CRM (customer relationship management) software will be the top priority for additional spending on enterprise applications around the world this year and next, according to newly released data from analyst firm Gartner.
The view of IT as ‘just another expense’ that seems to be widely held among chief financial officers is changing, according to Gartner. The research firm found that CFOs are now starting to understand that IT can help the wider business and are investing in technology.
As more enterprises invest in big data, 960,000 new IT jobs will be created in the Asia-Pacific region in the next three years, but only one-third of these big data roles will be filled due to a skills shortage, according to a Gartner analyst.
Social technology has allowed enterprises to improve collaboration. What is the role of the CIO when the company forays into this arena?
Being a social organisation goes far beyond experimenting with social media technology tools such as Facebook and Twitter, according to Gartner.
A social organisation addresses significant business challenges and opportunities using social media platforms to enable mass collaboration — what Gartner predicts will be the next pillar defining how work gets done around the world.
Gartner is <a href="http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2011/12/09/new-zealand-shows-a-wise-approach-to-the-cloud/">praising</a> the New Zealand government's approach towards its cloud programme, calling it sensible and with a clear purpose.
Five industry leaders discuss ways to push ICT governance to the top of the corporate agenda.
With almost half of today's CIOs planning to shift the majority of their applications and infrastructure to the cloud in the next four years, CIOs have an opportunity to 'reimagine IT' by looking at current technologies and asking what would be possible if they were deployed in other ways.
ORLANDO -- In Gartner's list of the top 10 trends in IT infrastructure and operations are <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220965/Machines_make_better_decisions_than_humans_says_Gartner">multiple threats</a> and <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220914/Expecting_a_recession_Gartner_urges_creative_destruction_">opportunities</a> for data center operations.
Anyone hoping for a scrappy underdog to knock the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> off its perch as the world's top tablet will have to wait a long time, says analyst firm Gartner.
A majority of enterprises have migrated to Windows 7 or are planning to do so. But for Windows XP holdouts ready to side-step Windows 7 for the upcoming Windows 8 OS, you are risking a gap in support, stresses research firm Gartner in a new "first take" analysis of Windows 8 migration in the enterprise.
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Dave Rudzinsky's first thoughts and concerns were for the people affected by the tragedies. As someone who plays a critical role in his own employer's disaster readiness, he also found himself trying to comprehend the corporate devastation.
Gartner on Thursday sharply dropped its worldwide PC shipment growth forecast for this year and next, citing economic struggles and a market shift from PCs to devices like tablets.
If two technology trends were ever made for each other, at least in vendor marketing materials and generically simple diagrams of IT infrastructure, they are the consumerisation of IT and desktop virtualisation.
Analysts who study desktop virtualisation say many of its use cases fit neatly into problem areas that their client companies face, such as the consumerisation of IT. End users who insist on using non-standard or unapproved computing devices, such as tablets and iOS or Android smartphones, make demands on the IT department, the remote-access infrastructure and the IT budget, according to Ian Song, research analyst at IDC. When the same user wants to use two, three or four computing devices for different reasons, the situation can quickly get out of hand.
After a several years of strong growth, the PC market is downshifting to a slower, but hopefully steady, growth path, according to Gartner analysts.