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Gartner publishes 2009 "Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies"
Annual report on how far away tech is 12 August 2009 12:00 GMT
Gartner has published its 2009 "Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies", which aims to predict exactly how far away all those awesome-sounding projects, like jetpacks, are away from mainstream acceptance.

The idea is that technologies move through five stages...
Survey says 85% of companies using Open Source software
And remainder will do so within a year 18 November 2008 10:12 GMT
According to the analysts at Gartner, a whooping 85% of some of the world's top companies are using Open Source software.

And the remainder are planning on moving across within the next year.

The findings come after a survey of 274 end-user organisations...
Gartner says mobile sales will increase 11% in 2008
1.28 billion units to be shifted 7 August 2008 9:10 GMT
Worldwide sales of mobile phones will reach 1.28 billion units in 2008, an 11% increase from last year, according to Gartner. In 2007, worldwide mobile phone sales reached 1.15 billion units.

Worldwide mobile phone sales in the first quarter of 2008 reached...
Computer mouse facing extinction
Touch and gesture recognition tech taking over 21 July 2008 11:29 GMT
The humble computer mouse could soon be a rarity on desks around the world.

According to industry experts, alternative technologies, including gesture, movement and facial recognition interfaces could see the mouse and mouse mat pushed into the past.
Number of PCs worldwide hits one billion mark
And will double by 2014 24 June 2008 11:56 GMT
Gartner reports that the number of PCs worldwide has surpassed one billion units.

The installed base of PCs is growing just under 12% annually which means if the same pace, the number of PCs in the world will surpass two billion units by early-2014.
Format war over by 2009
Gartner predicts HD DVD won't last 'til Christmas 7 February 2008 15:54 GMT
The format war will be over by the end of the year according to research firm Gartner, the Blu-ray Disc Association is proclaiming.

According to Gartner's principal research analyst for Japan, Hiroyuki Shimizu, by the end of 2008 the Blu-ray disc format will...
Global PC market is ours, says HP
...and two worldwide reports 18 January 2008 14:12 GMT
Now is the time for corporate reports and market analysis, and two of the latest name Hewlett-Packard (HP) as king of the PC manufacturing market.

HP had 18.8% of global PC unit shipments for 2007, according to results from Q4 of 2007, published by industry...
Two trillion texts to be sent in 2008
SMS to be up 19% this year 2 January 2008 17:36 GMT
Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 2.3 trillion messages will be sent worldwide in 2008, which apparently represents a 19.6% increase from the 2007 total of 1.9 trillion messages.

Mobile messaging revenue across major markets will grow 15.7% in 2008 to $60.2 billion,...
Gartner analysts predict blogging will level off next year
Also say that Vista will be Microsoft's last Windows release 14 December 2006 10:55 GMT
Analysts at Gartner have published their ten predictions for IT next year, and have determined that blogging will level off next year.

Their research shows that at the moment there are around 200 million ex-bloggers worldwide, people who became disillusioned...
Dell should make Macs, say analysts
Apple should retreat from hardware manufacturer and worry about software instead 20 October 2006 12:46 GMT
Analyst house Gartner is courting controversy by saying that Apple should license its hardware business to Dell in order to gain a higher share in the computer market.

In the report, entitled “Apple Should License the Mac to Dell”, Gartner says that it should...
Gartner says Windows Vista will be delayed
Three months extra wait according to research firm 4 May 2006 0:00 GMT
Microsoft latest operating system, Windows Vista is likely be delayed again by at least 3 months according to research group Gartner.

The research note, released to clients on Monday, said the new Windows Vista operating system is too complex to be able to meet...