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Every IT product and service has a finite useful life, and must eventually be retired or replaced. When making these decisions, correct timing is critical. The Gartner IT Market Clock is a framework that can help IT and business leaders evaluate and prioritize IT investments.

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Senior Vice President Peter Sondergaard discusses the Gartner IT Market Clock methodology.

Gartner IT Market Clock Research

Introducing the Gartner IT Market Clock

7 September 2011

Gartner's IT Market Clock is a methodology that supports strategic investment and divestment decisions. It can be applied to any IT product or service category.

Understanding Gartner's IT Market Clocks, 2012

8 September 2011

Gartner's IT Market Clocks provide a consolidated, full life cycle view of the IT assets in any technology asset portfolio. They highlight divestment priorities or where market forces should be exploited to expand supplier choice and/or achieve cost savings.

IT Market Clock for Application Development, 2012

10 September 2012

As AD disciplines and technologies move through market life cycles, commoditization increases, and deployment priorities change. IT leaders should assess the maturity and commoditization levels of each asset to build deployment road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.

IT Market Clock for Client Computing, 2012

12 September 2012

As client-computing technologies move through market life cycles, commoditization increases, and deployment priorities change. IT leaders must understand the maturity and commoditization levels of each asset to build deployment road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.

IT Market Clock for Communications Services, 2012

1 August 2012

As communications services move through their life cycles, commoditization increases and buyer values change. At each stage, standardization increases, more suppliers are available and skill levels become less specialized. We provide a framework for helping IT leaders manage these transitions.

IT Market Clock for Database Management Systems, 2012

14 September 2012

As database management system technologies mature, so commoditization increases and procurement and deployment priorities change. IT leaders must understand the maturity and commoditization levels of each asset to build deployment road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.

IT Market Clock for Enterprise Mobility, 2012

10 September 2012

As enterprise mobility products and services progress through their market life cycles, innovation and cost optimization opportunities arise. IT leaders must comprehend mobile asset maturity and commoditization to plan successful road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.

IT Market Clock for Enterprise Networking Infrastructure, 2012

14 March 2012

Networking infrastructure matures over long periods; however, we continue to see innovation with refresh opportunities. Planners must understand when to seek strategic advantage from new technology options, when to focus on price and when to retire technologies.

IT Market Clock for ERP Platform Technology, 2012

12 September 2012

The IT Market Clock for ERP Platform Technology provides a framework for evaluating the maturity of underlying ERP technology. ERP leaders and CIOs should use this research to validate and, where appropriate, change the platform technology supporting their ERP investments.

IT Market Clock for Financial Management Applications, 2012

1 August 2012

Financial management applications are at different stages of their market life cycles. CIOs and CFOs need to base the strategies for their finance systems on how different market segments evolve.

IT Market Clock for Higher Education, 2012

12 September 2012

As technologies important to higher education move through market life cycles, commoditization increases, and deployment priorities change. CIOs must understand the maturity and commoditization levels of assets to build deployment road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.

IT Market Clock for Infrastructure Protection, 2012

1 December 2011

As threats change and infrastructure protection technologies move through market life cycles, their effectiveness and deployment priorities change. Security managers can use this IT Market Clock to make the best decisions for upgrading security controls.

IT Market Clock for IT Operations Management, 2012

15 August 2012

As IT operations management technologies move through market cycles, commoditization increases and deployment priorities change. IT leaders must understand the maturity and commoditization levels of each asset to build deployment road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.

IT Market Clock for Remote Deposit Capture, 2012

7 August 2012

RDC offers more opportunities for banks to offer self-service. However, bank IT and business staff must understand the maturity levels of these technologies to build viable product and deployment road maps, plan timely divestments, and manage their portfolios and strategies.

IT Market Clock for Server Virtualization & Operating Environments, 2012

13 September 2012

As server operating systems and virtualization move through market life cycles, commoditization increases and deployment priorities change. IT leaders must understand the maturity and commoditization levels of each asset to build road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.

IT Market Clock for Storage, 2012

6 September 2012

Software in the storage market evolves quickly, but hardware evolves at an iterative pace. The line between them is blurred, and "applianceization" is increasingly used to merge software innovation into hardware for better functionality, redefining enterprise choices for delivering storage.

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