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  iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

  Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

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  BYOD is driving IT 'crazy': Gartner

  IT managers grappling with bring-your-own-device policies can expect to see an explosion in the number of smartphones and tablets used by employees in the next few years.

  By Matt Hamblen | 22 May, 2012 01:01

  Tags: smartphones, sap, oracle, Mobile and Wireless, hardware systems, hardware, Gartner, consumer electronics

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  Android in enterprises 'severely limited' by weak management support from Google

  Adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in large businesses has been "severely limited" because of the complexities of managing the various Android models and versions, market research firm Gartner said in an evaluation of 20 mobile device management (MDM) software vendors released Friday.

  By Matt Hamblen | 19 May, 2012 02:25

  Tags: smartphones, security, Mobile OSes, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, mobile, IDC, Google, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

• Samsung is the big daddy of Android phones

  Samsung has become the clear leader in sales of Android smartphones as Gartner today reported that it accounted for 40% of worldwide Android sales in the first quarter of 2012.

  By Brad Reed | 17 May, 2012 04:39

  Tags: wireless, smartphones, samsung, Nokia, networking, Google, Gartner, consumer electronics, Android

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  Consumerization trends hit IT service management

  NEW ORLEANS

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 17 May, 2012 02:49

  Tags: software, IT Governance and Compliance, Gartner, applications

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  Today, printers. Tomorrow, 'integrated peripherals'?

  Out went 42 aging black and white copiers with interface boxes that let them serve as printers. In went 42 new networked multi-function printers (MFPs) that could do color printing and copying and scan directly to e-mail, fax or files. And the owner, the Park Hill School District in Kansas City, MO, saves $19,000 yearly.

  By Lamont Wood | 08 May, 2012 20:56

  Tags: roi, it strategy, it management, hardware systems, hardware, Gartner

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  Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

  It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

  By Maria Korolov | 30 April, 2012 21:28

  Tags: Android, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, desktop, desktop pcs, Gartner, hardware systems, IDC, Linux, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software

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  The upside of shadow IT

  First, a scary statistic: Gartner predicts that in less than three years, 35 per cent of enterprise IT expenditures will happen outside of the corporate IT budget. Employees will regularly subscribe to collaboration, analytic and other Cloud services they want, all with the press of a button. Others will simply build their own applications using readily available Cloud-based tools and development platforms.

  By Julia King | 23 April, 2012 23:55

  Tags: Gartner, it management

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  Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

  ORLANDO -- The technology that makes up many of the systems in the ITworld today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.

  By Michael Cooney | 19 October, 2011 04:41

  Tags: cloud computing, Facebook, Gartner, hardware systems, infrastructure management, internet, management, networking, security, tablets, wireless, youtube

• The pros and cons of Windows 7 security

  Businesses are eyeing a transition to Microsoft Windows 7, and with a wealth of security features that are part of it, it's worth figuring out the good and bad about each of them, says Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald, who notes in some cases, third-party security products might be the better fit.

  By Ellen Messmer | 29 June, 2010 07:28

  Tags: Bit9, Gartner, mcafee, Microsoft, operating systems, security, software, Windows, Windows 7 security

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