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Consumerization of IT could completely reshape the online retail industry, risking the creation of a dominant retail intermediary—call it “Googazon”—said Gartner analyst Hung LeHong Oct. 10 in a presentation at the companys annual Symposium/ITxpo here. As the Web evolves into a collection of consumer–centric Web services, one or two huge players could come to dominate […]

Orlando Fla.—Customers need to pit one vendor against another to get the best deals on servers and storage, Gartner analysts told an audience at the annual Gartner Inc. Symposium and IT Expo here on Oct. 11. “Empower yourself to negotiate. Obtain line-item pricing. Because thats how youll do upgrades,” Gartner analyst Paul McGuckin said. He […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Virtualization will spur the next wave of networking, Cisco President and CEO John Chambers told a keynote audience at the Gartner Symposium and IT Expo here on Oct. 11. “Im very proud to be a plumber. Pipes will get bigger, faster and more intelligent. We believe that virtualization is going to happen,” Chambers said, […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—As the World Wide Web evolves into a collection of Web services, one or two huge players could come to dominate retail search. Gartner analyst Hung LeHong laid out that scenario at the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here. “Its a scary scenario. A few major players could take over Web 2.0,” said LeHong, suggesting that […]

Continuing its push to package consulting expertise, IBM Global Services introduced on Oct. 10 five offerings aimed at the data center. The packages include the use of software to model data center requirements, planning and performance “We can predict with a fair amount of certainty how to optimize costs and designs,” said Lehman, said Bret […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Windows Live is the most important initiative at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Microsofts CEO, told the audience at the annual Gartner Symposium and IT Expo here on Oct. 10. “Were in a transition to software that is live. It will be click to run, like a Web site,” said Ballmer. “We believe in evolving to […]

ORLANDO—Were in the midst of a work force sea change, as the vast crop of Baby Boomers, now dominant among the IT work force, retires, to be replaced by tech-savvy twenty-somethings over the next decade. That was the message voiced by several Gartner analysts Oct. 9 at the consultancys annual Symposium and IT Expo here. […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Consumer technology will overtake corporations, and IT professionals need to get in front of that technology wave, Gartner analysts told attendees at the annual Symposium and IT Expo here. A plethora of consumer technologies, ranging from podcasting to blogging, VOIP (voice over IP) and video on demand, will penetrate the enterprise workplace by the […]

IBM announced a broad-based assault on the service-oriented architecture market, introducing a wide variety of new and enhanced products and services aimed at helping IBM customers implement SOA and bolstering the companys position as a leader in the SOA space. In a call with reporters and analysts, Steve Mills, IBM senior vice president and general […]

Getting started with podcasting is so inexpensive, it hardly makes a dent in most companies capital budgets. That could change as corporations dip their toes in the water of the more costly video podcasting, but, for now, all you need is an $80 USB microphone, a PC and some free software. Want to get fancy? […]