Consumer Technologies

News Analysis

• With Windows 7's Arrival, Plan Migrations Now
  21 October 2009

Featured Research

• Q&A: Gartner's Five Key Positions on Google: Gmail, Advertising, Enterprise Applications, Search Appliance and App Engine
  8 October 2009
• Plan to Implement Some 64-Bit Versions of Windows 7
  6 October 2009
• Prepare for Windows 7 in Three Phases
  1 October 2009
• Case Study: Best Buy Extends Its Reach With a Public WOA API
  28 September 2009
• Social Trends Are Influencing the Adoption of Mobile and Web Technology
  10 August 2009
• Mini-notebooks Can Be Bargains or Business-Class, but not Both
  3 August 2009
• Cloud Computing Constituencies and Inconsistent Perspectives
  24 April 2009
• Mobile Check-In for Airlines: Lessons From a South American Airline
  23 April 2009
• Cost Cutting: Skip Windows Vista on Desktops When You're Delaying Desktop PC Updates
  22 April 2009
• Google Talk: Is It Ready for the Enterprise?
  16 April 2009

The Basics

Essential concepts and fundamental principles

• Key Issues for the Consumerization of IT, 2009
  3 February 2009
• Key Issues for Consumer Services, 2008
  19 March 2008
• To Deal With Consumerization, CIOs Should Ask 'Why?' Not Just Say 'No'
  10 March 2008

Hype Cycles

The wave of the future — or just hype? Gartner Hype Cycles show the difference

• Hype Cycle for Consumer Mobile Applications, 2009
  28 July 2009
• Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2009
  24 July 2009
• Hype Cycle for Automotive Electronics, 2008
  8 August 2008
• Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008
  1 August 2008
• Hype Cycle for Consumer Goods, 2008
  9 July 2008
• Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2008
  2 July 2008

Vendor Ratings

The products, strategies and viability of specific vendors

• Vendor Focus: Google's GAPE Is Improving but Still Not Ready for High Growth
  4 June 2009
• Vendor Rating: Google
  1 April 2009