Web Services

News Analysis

• Adobe's New Collaboration Services Can Enhance Applications
  9 October 2009
• IBM Hits Cloud E-Mail Market With $3 Mailbox
  9 October 2009
• Microsoft Pushes Interoperability With XMPP Support
  5 October 2009

Featured Research

• The Business Impact of Social Computing: Real-World Results for Customer Engagement
  4 November 2009
• Scalability, Elasticity and Multitenancy on the Road to Cloud Services
  4 November 2009
• How Enterprises Can Tap Into Informal External Entities Beyond Their Direct Control
  2 November 2009
• Q&A: The Many Aspects of Private Cloud Computing
  22 October 2009
• Use a Gartner Governance Model to More Safely Empower Grassroots Social Media Efforts
  9 October 2009
• How to Assess the Suitability of Social Media for Enterprise Collaboration Scenarios
  9 October 2009
• Q&A: Gartner's Five Key Positions on Google: Gmail, Advertising, Enterprise Applications, Search Appliance and App Engine
  8 October 2009
• How to Approach Integration in Advanced SOA Projects
  7 October 2009
• Context-Aware Computing: Best Practices for Context-Enriched Services
  22 September 2009
• The 13 Most Common SOA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
  18 September 2009

The Basics

Essential concepts and fundamental principles

• Revisiting the Definition and Realities of SODA
  16 June 2009
• The State of SaaS, 2008
  7 August 2008
• Open Source and Portals, 2008
  1 April 2008
• Service-Oriented Architecture Overview and Guide to SOA Research
  3 January 2008
• Key Factors Affecting Web Business Models Through 2010
  18 December 2007

Hype Cycles

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

• Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing, 2009
  16 July 2009

Magic Quadrants

Which vendors are leaders, visionaries, challengers or niche players

• Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace
  22 October 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing
  29 July 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection
  6 February 2009
• MarketScope for Ajax Technology and RIA Platforms
  29 December 2008
• Magic Quadrant for Social Software
  31 October 2008
• Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products
  12 September 2008

Vendor Ratings

The products, strategies and viability of specific vendors

• Vendor Focus for Microsoft: Cloud Computing Is the Next Big Thing
  24 July 2009
• The Gartner Enterprise Content Management and Related Technologies Vendor Guide
  24 April 2009
• Cool Vendors in Cloud Computing System and Application Infrastructure, 2009
  6 April 2009
• Vendor Focus for Omniture: Users Summit 2009
  27 March 2009