Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2013

For some reading this, you’re probably wondering who this “Gartner” is and why … Cloud Computing Mobile Computing #nptech mobile apps

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Cloud Computing IT Infrastructure SaaS/PaaS Technology Analytics big data cloud computing Gartner technology trends 2013In addition to mobile, these next five trends have the ability to radically alter the nonprofit technology landscape in the coming years with a heavy emphasis on data and analytics that is so crucial to nonprofit organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

and other technologies such as Second Life follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called " hype cycles " The description is below and this visual showing the hype cycle for consumer technologies. cc "BY" license Photo by Cosmic Spanner What we're witnessing with the hype and anti-hype or schmype swirling around Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

Hat tip to Jay Moonah for the pointer to this Gartner article about virtual worlds. but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner's five laws for exploring virtual worlds at the enterprise level. Gartner recommends that enterprises should experiment with virtual worlds, but not plan massive projects, and look for community benefits rather than commerce. ???Find By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Reality Check: 10-15% Of Brands’ Social Media Fans, Likes And Reviews Will Be Fake By 2014, Says Gartner | TechCrunch : Fake fans, fake “likes” and fake reviews are some of the worst aspects of social media — or at least for those of us earnest enough to take user-generated content and the will of the crowd seriously. Now, new research from Gartner lays bare the fact that it’s only going to get worse, as paid social media interactions become a more established industry unto themselves.

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360 Factors

APRIL 29, 2021

Carl joined 360factors from Zycus, an industry-leader in procurement source-to-pay solutions, where he led the sales & solution consulting team as Senior Vice President of Sales and helped them become a leader in Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

EveryAction has earned high marks from independent, third party validators like Firefly Partners, Idealware, and Gartner. Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. If you're not already an EveryAction user, here's 50 reasons to make the switch today. #1. Higher Conversion Rates = Raising More Money.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2009

Every Wednesday, Gartner does a free webinar on a variety of topics. According to Gartner, the average server uses 65% of its power just sitting idle. Gartner noted that client virtualization is still pretty new, though, and there are kinks to work out. . Gartner agrees. According to Gartner, the amount of data produced around the world will grow by 650% over the next few years, and 80% of it will be unstructured.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2011

Flickr photo: pasukaru76 "Now is the Time for IT Leaders to Re-imagine IT" That was the subject line of an email I received from Gartner recently. Change Management gartner NPTech NTEN IT StaffSure, the email was just a pitch for one of their upcoming events, but I can't help but think of that subject line as a battle cry – a drop-your-mobile-phone-and-pay-attention type of battle cry.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2009

Enter Gartner. According to Gartner (and they do consider themselves the authority here), Cloud computing is: A style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-related capabilities are provided as a service to external customers using Internet technologies. The analogy the Gartner analyst used was electricity: As consumers, we don't worry about how electricity gets to our light switch, we just worry about flipping the switch effectively.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2009

That was the theme of a webinar I attended with the folks from Gartner called "Emergency IT Cost Cutting." Tags: budget gartner itstaff NPTech NTEN Flickr Photo: Steve Wampler I know that -- if you haven't had to already -- many of you are right in the middle of figuring out how to cut your IT budget for the next fiscal year. It stinks, but you have to do what you have to do.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 8, 2021

According to Gartner, 99% of cloud security failures and resulting data loss will be the customer’s fault through 2025. By: Mike Melone, Content Marketing Manager, OwnBackup. For nonprofits, digital transformation is increasingly necessary to survival.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 9, 2018

With over 100,000 bots created on the Facebook Messenger platform and the rise of AI and conversational user interfaces (think SIRI), Gartner analysts predict by 2020 the average person will have more conversations with bots than their spouse. The next disruptive technology phase is already upon here and it includes a technology designed to emulate human conversation – chatbots programmed with artificial intelligence.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

By 2020, over 26 billion things – cars, appliances, roads – will be connected to the Internet (Gartner), yet the vast majority of staff working at nonprofits have never heard the term “Internet of Things.” The following is an excerpt from October-December 2016 Edition of AsianNGO Magazine. Facebook launched in 2004, YouTube in 2005, and Twitter in 2006.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Gartner , a tech analyst firm, created a list of trending technology resources nonprofits and organizations are taking advantage of to make a greater impact using more robust resources, at a lower cost than traditional IT. Image courtesy of Wisepreneur. The Cloud. “Doing more with less,” is something nonprofits are accustomed too, however cloud services are providing nonprofits with with more for less.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Gartner identified democratization as one of the top industry trends at their IT Symposium/Xpo 2019. Take a cue from the news to see what’s coming in association tech. Want to know what’s on the horizon for association technology in 2020? You don’t have to look far.

