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Microsoft’s recent Professional Developer’s Conference is arguably Microsoft’s most important conference in the past decade, as a number of new offerings and strategies were announced, including Microsoft’s unveiling of its cloud services platform and vision and the first distribution of Windows 7 code to developers. Join us, as a team of Gartner analysts assess the [...]

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One of my travels was presenting on enterprise mashups at the The Council of Information Services Directors (CISD),  conference in Baton Rouge, LA. It was attended by about 800 IT leaders in state and local government (including education). After my presentation a gentleman approached me and after telling me how much he enjoyed my presentation…
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Gartner analysts and insight are featured on the Gartnervideo YouTube channel. Below is a sample of what you’ll find, as Mark Raskino discusses a potential pitfall in the current economic environment.

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During this morning’s Mastermind Keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said a Yahoo acquisition makes “economic sense,” a comment that caused Yahoo stock to jump more than 15%. Check out the webcast of Ballmer’s Mastermind interview with Neil MacDonald and David Mitchell Smith.
For the record, Microsoft says it has “no interest” in acquiring Yahoo.

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Check out streaming webcasts of today’s Symposium keynote presentations, including CEO Gene Hall, Peter Sondergaard and top Gartner analysts.

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Gartner Senior Vice President of Global Research Peter Sondergaard discussed the latest IT spending forecast this morning on Fox Business News. You can see a replay here.

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Gartner Research has assembled a special series to help you manage the impact of current economic conditions on your IT programs. IT and The Economy: Where Do You Go From Here provides the latest Gartner thinking and advice, focusing on actions you can take right now.
The report will be updated frequently with up-to-the-moment research, plus [...]

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The premier IT event of the year for IT leaders across every industry gets into high gear from Orlando right now. This edition of Symposium ITxpo addresses the financial crisis head-on, including straightforward discussions of where most organizations can and should cut (”Top 25 Ways to Cut IT Costs”) and how savvy organizations will turn [...]

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