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VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner

Latest datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power

VMware Explore03 Jul 2024 | 46

AI-assisted automation for clouds and networks climbs Gartner's hype cycles

Yes, AI will volunteer to run your IT estate. You might be a fool to trust it

AI + ML20 Jun 2024 | 2

AI chip sales predicted to jump by a third this year – then cool off

Gartner gives us a ray of hope amid ongoing hype and pressure to buy more hardware

AI + ML29 May 2024 | 1

Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.0T this year

Comms services and AI contributing to increase, but vendors are taking 'risks'

Networks17 Apr 2024 | 3

75% of enterprise coders will use AI helpers by 2028. We didn't say productively

Dev teams must beware inflated expectations of tech leadership, Gartner warns

Devops13 Apr 2024 | 45

Ethernet advances will end Nvidia's InfiniBand lead in AI networks

Desire to build brainboxes will also see optical interconnects go mainstream

Networks04 Apr 2024 | 7

Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner

But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because 'adrenalin does not scale'

Security18 Mar 2024 | 16

Governments not keen on pushing citizen-facing AI services, for obvious reasons

As soon as public sector implements GenAI, someone will do their best to break it... or even flirt with it

AI + ML06 Mar 2024 | 4

AI PC hype bubble swells, but software support lags marketing

Resistance is futile, upgrades are inevitable and so is hardware margin inflation

Personal Tech09 Feb 2024 | 21

Rise of deepfake threats means biometric security measures won't be enough

Defenses need a rethink in face of increasing sophistication

CSO01 Feb 2024 | 18

AI investment still at the planning stage through 2024, Gartner says

Imagined impact of GenAI on GDP is over-optimistic, analyst firm says

AI + ML17 Jan 2024 | 1

Now is a good time to buy memory because prices rise next year, Gartner predicts

To blame? The usual suspect – AI's appetite for chips

Systems04 Dec 2023 | 7

Digital democracy or IT anarchy? Gartner flags the low-code revolution

Without strong governance, incoming tools will wreak havoc for CIOs

CxO08 Nov 2023 | 17

Buyer's remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases

They never do tell you about the unexpected costs and overly complex implementations

Applications18 Oct 2023 | 41

Guess what? Ask clouds to behave like old-school vendors, they will – and you lose

Same salespeople and same lock-in, which may actually help this time

Cloud Infrastructure Month13 Sep 2023 | 7

Billions of 'custobots' are coming online. Marketers may need to learn SEO for AI

You can't take a machine to lunch or put it to sleep with PowerPoint, but you can try to shape its worldview

AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 15

GenAI proponents exploring its use alongside infrastructure-as-code

It’s not 'Alexa: build me a K8s cluster' but could become Ansible or Chef using models trained on log files to recommend what your app needs

AI + ML11 Sep 2023 | 3

Power grids tremble as electric vehicle growth set to accelerate 19% next year

Gas-guzzling US favors hybrids while Europe prefers battery power

Personal Tech08 Sep 2023 | 337

Gartner says hold onto your wallets as SAP's cloud pitch trades control for convenience

Updated Analyst firm warns that users need to understand what it is they're buying

PaaS + IaaS01 Sep 2023 | 1

Quarter of tech pros say they're considering quitting jobs in next six months

Bouyant jobs market and increased stress prompt exodus, says research

On-Prem26 Jul 2023 | 28

AI maybe on everyone's lips, but it's not what's driving IT spending

Software expected to top $1 trillion next year, according to analysts

Sysadmin Month19 Jul 2023 | 11

Metaverses are flopping – hard – says Gartner

Clunky, costly, literally sickening data silos just aren't better than the real world

Software28 Jun 2023 | 119

Before you sprinkle AI on all your analytics, check data quality

Gartner asks for some fundamentals in a slew of AI-in-analytics announcements

Databases25 May 2023 | 4

Multicloud isn't necessary, says Gartner … until it is

The downside is complexity. The upside, if you strategize properly, is specialist services and diversity

Off-Prem18 May 2023 | 13

Gartner: Stop worrying and love the cloud, with all its outages and lock-in

Yes, there are risks. But you can address them without huge multi-cloud failover rigs

Off-Prem15 May 2023 | 35

Don't get in a semiconductor 'doom spiral' – sector will be back with a bang in 2024

Next year's revenue forecast to surpass the halcyon days of 2022

Systems26 Apr 2023 | 2

Cloud can reduce greenhouse emissions, but don't assume it's automatic

Organizations can't outsource environmental challenges, warns Gartner

Energy Efficient Datacenters12 Apr 2023 | 5

IT depts struggle with skills shortages despite Big Tech layoffs

You'd think there'd be more techies on the market, but many cuts were in business areas

