Gartner Special Reports are
time-sensitive research collections focused on key issues in technology.
Here is an archive of Special Reports that we have published since January
2004.
October 2009
Windows 7
Windows 7 has been characterized as everything from a major step for Windows to a minor service pack for Windows Vista. Either way, it cannot be overlooked. The new OS introduces a variety of optimization and subtle changes — along with significant new functionality. Gartner highlights our latest research on Windows 7 and other issues surrounding this major release.
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Pattern-Based Strategy™
Gartner believes there is a new IT value model that demands your attention. It involves implementing a framework to proactively seek, model and adapt to leading indicators, often termed "weak" signals, that form patterns in the marketplace — and to exploit them for competitive advantage. This new model is called Pattern-Based Strategy.
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the report
September 2009
Vendor Risk Management
Organizations rely on vendors for IT products and services, creating the risk of delivery disruption or failure. A comprehensive program to assess and mitigate vendor risks can help enterprises minimize business disruption.
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August 2009
Context-Aware Computing
Context-aware computing offers the opportunity to better target prospects, increase customer intimacy and enhance associate productivity, and also represents a significant revenue opportunity for technology and communication service providers.
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Gartner's
Hype Cycle Special Report for 2009
The 2009 Gartner Hype Cycle Special Report evaluates the maturity of 1,650
technologies and trends in 79 technology, topic and industry areas. New Hype
Cycles this year include cloud computing, data center power and cooling
technologies, and mobile device technologies.
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the report
June 2009
Cloud
Computing
Awareness around cloud computing continues to increase. As cloud computing
moves beyond pure hype and into the beginning of mainstream adoption,
the questions from users are changing. Gartner’s research on cloud
computing continues to be multidisciplinary and wide ranging.
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the report
May 2009
Cool
Vendors 2009
Cool Vendors are small companies offering technologies and products
that are innovative, impactful and intriguing. Check out this Special
Report to stay ahead of the IT technology curve and make better strategic
decisions, examine alternative technologies or discover the next great
business and investment opportunity.
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the report
April 2009
The
Pandemic Threat
The recent swine flu outbreaks highlight the need for organizations
to have pandemic plans in place. Gartner has comprehensive research
related to pandemic planning that can be found here. Our Special Coverage
will provide regular updates regarding actions you should take as the
situation evolves.
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January 2009
Gartner
Predicts 2009
Predicts 2009 focuses on the global economic downturn, optimizing costs
to survive in tough times and opportunities offered by new technology
paradigms. Whether the issue is cloud computing, social computing, print
services or industry specific, read these special reports before making
major or minor IT decisions.
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December 2008
Focusing
on Talent in Trying Times
CIOs and HR leaders must get their enterprises' workforce practices
into fighting shape, ready to pick back up when the economy rebounds.
Focusing on strategies to find, develop and engage the right people
is a potent starting place.
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report
October 2008
IT and the Economy
Insight on actions IT professionals can take during the global economic
crisis to cut costs, implement cost effective technologies, and use
innovation to position their enterprises for an economic upturn.
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September 2008
The
Business Impact of Social Computing, 2008
The Business Impact of Social Computing, 2008 The business impact of
social computing is being felt across all geographic regions and in
all vertical sectors. This Special Report provides a broad overview
of the present and future impact through a detailed look at more than
20 specific areas.
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the report
August 2008
Gartner's
Hype Cycle Special Report for 2008
Gartner's Hype Cycle Special Report for 2008 The 2008 Gartner Hype Cycle
Special Report features 1,400 technologies and trends in more than 60
technology, topic and industry areas. Use the Hype Cycle as a decision
tool to identify and adopt the right innovations at the right time.
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July 2008
Cloud
Computing: Confusion Leads to Opportunity
The concept of the cloud has emerged and is now gaining traction. Our
Special Report examines the realities and risks.
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the report
June 2008
IT
Modernization: The Changing of the Guard
IT modernization represents the changes that every IT organization must
face as the generations of technology, skills and expectations are inevitably
replaced by the next ones. Every enterprise must begin to prepare for
the inevitable impact this will have.
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the report
May 2008
Cool
Vendors 2008
Global innovation is alive and well. Cool Vendors 2008 will provide
technology opportunities for users and business opportunities for vendors
and investors, as they open new markets and expand existing ones.
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the report
March 2008
Virtualization
Virtualization is hot. It changes and touches nearly everything in the
IT portfolio. It affects what you buy, how you buy and how you implement
it. This comprehensive Special Report focuses on the impact of virtualization
on traditional IT focus areas, as well as future impact and planning
aspects.
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the report
February 2008
IT Budget Optimization:
Cost Cutting in IT
Obtaining maximum business value from IT spending will always be an
ongoing client imperative. But with a potential business downturn ahead
for many clients, the next most important business value action to take
will be to cut IT costs.
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January 2008
Predicts
2008
Our annual Gartner Predicts report highlights projections on the topics
that matter most to our clients. Whether the issue is software as a
service or networking, architecture or consumerization of IT, clients
are urged to read these special reports before making major or minor
IT decisions in 2008.
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December 2007
Green
IT
Gartner has identified 14 new delivery models that will completely transform
the IT market in the next five years. This special report describes
their broad impact on IT organizations, businesses and IT vendors.
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October 2007
Alternate
IT Delivery Models
Gartner has identified 14 new delivery models that will completely transform
the IT market in the next five years. This special report describes
their broad impact on IT organizations, businesses and IT vendors.
