Understanding Gartner's IT Market Clocks, 2012

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Analysis
- What Is the IT Market Clock?
  - Market Life and Commoditization
  - The Four Phases of Market Life
  - IT Market Clock Transitions
  - Time to Next Phase
  - Positioning Asset Classes on the IT Market Clock
- Timing IT Investment and Divestment Decisions
  - Initial Investments
  - Divestments
  - Technology Generations
- Asset Class Trajectories
  - Moving Around the IT Market Clock — Commoditization Paths
  - Commoditization Paths and Buyer Power
  - Evaluating and Interpreting Commoditization Paths
  - Accelerated Commoditization Paths
  - Commoditization Paths and Cost Savings
  - Commoditization and Market Penetration
- Working With Gartner's IT Market Clocks
- IT Market Clocks and Other Gartner Methodologies
  - IT Market Clocks and Hype Cycles
  - Technologies and Asset Classes
  - IT Market Clocks and Magic Quadrants
Recommended Reading

Figures

Figure 1.

The IT Market Clock

Figure 2.

IT Market Clock Transitions and Market Penetration

Figure 3.

Generic Standardization Measures for Hardware, Software and Services

Figure 4.

Generic Number of Suppliers and Access to Skills Measures

Figure 5.

Generic Technology Asset Divestment Guidelines

Figure 6.

Windows Client OS Technology Generations

Figure 7.

Windows Client OS Divest/Reinvest Paths

Figure 8.

IT Commoditization Curve

Figure 9.

Notional Commoditization Path

Figure 10.

Commoditization Path and Buyer Power

Figure 11.

Low Commoditization Path

Figure 12.

First-Degree Network Effect Commoditization Path

Figure 13.

Second-Degree Network Effect Commoditization Path

Figure 14.

Cost Saving and Commoditization

Figure 15.

IT Market Clocks and Hype Cycles

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