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Posts tagged Gartner Research
Catch the MAC & OS-X Wave
Oct 19th
Apple makes great products. We have three Macs under this roof right now – a MacBook, a Mac mini, and a G4 that belong to my boys. All three running OS-X of course.
I have used PCs and windows for years. Bought my first PC in 86 and first built my own PC in 89. Before PCs, I owned a Commodore VIC 20, an Atari 400, a Sinclair ZX81, a Radio Shack Model 100, and an Apple II. I have continued to build my own PC systems over the years. In January of this year, I built my current system More >
2008 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle
Oct 4th
We live in a world of constantly emerging, developing and maturing technologies. These technologies are at the confluence of rapidly accelerating ideas and innovation.
The IT industry research firm Gartner has for many years tracked and analyzed emerging technologies from their inception to their fruition or demise and has developed, from their observations, the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies.
This cycle tracks the market views of various technologies, which go through predictable cycles from their “trigger” to their inflated peak of expectations, then down into the trough of disillusionment, then up the slope of enlightenment and, finally, to the plateau of productivity.
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