On-Prem22 Mar 2023 | 63

Bosses failing to offer hybrid work lose out in recruitment

Gartner finds pandemic-related trend is becoming the norm

On-Prem01 Mar 2023 | 35

Sweating the assets: Techies hold onto PCs, phones for longer than ever

Discounts coming to clear inventory as device makers hit by inflation, interest rates, conflict in Ukraine

Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 68

Enterprise IT giant layoffs happened because 'some CEOs got ahead of their skis'

Spending still rosy despite job loss clouds, market seers say

On-Prem18 Jan 2023 | 7

2022 started with a bang but ended with a whimper for semiconductor companies

Global revenues grew just 1.1% compared to 25% the year before

Systems17 Jan 2023 | 1

Those low-code tools devs love so much? They'll grow 20% in 2023, says Gartner

Oh joy. Effect on software development inevitable, but it's clearly not devs' replacement, says analyst

Software13 Dec 2022 | 18

SAP still struggling to convert ECC customers to S/4HANA, says Gartner

Latest platform software has not been licensed by two-thirds of legacy users, despite strong growth

Databases06 Dec 2022 | 7

CIOs in Europe warned: Be wary of tech price inflation

Weakness of local currencies vs the dollar will force US vendors to act and act again

On-Prem10 Nov 2022 | 4

Oracle and Huawei clouds the big movers on Gartner's conjured quadrilateral

AWS warned for burning customers, Azure for 'punitive' licensing, while Google's losses are a worry

Off-Prem01 Nov 2022 | 7

Gartner thinks enterprise IT will be immune to recession

Tech dept still wearing halo from saving companies in lockdown... plus cloud committers 'can't cut that spending'

PaaS + IaaS19 Oct 2022 | 12

Businesses can halve 'megavendor' software costs with third-party support

COVID-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, growing inflation, and the threat of recession driving adoption

Software23 Sep 2022 |

Hybrid work not working? Try building an 'intraverse' to fix it, says Gartner

It’s the mutant offspring of an intranet and a metaverse and even if it flops, you'll get some kudos

Software12 Sep 2022 | 25

Government buyers take 22 months on average to procure tech

Teams too big, operate in silos, lack subject matter experts and C-suite exec buy-in

On-Prem06 Sep 2022 | 32

Green alert: SaaS giants may use sustainability to justify price hikes

Which should make you see red because using renewable energy is supposed to cut their costs

SaaS01 Sep 2022 | 4

ServiceNow: Customers 'struggling to understand the value of ELAs', says Gartner

Updated Enterprise agreements can increase pricing, marring an overall positive assessment from the analyst

PaaS + IaaS24 Aug 2022 | 11

IT departments often regret technology buying decisions

The longer the purchase takes, the more frustrating, says Gartner

On-Prem15 Jul 2022 | 52

IT spending set to ride out wave of global economic uncertainty

Market watchers see device spending downturn as blip in robust bigger picture

On-Prem14 Jul 2022 |

Global PC market falls at fastest rate in 9 years

Nothing shiny about US Chromebook sales anymore, plus war in Ukraine and inflation hits EMEA shipments

Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 7

Vendors are hiking prices up to 30 percent and claiming 'it's inflation'

No it's not, says Gartner – it's a hardcore sales tactic you can easily counter

Software07 Jul 2022 | 27

Gartner predicts 9.5% drop in PC shipments

Stark contrast to 11 percent increase year-over-year in 2021 shipments

Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 4

Governments opt for XaaS, dump datacenters in droves

Outsource all the things! To whom? The lowest bidder of course, says Gartner

PaaS + IaaS13 Jun 2022 | 4

Renegotiating a Salesforce software agreement? It could take up to two years

Salesforce complexity can be 'difficult and expensive to govern', especially for multicloud, warns Gartner

SaaS31 May 2022 | 8

Oracle contracts and pricing a 'challenge', says Gartner

While heaping praise on Big Red, analysts find room to criticize licensing, negotiations, and integration

Databases21 Apr 2022 | 6

Cloud spending to scrape $500 billion this year – Gartner

Growing enterprise demand for more complex cloud-native services carries a higher price tag

PaaS + IaaS20 Apr 2022 | 9

Only 29% of techies truly want to stay in current job

Great Resignation? Flexibility and work-life-balance key factors in how IT staff choose next employer

On-Prem09 Mar 2022 | 60

Network equipment lead times to remain painfully long into 2023: Gartner

Jump the queue by spending more with one player or thinking outside the box

Networks25 Feb 2022 | 7

Mobile-based ID wallets for government are coming

Among top 10 government tech trends, claims Gartner

Applications24 Feb 2022 | 23

Party on Semiconductor Street as worldwide 2021 revenues top record half a trillion dollars

Gartner reports 25.1% growth off the back of supply chain pain

On-Prem19 Jan 2022 | 7

Like nuclear fusion, funding of IT on the basis of revenue generation is just around the corner, Gartner says

Spending up while growth slows, as business app investment leads the charge

Software11 Nov 2021 | 3