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Virtualisation to drive staff-owned PCs at work
Virtualisation's ability to separate the operating system from hardware will give companies the choice to let staff run their own devices at work, according to analysts — but security remains problematic today. Read more »
Cloudbusting: Can you fight Google's million servers?
While "cloud computing" is some way from being an enterprise reality, IT managers need to start planning now if they want to avoid being ordered by their bosses to implement technology from Google and close down their own datacentres, a Gartner analyst has warned. Read more »
Gartner: Windows collapsing under own weight
Microsoft's Windows juggernaut is collapsing under its own weight, as it tries to support 20 years of applications and becomes more complicated by the minute, according to analyst firm Gartner. Read more »
Don't fear Gen Y workers: Gartner
Fears that such Generation Y workers will rebel against traditional workspace strictures may be blinding companies from taking advantage of their problem-solving abilities, a Gartner researcher has warned. Read more »
Microsoft safe from Google in apps: Gartner
Microsoft shouldn't be worried about Google's move into the enterprise applications space — but Microsoft is shaping up to be more of a challenger to Google's online ads business, according to Gartner. Read more »
Open source to take enterprise by stealth
In a few years' time, almost all businesses will use open source, according to Gartner — whether IT managers know it or not. Read more »
Dirty data: IT, it's not your fault
The blame for poor quality data is too often laid at IT's door, when it should be the business taking responsibility, according to analysts. Read more »
Lotus Notes for iPhone makes premature debut
Despite reports pronouncing the imminent availability of Lotus Notes for the iPhone and iPod Touch, IBM has said it is not quite ready to release the software. Read more »
BEA to take on Asia thanks to Oracle
Oracle's acquisition of BEA will boost the latter's presence in Asia Pacific, as well as strengthening Oracle's foothold in the telecommunications space, but there will be no serious ramifications on the local market, according to analysts. Read more »
Baby boomers choking AU$11bn IT outsourcing
IT outsourcing in Australia is set to crack AU$11 billion in 2008, according to Gartner, but Australia's dwindling IT baby boomer generation will cause problems Read more »
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Cloud development brings freedom
Developing in the cloud has the advantage that users can be free of vendor lock-in extended from their service suppliers. Read more »
SOA: nothing new but difference matters
Gartner fellow, Daryl Plummer agrees that nothing is new in principle with SOA, but that the lower requirements for technical knowledge make all the difference in the world. Read more »
Open source and the middleware market
Gartner predicts that licence revenues for infrastructure software will start declining from 2006 due to the impact of open source on the market's business models. We look at how the market is changing. Read more »
Disruptions in the software fabric
COMMENTARY -- According to a recent Gartner report, companies such as Oracle, SAP and Microsoft need to deliver more modular, bite-sized chunks of functionality, which would allow customers to update systems with more flexibility and speed. It's not exactly a new revelation. Read more »
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Cloud development brings freedom
Developing in the cloud has the advantage that users can be free of vendor lock-in extended from their service suppliers. Read more »
SOA: seen before but difference matters
Gartner fellow, Daryl Plummer agrees that nothing is new in principle with SOA, but that the lower requirements for technical knowledge makes all the difference in the world. Read more »
Club Builder -- The Lost Pilot
Welcome to Club Builder. Join us for what is making news this week. Read more »
Non-Windows environments have a 'security advantage'
Obscurity can provide security -- but not always, according to Jay Heiser, research VP infosecurity, Gartner. Read more »
Australia knows strong authentication
Australia leads the world when it comes to deploying strong authentication, according to Jay Heiser, research VP infosecurity, Gartner. Read more »
Enterprises are schizophrenic about Facebook
Most organisations see Facebook as a waste of time but they also want staff to collaborate, innovate and be more effective. According to Gartner's Stephen Prentice, social networking and virtual worlds could change the world in the same way the Internet has already done. Read more »
Sex will solve IT skills shortage
20 years ago Indian students sweated for degrees in engineering and science, but today these courses are not being filled. The problem is sex appeal, says Gartner research fellow, Andy Kyte. It will take programmers driving sports cars to inspire kids to get degrees in the field. Read more »
Application overload
CIOs are overwhelmed by 'legacy applications', many of which won't be supported in the near future. Andy Kyte, research fellow at Gartner reckons this will be a formidable challenge for the IT department. Read more »
Desktop and datacentre energy management
Most PCs are equipped with power management functions, but people turn them off. Turn them on, says Simon Mingay, research VP, Gartner. Savings can be achieved in datacentres also. Most companies run test and development centres constantly, but some are changing their ways. Read more »
Gartner: Australian Government starves its IT industry
Australia will continue to lose IT inventions and skills to foreign interests because the government has failed to invest in education, says Gartner's government specialist, John Kost. Read more »
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Gartner: Social software projects lack purpose
-- Social software projects fail because IT management lack purpose of their deployment according to the industry analyst firm. Read more »
The Portal of the Future
-- At this year's Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, I attended Gene Phifer talk: "Portal of the Future: What's Beyond Web 2.0?". Read more »
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