French Caldwell

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French Caldwell
VP and Gartner Fellow
13 years at Gartner
17 years IT industry

French Caldwell is a vice president and Gartner Fellow in Gartner Research, where he leads governance, risk and compliance research. Mr. Caldwell also writes and presents on knowledge management. His research includes analysis of the impact… Read Full Bio

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Vendor Risk Management 101

by French Caldwell  |  February 2, 2009  |  Comments Off

A quote from a posting by Larry Dignan on ZDNet:
“Without any diversification companies are at risk. In this respect, all companies should diversify a little. Say Windows is attacked and effectively wiped out. The all-Windows shop is wiped out too. But if that company is 80 percent Windows, 15 percent open source and 5 percent Mac suddenly the prospects look better.”

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