Pandemic proves just the tonic for PC sales as shipments shoot upwards Supply chains are working again Personal Tech10 Jul 2020 | 23
Containers to capture 15% of all enterprise apps across 75% of business by 2024 But the real money is in services and IaaS, not software, says Gartner’s first lash at container futures Devops25 Jun 2020 | 8
Consumer hardware shipments forecast to drop 14% for 2020, but hey, it could be worse, says Gartner Thank heavens everyone had to start working from home, right? Personal Tech26 May 2020 | 4
$500bn fewer greenbacks to be forked out on IT in 2020 due to... well, you know what Gartner slashes pre-pandemic spending forecast On-Prem13 May 2020 | 5
DRAM, son. Semiconductor revenue fell 12% last year. At least 2020 will be better, right? Right? DRAM and NAND struggle with swollen inventories and low demand – Gartner On-Prem16 Apr 2020 |
PC shipments went over a cliff in Q1, which may be only moderately terrifying Dell only vendor to increase shipments as debate turns to impact of pent-up demand vs shifting spending priorities On-Prem14 Apr 2020 | 12
Poor semiconductor revenues can't catch a break: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the wafer – bam, coronavirus Gartner predicts 2020 slump, but it'd be worse were it not for NAND flash On-Prem09 Apr 2020 | 3
Make haste slowly when deploying tools to cope with global coronavirus pandemic Step one: Check if you really need new tools. If yes, prioritise and take small steps. And don't assume users are in great shape to learn new tricks Software24 Mar 2020 | 7
Looks like the party's over, folks: Global PC sales set to shrink as Windows 10 upgrade cycle tails off, says Gartner Smartphone shipments slightly up, personal computers to resume historical trends Personal Tech21 Jan 2020 | 36
'Earworn Wearables' will save the day (wireless earbuds, but cool name for your D&D halfling) The hero that drives 62% uptick in wearables to *squints* $52bn, according to Gartner Science30 Oct 2019 | 50
Chin up. 2019's been tough on IT spending – but next year will be great, Gartner says so Hey, growth is still growth On-Prem23 Oct 2019 | 5
As sales crash, Gartner wonders who can rescue the smartphone market ... Aha, it is I! 5G Man! Analyst looks for signs of hope while mobiles follow PCs down the crapper Personal Tech26 Sep 2019 | 73
Huawei smartphone sales up but only thanks to China as US trade ban gives punters the jitters 'Majority' of shipment expansion in Middle Kingdom – Gartner Personal Tech27 Aug 2019 | 15
Gartner awakens from trance, tells huddled villagers: 5G revenue will almost double to $4.2bn next year! It has been foretold! Networks22 Aug 2019 | 10
And we're back live with the state of the smartphone market in 2019. Any hope? Yeah, nah First ever year of sales drop pinned on long lifecycles, lack of innovation Personal Tech01 Aug 2019 | 52
Cloud wars: Big Four providers increase dominance, Alibaba grows fastest – Gartner Analysis Gartner analyst talks Azure 'reliability' issue, AWS strategy 'misses', Google 'human' concerns SaaS29 Jul 2019 | 4
2019 set to be the worst year yet for smartphone market as lack of worthy upgrades dents demand Here's Gartner with your latest dose of tech doom 'n' gloom Personal Tech17 Jul 2019 | 55
Blockchain is a lot like teen sex: Everybody talks about it, no one has a clue how to do it Still a solution looking for a problem? Seems that way Science07 May 2019 | 79
Selling data centre hardware? Prepare for pain as Gartner spies market spending shift IT services are in, building and upgrading your own data centres – not so much On-Prem17 Apr 2019 | 2
DRAM, son: Global chip revenues hit $474.6bn in 2018... and that's a slowdown Samsung's still king and memory still hottest item, despite unstable pricing On-Prem11 Apr 2019 |
Gartner squints into its crystal ball: A pholdable phuture is very far away And they won't save the tanking device market in 2019 Personal Tech08 Apr 2019 | 21
IBM servers crashed in Q4 – just sales, not the mother of all outages Z refresh cycles slows, bruises Big Blue's server revenue Systems19 Mar 2019 | 27
Gartner: Global trade and politics sure look interesting. Yep. Oh, BTW, world+dog will still spend more on IT in 2019 Despite, er, you know the drill... On-Prem28 Jan 2019 | 2
Just forget what Gartner said about AI in June 'cos CIOs are all over it now apparently Are these the stats you were looking for? Reverse ferret by tech research giant AI + ML21 Jan 2019 | 29
Gartner: Not a very merry Christmas for PC market as chip shortage bites, small biz vanishes If you're not Lenovo, HP or Dell it has been a year of shrinkage Personal Tech10 Jan 2019 | 5
So you want to archive our enterprise data? Well, let's see where you fall on Gartner's magic square... Surprise, surprise, the execs want someone SaaSy Storage14 Dec 2018 | 5
Gartner to wearables biz: Through failure comes success! Crystal-ball gazer claims market will treble in size in next three years Personal Tech29 Nov 2018 | 24
Brit tech buys frozen, but CGI can't wait to get integrating all those post-Brexit systems Oh, and Gartner publishes spending prognosis for life after the EU Channel08 Nov 2018 | 3
