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Posted By: Robert Cavenagh 570 days ago
Author: Jacqueline Sherman, Sr. Manager, Symposium/ITxpo Programs Thank you to all who attended Emerging Trends Symposium/ITxpo last month in Las Vegas. We hope your time with us was even more productive with your participation in the Symposium Communities onsite. We are pleased to share the following Trip Reports with key conference take-aways and highlights from the event pertaining to each Community: Applications Community Trip Report Business Intelligence & Information Management Community Trip Report Business Process Improvement Community Trip Report CIO Community Trip Report Enterprise Architecture Community Trip Report Infrastructure & Operations Community Trip Report Program & Portfolio Management Community Trip Report Security & Risk Management Community Trip Report Sourcing & Vendor Relationships Community Trip Report
Posted By: Brian Hellauer, Managing Editor, Gartner.com 598 days ago
It's time to wrap up this edition of Emerging Trends Symposium/ITxpo. The five days in our new Las Vegas home seemed to fly by, and the conference megatrends kept everyone talking. Now it's on to Barcelona, 11-14 May. Thanks for checking in!
Posted By: Brian Hellauer, Managing Editor, Gartner.com 598 days ago
Digital natives "are people who've grown up with technology. Creating whole new lives and languages for themselves. They are here to stay and they're not going back," noted Gartner Analyst (and digital immigrant) Jennifer Beck, introducing today's closing keynote session. "You and I as digital immigrants dominate the IT industry. That is changing forever." Beck interviewed three digital natives - UPenn student Andrew Metcalf, 21, Angela Ngo, 22, a student at UC Berkeley and Derek Ashlong, a 32-year-old social media entrepreneur and musician - each of whom had a unique take on technology's role on their lives. The funny thing about the term "digital native," noted Beck, is that they don't identify with that term. Rather, they are so accustomed to technology that is not even thought about. "We found these utilities to achieve the things we needed to do on our own," Ngo said, talking about her experiences in founding the Berkeley Project. ...Posted By: Brian Hellauer, Managing Editor, Gartner.com 598 days ago
Gartner analysts John Barber and Jon Erensen lead a light-hearted but informative tour through the innards of an Apple iPhone. Their verdict: iPhone is a rugged mix of widely used and innovative components, stirred with Apple's engineering and software prowess to create a device that will not be imitated anytime soon. During the presentation, Barber tore down the iPhone while Erensen explained the engineering and features. Their first finding: it's tough. Barber was hard pressed to remove the screws holding together the case, tearing it open to get at the components inside. Inside, phone, networking, and iPod components nestle around the large battery. Erensen noted that Apple made a number of tradeoffs - no user-replaceable battery or flash memory, a basic 2 megapixel camera - to keep cost and performance of the device reasonable. The components themselves are for the most part not the latest and greatest, but pieces chosen for their integration of functions and wide ...Posted By: Brian Hellauer, Managing Editor, Gartner.com 599 days ago
We asked several Emerging Trends Symposium/ITxpo attendees: What technology or concept are you more interested in learning more about at Symposium?
