Stan Gibson

If youre an IBM customer, theres a good chance the building blocks with which you will construct tomorrows enterprise applications will be made in China or India. Continuing to expand its operations in those countries, IBM opened new centers in Beijing, China and Pune, India, dedicated to the development of SOA (service-oriented architecture) software. The […]

Generation Y is invading corporate America and bringing with it personal technology that will create a revolution in corporate technology departments, Gartner analysts told attendees at the annual Symposium/ITxpo here Oct. 8-13. Consumer technologies, including podcasting, blogging, VOIP (voice over IP) and video on demand will penetrate the enterprise workplace by the year 2012, spearheaded […]

Its the relationship, stupid. That was the message at the Outsource World conference in New York City Oct. 17-18, where the subject of how to get around outsourcing relationship pitfalls was front and center during various presentations. Most customers and providers entering outsourcing relationships know the litany: Youve got to manage as you have never […]

A new exploit is leaving your desktops vulnerable, but Microsofts patch is not due for another week. What to do? Faced with such a dilemma, many IT professionals are turning to ZERT. ZERT is an acronym for Zeroday Emergency Response Team, a group of security expert volunteers who create patches for security holes, mainly in […]

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 […]