This is a leader's square for storage leaders, IBM, Dell EMC and Scality tell wide-eyed Qumulo All the node movers and shakers in Gartner's paranormal polygon Storage23 Oct 2018 | 4
The good news: PC sales went up a little worldwide, say Gartner crystal-ball-gazers The bad news: PC sales went down a little, says IDC Channel11 Oct 2018 | 4
Gartner: Governments want to be digital, but just can't scale it up Quelle surprise, they also know digital skills are important but don't run training programmes... Science12 Sep 2018 | 8
All aboard the Hype Cycle! What's DataOps? Well, it has no standards or frameworks. Got it? Gartner's rollercoaster trundles into exciting world of data management Science11 Sep 2018 | 11
Gartner's Great Vanishing: Some of 2017's emerging techs just disappeared They plunged off the Peak... They perished on the Plateau... They tripped in the Trough... Science20 Aug 2018 | 46
Whoa, AWS, don't slip off your cloudy perch. Google and Microsoft are coming up to help While Alibaba dips a tentative toe in the challenger pool Storage03 Aug 2018 | 29
You lead the all-flash array market. And you, you, you, you, you and you... But uh-oh! Is that NetApp creeping up on Pure? Storage27 Jul 2018 | 20
Low AI rollout caused by dumb, fashion-victim management – Gartner We're paraphrasing Science12 Jun 2018 | 29
Cloud is a six-horse race, and three of those have been lapped New Gartner Supernatural Square has AWS and Azure on top, IBM and Alibaba lagging and Oracle on an offensive SaaS29 May 2018 | 31
Whoa, Gartner drops a truth bomb: Blockchain is overhyped and top IT bods don't want it Didn't you know it's panacea to all corporate woes, bro?! Science03 May 2018 | 56
CIOs in tears? Gartner DELAYS Backup and Recovery Magic Quadrant report The cause of all this misery? Storage vendors poach key analysts Storage01 May 2018 | 11
The secret to good cloud is ... research. Detailed product research And don’t forget it’s a cloud you can re-configure on a well-informed whim SaaS01 May 2018 | 3
PCs were more and less expensive in Q1 as shipments stalled HP and Lenovo are kings of the ever-shrinking hills, but Dell’s made a move Personal Tech12 Apr 2018 | 15
AI can't help without your data, says Gartner, so share, share, share! Uber, have my calendar. And would you at least think about paying for it? AI + ML06 Apr 2018 | 24
NAND chips are going to stay too pricey for flash to slit disk's throat... Analysis For a while at least... spinning rust is going to stick around Storage23 Mar 2018 | 23
Fake news is fake data, 'which makes it our problem', info-slurpers told Top Gartner tips: Know what data you hold, be trustworthy On-Prem23 Mar 2018 | 19
Server sales dead? No sir, not in Q4 Branded vendors made hay while sun shone Systems09 Mar 2018 | 10
Want cheaper analytics? Snub SaaS: Ye olde ELAs might do the job And don't forget to negotiate when vendors are most desperate for cash Software27 Feb 2018 | 4
How do you win at HCI? It's SimpliVity ... or maybe not, right Dell? Analysis Magic quadrant shows HPE has its work cut out Storage12 Feb 2018 | 6
Gartner casts runes to find object storage hero and 3 emerge: IBM Right outta the Big Blue Storage02 Feb 2018 | 3
US shoppers abandon PC makers in hour of need Global sales fall for 13th straight quarter Channel12 Jan 2018 | 63
Server winners and losers: HPE, Dell EMC still sitting pretty at the top, but uh-oh Lenovo Beware the 'Others', who now make up 48% of shipments Systems11 Dec 2017 | 7
Sucks to be a... chief data officer, when they're being told: Boost revenues Show me the money: No longer data guardians, Gartner says On-Prem06 Dec 2017 | 11
It's hip to be in Gartner's square: Poor Panasas out on its NAS Qumulo, HGST, StorageCraft move in, crack open craft beers Storage19 Oct 2017 |
Gartner says back-to-school PC sales failed. IDC says they worked Whatever's going on, overall sales are down leaving HP Inc and Lenovo lords of a shrinking land Personal Tech12 Oct 2017 | 34
Alibaba beats Google for IaaS market share, with IBM out of sight AWS is way in front, Azure a solid second, server-makers in trouble SaaS27 Sep 2017 | 11
Deloitte is a sitting duck: Key systems with RDP open, VPN and proxy 'login details leaked' Yes, that's Gartner’s security consultancy of the year Security26 Sep 2017 | 78
The sky is blue, water is wet and UK PC shipments are down Political uncertainty blamed for crap Q2 Channel21 Aug 2017 | 46
Virtual assistant backlash imminent so buy them anyway Say what now, Gartner? Software17 Aug 2017 | 35
Gartner mystics name Rubrik Miss Data Centre Backup 2017 That's gotta sting, huh, HPE? SaaS03 Aug 2017 | 6
Gartner's Magic Quadrant flashes up pure flash array-pusher prize-plucker. It's Pure Is that clear? Storage18 Jul 2017 | 22
PC sales still slumping, but more slowly than feared ~650,000 machines still ship every day, but that's the lowest total since 2007 On-Prem13 Jul 2017 | 40
PCs will get pricier and you're gonna like it, say Gartner market shamans Vendors upping tags while consumers want better products Personal Tech05 Jul 2017 | 55
Cloud bigger than ever, biz suddenly keen to fork out for security. Put 'em together... Let's just say cloud security on the up - Gartner SaaS15 Jun 2017 |