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Sustainability Has Become A Corporate Financial Issue
Gartner predicts the position of sustainability will rapidly move up the company priority list by 2015
PC Shipments In Q2 Falls Short Of Expectations
PC shipments continued to grow in the second quarter but were below market expectations
Global SaaS Revenue To Reach £7.6bn In 2011
The SaaS market is expected to grow by 20.7 percent in 2011, driven largely by CRM applications
IT Architectures Still Controlled By Financial Officers
Gartner survey shows CFOs to be sceptical of IT's business value and do not see CIOs as strategic partners
Gartner: Tsunami Failed To Dampen IT Sales
Despite the Japanese disasters, Gartner estimates global IT spending will jump to $3.7 trillion this year
Gartner Touts Reprovisioning For Threat Protection
Analysts at Gartner are advocating workload reprovisioning as the best protection against advanced attacks
Gartner Claims 2011 Will See Slow PC Unit Growth
PC growth will be supported by healthy professional replacements over the next 18 months, the report says
Gartner Figures Point To Healthy Server Market
Gartner has confirmed that HP, IBM and Dell are the main players in an increasingly healthy server market
Android Extends Smartphone Lead, Gartner Finds
Android has extended its lead in the smartphone race as Windows, BlackBerry and Symbian decline
Windows Phone Sales Hit 1.6m Units in Q1
Gartner has estimated that 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 handsets were sold in the first quarter of 2011
Gartner Sees Healthy Growth In Operating System Market
The operating system market was worth £18.3 billion in 2010, predictably with Windows leading the way
RIM Playbook Predicted To Lose Tablet Race
Gartner has predicted that Research in Motion will miss out on the tablet frenzy in the next five years
Gartner Predicts Android Tablet Success
Google's Android will grow its market share to 40 percent by 2015 due to sheer exposure, Gartner has found
Android To Gain 49 Percent Smartphone Market Slice
Gartner researchers predict Android will dominate the smartphone market with Microsoft rising fast
Gartner Urges Early Tablet Adoption For Enterprises
Businesses need to get an early understanding of the tablet form factor, Gartner has advised
Middleware Market Dominated By IBM In 2010
After over a decade at the top, IBM's hold on the middleware market continues to grow, says Gartner
Gartner Report Outlines Future Of The Data Centre
Cloud computing, smarter physical designs, power saving and big workloads are the biggest factors in new data centre builds, Gartner has found
Gartner Tackles Greener, Leaner Data Centre Issues
In its latest reports and summit meetings, Gartner is addressing the four pillars of data centre efficiency
Gartner Admits iPad And Tablets Will Hurt PC Sales
Gartner has warned that ongoing consumer love affair with the iPad and its rivals will hurt PC sales
IBM Ousts HP To Regain Server Top Spot
Gartner has revealed that IBM regained the number one spot in the server market during the fourth quarter
Gartner Predicts Inflection Point For Data Warehousing
Gartner analysts predict growth and consolidation for the data-warehousing market in 2011
Social Media Access May Cause Governance Problems
Gartner claims half of all companies, fearing prosecution, may attempt to block social networking site access
Gartner Says Symbian Still Leads Smartphone Race
Gartner research has found that Symbian is still the best selling smartphone OS, ahead of Android
Open Source For Competitive Advantage Survey Claims
Adopting open-source software not only reduces costs but can deliver competitive advantage, Gartner says
HP Still Leads PC Markets But Lower Ranks Less Clear
Gartner and IDC agreed HP led sluggish Q4 2010 PC sales but disagreed on Acer and Dell rankings
IT Spending To Rise But Tablets Impact PC Sales
Forrester and Gartner have forecast higher IT spending in 2011, but tablets will steal PC sales
Rising Costs In India Fail To Dim Offshore Attraction
Gartner says India remains the top outsourcing zone in Asia but other countries, like Vietnam, are catching on
Daimler Wins Green Data Centre Award
Gartner has given its green data centre excellence award 2010 to car giant Daimler
New Data Centres Deliver Triple-Capacity Upgrades
Today's data centres are more efficient due to better software, virtualisation, storage, servers and cooling