When the analysts at Gartner began publishing their Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle graphic seventeen years ago tablet computers weren’t anywhere on the chart. Nor were most of the enabling and offshoot technologies found in the latest edition published earlier this month. Read more
There’s no need to wonder what to do about the proliferation of mobile devices and employees’ demonstrated desire to use those devices at work. So says Gartner in its latest report, based on a survey of IT professionals in large enterprises across the US, EMEA and Asia.
In “User Survey Analysis: Impact of Mobile Devices on Network and Data Center Infrastructure,” the analysts’ advice includes: Read more
Now that tablets are firmly entrenched in the enterprise, expect to see an influx of mobile productivity applications designed specifically for the slate form factor.
Late last year, we saw the introduction of apps like Adobe Touch for creative professionals and IBM’s seven new social networking and collaboration apps designed to “address 21st century workforce trends.”
Salesforce.com’s anticipated Touch.salesforce.com promises to be “Everything you love about Salesforce. Redesigned for touch.” That should make David Willis, the chief of research for communications at Gartner, happy. Willis was quoted as saying that mobile versions of popular business applications “will only be successful if they redesign the apps, rather than just duplicating the traditional desktop or browser experience.” Read more
I came across this presentation, from Karan Bhujbal in India, that has some interesting statistics about how, where, and to what extent people are connecting with tablets.
My favorite slide is number 26, at the end, which plots tablets on the Gartner Hype Cycle. Developed by the analyst firm, the Gartner Hype Cycle is “a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications, and how they are potentially relevant to solving real business problems and exploiting new opportunities.” Read more
Originally Post By Jennifer Lawinski
As Apple’s iPad and other tablets move from the consumer world into the corporate IT ecosystem, business applications are moving beyond simple personal productivity applications to include enterprise heavy-hitters such as CRM and ERP. Vendors are launching tablet applications to meet enterprise demand, following where users want to take the tablet platform, says Gartner vice president and analyst David Willis, and CIOs should be aware of the ways software is evolving to conform to the tablet platform.
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Originally Posted By Michael J. Miller
In a session at Gartner Symposium yesterday, Gartner’s David Cearley listed the top ten strategic technology trends that the research and advisory company think will impact IT departments most of the next year.
The list (as shown) consists of media tablets, mobile-centric applications, contextual and social user experience, the Internet of Things, app stores and marketplaces, next-generation analytics, big data, in-memory computing, extreme low-energy servers, and cloud computing.