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the report
July 2007
Hype
Cycles
These Hype Cycles examine technologies and trends driving innovation
in business applications as well as IT and network management, such
as CRM, workplace technologies and outsourcing. The convergence of business
intelligence and corporate performance management is mirrored by the
merging of two Hype Cycles, while IT services and outsourcing has been
split into three areas: business process outsourcing, consulting and
systems integration, and IT outsourcing.
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the report
June 2007
Consumerization
of IT
The consumerization of IT is the defining trend in IT that will impact
enterprises during the next three years. It is catalyzing a civil war
in IT. This Special Report examines the issues from many angles, such
as productivity, security and new markets.
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the report
April 2007
Cool
Vendors 2007
It's not easy to be labeled a cool vendor in 2007. The theme of user
experience and the focus on consumer interaction are driving a whole
new set of technological imperatives and a new set of cool vendors.
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December 2006
Gartner's
top predictions for 2007
We highlight 10 predictions that herald changes in approach for IT organizations
and the people they serve.
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the Markets/Topic Special Report
Our top industry predictions signal the end of an old order of business,
as the IT investment decisions made during the 1980s and 1990s reach
the end of their cycles. Emerging forces will rewrite the rules of industry
competition.
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the Industry Special Report
August 2006
Disaster
Recovery
This report gathers recent research advising how IT professionals can
prepare their enterprises for the worst. By developing and continually
refining such procedures, enterprises are more likely to survive in
the event of the unthinkable happening.
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July 2006
Hype Cycles
Gartner assesses 1,500 technologies and trends across 70 IT topics,
markets and industries to provide you with the most comprehensive assessment
of technology maturity in the IT industry.
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June 2006
Windows Vista
and Office
Microsoft Windows and Office are the dominant technologies in their
markets. With new versions arriving soon, organizations are trying to
decide how, when and even whether to deploy these new products. Find
out how your enterprise will be affected.
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May 2006
Agility
This Special Report shows you how to define, measure, financially evaluate
and infuse agility into your IT efforts, including areas such as security,
process management, information search and retrieval, and dealings with
external service providers. This research will clarify agility, give
you a framework for the future, and warn you of the roadblocks ahead.
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report
April 2006
India
and China: A Look at two Emerging Technology Markets
India and China increasingly are occupying center stage in the information
and communications technology (ICT) landscape. In these Special Reports,
Gartner examines how their ICT industries are evolving and what their
global impact will be.
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report
Government
2020
Many governments have refined their e-government strategies by focusing
on short- to medium term objectives that are mostly aimed at achieving
greater efficiency. Fewer are looking at a broader, longer-term picture
of IT's role in government and society, when the public sector is likely
to be different than today. This special report summarizes research
that Gartner has conducted to help clients in this long-term planning
process. We have developed a number of future scenarios to answer the
fundamental question of how government will use and be shaped by technology
in year 2020.
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Cool Vendors
Gartner highlights cool vendors with low visibility but high-impact
products and solutions. These vendors often fly under the radar while
forming the leading edge of technological advancement. Take advantage
of the tactical and strategic opportunities they may offer.
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February 2006
Findings:
An Inside View of the Gartner Global Analyst Meeting
Gartner analysts engage in many internal research discussions. To share
some of that thinking more rapidly with clients we are now publishing
Findings from many of these discussions – brief summarizations of conclusions,
reflecting developing research positions.
This set of Findings is a result of an annual gathering of Gartner’s
global analyst community in January, where views of the future of IT
are discussed. They cover a wide range of topics that affect our clients,
the industry and business. These Findings are signposts and indicators
of the future. Many are surprising. Although not all of them present
definitive conclusions, you can expect to see topics discussed in Findings
developed further in our research during the year. To assist you in
locating items of interest, we have categorized Findings into software
applications, technology, management and industry–specific topics.
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the report
December 2005
Gartner's
top predictions for 2006
Our predictions for the next several years will challenge your basic
assumptions about technology, your business and the future of IT.
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November 2005
Enterprise
Personality Profile Special Report
Gartner's EPP helps enterprises assess their chances of achieving their
objectives by determining an overall personality score and measuring
the consistency of personality characteristics. When an enterprise's
personality closely matches its objectives, its chances for success
are high.
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the report
August 2005
Hype
Cycle Special Report
In 2005, for the 10th anniversary of Gartner's Hype Cycles, we looked
at more than 1,600 information technologies and trends across 68 markets,
regions and industries.
About
this special report.
May 2005
Gartner's
Positions on the Five Hottest IT Topics and Trends in 2005
Companies can no longer adopt a wait-and-see attitude regarding open-source
software, voice/data convergence, service-oriented architecture, IT
utility and global sourcing. Gartner's Positions cut through marketplace
hype and confusion to drive responsible and informed adoption decisions.
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the report
April 2005
Cool Vendors
2005
We've identified more than 100 "cool vendors," small companies that
just may produce the next "big thing" in IT. Gartner defines a cool
vendor as one that is innovative, interesting, and has or will have
a business impact on the future of IT. We've included companies that
have not yet received much attention or publicity due to their size,
but seasoned IT professionals know that innovation often comes from
small technology providers. Read
the report
November 2004
Predicts
2005: Deploy New Technology, Applications for Success
This three-tiered offering gives futuristic analysis for technologies
and opportunities. Read
the report
June 2004
Hype
Cycles
This three-part series offers a snapshot of three categories of Hype
Cycles: Technology, Applications, and Industries. Read
the report
January 2004
Licensing
Issues Increase Pressure on Microsoft
With elongated release schedules, many Microsoft customers feel that
they have little value to show for their Software Assurance agreements.
During the next 18 to 24 months, Microsoft will feel the impact of customer
backlash. Read
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