Truth or dare
...sure shouldn’t take it upon ourselves to share it. Understand, I do have some experience in this game, as when I debated Gartner about their total cost of ownership metric:...… (1 comment)
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If the experts are late to the party, are they still experts?
...is years ahead of the industry. Bob’s last word: Speaking of what we won’t whine about here: Gartner has, following its usual pattern, introduced a new catch-phrase so as to...… (8 comments)
Fat clients reborn; pundits still asleep (first appeared in InfoWorld)
Imitation, I’m told, is the sincerest form of flattery. Given the occasional criticism of Gartner in this space over the years, I was especially flattered by Gartner Senior Analyst Nikos...…
ITIL vs The Cloud: Pick one
...conclusion: Moving your IT infrastructure to The Cloud is unprofessional. Make this conclusion a major premise. The minor premise: Gartner predicts that within 5 years, one out of five companies...… (15 comments)
The Romans had some words for it (first appeared in InfoWorld)
...Gartner Group’s well-publicized $13,200 annual cost number, breaking it down into about $2,800 per year for the PC and network, $4,800 per year for administration, and the rest – about...…
What surveyors don’t tell you
...part that would read, “If you don’t have anything useful to say, refrain from saying it.” The part our friends at Gartner should pay more attention to. As evidence, I...… (15 comments)
The feasibility of unlocked desktops
It doesn’t hurt so much anymore. A couple of weeks ago I was forced to acknowledge that long before the idea was mentioned here in KJR, Gartner published a prediction...…
Deciding how far to open the portal door
...hard to swallow, correspondent Mark Sowash made me aware that, since at least last October, Gartner has been predicting increased employee ownership of PCs (“Ready or not, here comes user...… (2 comments)
A lesson and a Big Mac (first appeared in InfoWorld)
The Gartner Group calls it the “Zero Latency Enterprise.” Regis McKenna’s new book is titled Real Time. McDonald’s asks “Want fries with that?” Although McDonald’s doesn’t dominate the fast food...…
The future of IT
...not the stuff) is that it will go away. That, at least, is the gist of a recent Gartner exercise in futurism, as reported and critiqued here last week. The...…