsourcing surge, says META Group
- Almost half of business and IT professionals believe the 2004 U.S. Presidential election will impact the number of U.S. companies using offshore outsourcing, according to a recent survey conducted by META Group. The survey found that almost 50 percent of respondents believe that offshore outsourcing will increase if George W....
- Tags: META Group Inc., offshore outsourcing
- Blog posts 2004-11-01
- Offshore outsourcing to grow at 20% a year - new research from Meta Group
- The offshore outsourcing market will continue to grow nearly 20% annually through 2008, despite the less-than-favorable light in which it is held in some political quarters, Meta Group predicts. By 2005 to 2006, most I.T. organizations will have an offshore strategy. And by 2009, the average enterprise will outsource...
- Tags: I.T.
- Blog posts 2004-10-19
- 80% of companies to outsource at least one IT function
- Meta Group predicts that 80% of organizations will outsource at least one information technology function by 2005. But the Outsourcing Pricing Guide report also warns that 70% of that group will drive a harder bargain when they renew those outsourcing deals, cutting both the scope and duration of the contract.
- Tags: Outsourcing, outsource, information technology, META Group Inc.
- Blog posts 2004-08-11
- SOX compliance: the big picture
- META Group reminds companies that Sarbanes-Oxley SOX compliance is never done, urging companies that have resources and attention focused on short-term requirements (i.e. Section 404) to not lose sight of the bigger picture and ongoing nature of SOX compliance. Going into 2005, companies should begin to address how to reduce...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX Compliance
- Blog posts 2004-08-10
- Mobile/Wireless Managed Security Webcast With Meta Group
- Don't move forward with a mobile deployment strategy without first learning best practices on how to effectively manage and secure laptops and mobile devices. This webcast discusses latest research on the mobile and wireless market, offers five-step process for mobile deployment and provides key strategies and techniques for managed security.
- Tags: Strategy, Security, META Group Inc., Mobile, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Webcasts
- Featuring META Group: Coordinating Change Management and Requirements for Business Adaptability and Improved Life Cycle
- META Group research indicates that approximately 60%-70% of IT project failures occur directly as a result of poor requirements gathering, analysis, and management. G2000 organizations increasingly seek the benefits of coordinating more effective requirements gathering with change management and other life cycle processes to better prioritize resources and strengthen business...
- Tags: Application Development, META Group Inc., Requirement, Change Management, Software Development, Leadership, Development Tools, Middleware, Tools & Techniques, Management, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- CISER Puts Computation on the Fast Track With Intel Itanium 2 Migration
- The CISER was established in 1981 to provide statistical research and support to researchers within a consortium of seven colleges, including Cornell. The infrastructure within CISER was such that researchers were forced to parse jobs into multiple portions to fit within the constrained memory of the existing 32-bit systems. Although...
- Tags: META Group Inc., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Migration, Intel Corp., CISER, 64-Bit, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Momentum Webcast: Supporting Marketplace Agility With Software Asset Management (SAM) (Level 100)
- According to Gartner, agility is "the ability of an organization to sense environmental change and respond efficiently and effectively to that change." Through this webcast one can learn about the benefits of an agile SAM practice, such as the ability to manage software costs effectively, control inventories, add new users,...
- Tags: Software, META Group Inc., Webcast, Agility, Tools & Techniques, Asset Management, Digital Media, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- CRM Is Dead, Long Live CRM
- CRM has many faces. Some view it as a pivotal management strategy - a useful way to improve customer satisfaction - or a complex IT initiative. But all agree that CRM is experiencing a major renaissance as businesses turn their focus from cost-cutting to growth.
- Tags: META Group Inc., CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software
- Webcasts
Additional Resources
- Brightcove overhauls UI with Brightcove 3
- Today Brightcove is rolling out a new application as part of their web platform for content creators (Update: here's a post by one of the Flex developers who worked on it). The new user interface and features are some of the coolest things that I've seen in the ever popular...
- Tags: Brightcove, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- And speaking of Sun Microsystems
- Sun Microsystems is not a name we often associate with education outside of high-end technical fields at the university level. Of course, Sun is responsible for OpenOffice and has recently acquired both MySQL and VirtualBox, all of which (especially OO.org) have quite a bit of relevance here. ...
- Tags: K-12, Sun Microsystems Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- EU group demos quantum cryptography
- Under the auspices of the European Union, the world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, Silicon.com reports. It's the product of four years of work by 41 organizations from 12 countries, overseen by the SECOQC (Development of a Global Network for Secure Communication Based on...
- Tags: Cryptography, Quantum Cryptography, Cable, Network Technology, Digital Security, Security, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Mobile software Monday: Handy Tools Pack for S60 devices
- I am working on getting Mobile software Monday reviews up and running here again on my ZDNet blog, but there are so many devices coming in that it is tough to find the time to write about all the great software titles. The Nokia E71 see my full review is...
- Tags: Software, Application, Device, Mobile, Utility, Tool, Handy TaskMan, Handy Profiles, Handy Keylock, Handy Converter, S60 Operating System, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- DOJ backs off ATI
- More good news for AMD. The Department of Justice has officially closed its antitrust investigation into ATI, the graphics chipmaker it bought in 2006. The Justice Department was investigating practices in the hot-and-heavy battle between ATI and Nvidia. Coverage at PCWorld. AMD announced last week saw its...
- Tags: ATI Technologies Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
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