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Entries from December 2008

New Research: Dynamic Programming Languages Will Be Critical to the Success of Many Next-Generation AD Efforts

December 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just published a new research note on dynamic (scripting) languages.  Gartner clients can find the full note here but the following is a quick highlight of the content….
Dynamic programming languages, such as PHP, Python and Ruby, are making their way into mainstream IT efforts. Although these tools provide new opportunities for IT organizations to [...]

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New Research: Predicts 2009: The Evolving Open-Source Software Model

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve just published a research note that has some key predictions for open source over the next several years.  It’s only available to Gartner clients but here are some highlights…
Key Findings

By 2012, at least 50% of direct commercial revenue attributed to open-source products or services will come from projects under a single vendor’s patronage.
Through 2011, less [...]

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Heading To Gartner’s Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit?

December 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ll be in sunny Las Vegas from Dec 8th to the 10th at Gartner’s AADI conference.
The high here at home was 20 today so I am LOOKING forward to the Nevada desert right about now.
I’ll be doing two presentations on AD and one on OSS plus an OSS user roundtable (link above).
If you are attending  [...]

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