NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How important is it for them to understand and keep up with the new trends in technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] Get Engaged!

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Trend Technology Gartner Nonprofit 100

Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

2) Fast follow The Gartner Hype Cycle captures the euphoria new technologies tend to generate in the early days. Consider the persistent gender gap in access to both mobile phones and the internet. What we need most is agility—the ability to learn and pivot as quickly as possible.

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Generation Hype Gartner Benefit 89

NTEN

JULY 1, 2009

Every Wednesday, Gartner does a free webinar on a variety of topics. This week, they presented "Technology Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore." According to Gartner, the average server uses 65% of its power just sitting idle. Gartner agrees. It used to be that all we had to deal with was the phone and fax.

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Gartner Technology Virtual Phone 90

Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Phone News Technology Free 48

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. Citrix cites Gartner Device Shipment Forecasts that find that the business PC market will grow at a rate of about 10% per year for the next few years.

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Gartner Marketing Laptop Trend 50

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Below, I’ll describe some recent research on the used, or "secondary," marketplace as well as some of the trends that address the viability of the refurbished computer market. Refurbishment and the Environment.

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Marketing Gartner Laptop Trend 59

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Lost or corrupted data such as names, addresses, credit card details, emails, and phone numbers would not only disrupt operations and create compliance risks, but also cause a major breach of trust among donors. We see a similar trend within the Salesforce platform.

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Data Gartner Nonprofit Model 69