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2013 Planning Guides: Coming to Terms with the Nexus of Forces

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The Nexus of Forces has profound implications for technology environments and the role of the IT practitioner. In order to fully take advantage of this human-machine ecosystem, technical professionals must respond to imposed societal and behavioral changes.

Gartner for Technical Professionals: 2013 Planning Guides

  • Infrastructure
  • Users, Applications & Data
  • Security, Risk Mgmt. & Identity
  • Professional Effectiveness

Infrastructure

2013 Planning Guide: Data Center, Infrastructure, Operations, Private Cloud and Desktop Transformation

1 November 2012

In 2013, organizations will continue transitioning data centers to host private clouds in order to improve efficiency and agility. Decisions such as choice of cloud management and virtualization platforms and software-defined infrastructure make 2013 a critical year for technical professionals.

2013 Cloud Computing Planning Guide: Rising Expectations

1 November 2012

Cloud computing continues to be a rapidly evolving and volatile market. In 2013, customer expectations will force IT organizations to adopt a hybrid-IT operating model that can host critical applications in the private cloud and can use public cloud services to increase business and IT agility.

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Users, Applications & Data

2013 Planning Guide for Application Delivery Strategies: Mobile, Cloud, Social, and Information

1 November 2012

In 2013, application delivery teams need to re-establish themselves as trusted solution providers for mobile, cloud, social and information initiatives. This Planning Guide provides guidance on how to design, develop and deliver applications that respond to these trends.

2013 Planning Guide: Data Management

1 November 2012

A new era is emerging in which information will play an increasingly pivotal role in business success. The confluence of cloud, social and mobile is creating new types of information. The effective management and analysis of this new data is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage.

2013 Planning Guide: Collaboration and Content

1 November 2012

In 2013, IT should remain skeptical of cloud email and unified communications (UC), use a palette of systems to support a variety of users, rationalize content management systems, prepare for more multimedia content, leverage data on the Web and focus on enabling social software adoption.

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Security, Risk Management & Identity

2013 Planning Guide: Security and Risk Management

1 November 2012

The Nexus of Forces brings great opportunities and risks. This Planning Guide provides information security and risk teams with invaluable insights for prioritizing security and risk projects in 2013.

2013 Planning Guide: Identity and Privacy

1 November 2012

To be successful in 2013 and beyond, identity and privacy professionals must deliver guidance, architectures and services that meet social, mobile, cloud and information pressures and requirements. It is in this Nexus of Forces that identity and privacy will demonstrate their true value.

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Professional Effectiveness

2013 Professional Effectiveness Planning Guide: Coming to Terms with the Nexus of Forces

1 November 2012

Gartner's Nexus of Forces has profound implications for IT. This Planning Guide discusses the Nexus impact on the IT organization and IT architectures. But even more importantly, we focus on the forces of the Nexus and how the Nexus affects individuals, their careers and their sense of control.

2013 Planning Guide: Mobility

1 November 2012

Mobility is transforming the enterprise. IT can lead, follow or get out of the way. Enterprises must consider bring your own device (BYOD) policies, mobile device management (MDM), identity and security systems, application development and usage, and wireless networks in their 2013 plan.

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