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Imarticus Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2017

A study by Gartner suggests that by 2020, 100 million customers will shop in augmented reality. It is a matter of perspective really, how do you interpret the term ‘Disruption’, in context to this blog, the term ‘Digital Disruption’.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2007

For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008. It is nice to see that “Green IT &# tops Gartner’s list. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Some lessons from the “enterprise&# October 11, 2007 One of the areas of technology I watch is the world of “enterprise&# IT. Think big companies, lots of bucks, lots of boxes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2007

That's a diagram I created to illustrate Gartner's Technology Hype Cycles. My FLickr Stream. I thought about that diagram when I read Shel Israel's post " Is Facebook starting to fade? " He points to some early warning signs, but admits he doesn't have a crystal ball. He does go on to say: Personally, I think Facebook remains in the most promising position of any new company I know.

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Tech Soup Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

First, the scary stats in the white paper: According to the Gartner Group, an average of 1% to 3% of a company’s annual revenues is consumed by document production. Just for fun, we at GreenTech like to read corporate promotional white papers that may have a nugget of green IT value to nonprofits and really anyone running a small or medium sized office.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2013

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. IT and telecom research firm Gartner Dataquest found that the secondary PC market is growing rapidly: 55 million PCs worldwide in 2004; and 86 million 2007. Gartner also found that of the nearly 200 million PCs that were retired by corporations and institutions in 2007, fewer than half found their way into the secondary PC market.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

There is also some analysis of Second Life's Ride on the Gartner Hype Cycle (See enlargement of chart here and additional comments here ) from the PR perspective Alexandra Samuel from Social Signals starts off 2007 with several announcements related to Second Life - the addition of a virtual worlds manager and an Open house in Second Life later on today. There is also a post titled " Seven Reasons Why You Should Consider Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Gartner VP recently published a report from analyst Andrea Di Maio, who says citizen social networks will complement, and may replace, some government functions. "Today, the primary role of social networks for governments is to facilitate the exchange of information and to establish novel collaboration patterns, often across organizational boundaries," Gartner's report says. 

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Tech Soup Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

IT and telecom research firm Gartner Dataquest found that the secondary PC market is growing rapidly: 55 million PCs worldwide in 2004; and 86 million 2007. Gartner also found that of the nearly 200 million PCs that were retired by corporations and institutions in 2007, fewer than half found their way into the secondary PC market. Another Gartner study found that export tariffs and high transportation costs tend to restrict secondary PC markets.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I’m not recommending that all nonprofits should immediately just say no (or yes) to the latest technology tool that is capturing the imagination (and time) of geeks. But, it is important to have a framework like Gartner Technology Hype Cycle to think it through. There are three choices: Early Move: Willing to combine risk taking with an understanding that risky investments don’t always pay off. Why does Google + launch new stuff when I’m on a book deadline !!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 27, 2009

For a couple of years now we've been seeing talk of Green IT, and as early as 2007 management consulting giants Gartner and McKinsey were addressing Green issues as a major issue facing IT managers.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 27, 2009

As a major asset recovery company, Redemtech readily champions electronics reuse, often citing recent Gartner statistics on the topic: read more. In the US, there is no national system to ensure the proper collection and disposition of reusable electronic equipment or end-of-life e-waste disposal.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] 2] Gartner Research: ‘Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2010 and Beyond; A New Balance’, Jan 2010. [3] Tonia Zampieri, Sales & Marketing Manager, LoyaltyClicks at Smart Online. How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology?

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Beth Kanter

JULY 18, 2019

In comparison, a recent Gartner study that found that 59% of business enterprises have some form of AI deployment in operation today. Gartner estimates that the average company has four AI or ML projects in place.). SalesForce.Org recently presented a webinar where they shared a research report on marketing and engagement tools, channels, and strategies for nonprofit organizations. I was curious to see if they were tracking current or future uses of AI. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. Photo by OxMour. Maybe I'm jaded. But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment. Slope of Enlightenment. Plateau of Productivity.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

Gartner, a research firm, estimates that by 2020, the IoT will include 25 billion devices. In a world where more and more of our devices are talking to each other and sharing data online, you need to start worrying about where all that data is going. Bitdefender BOX Wants to Protect All Your "Things" The new Bitdefender BOX is a security appliance from TechSoup donor partner Bitdefender.

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Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 27, 2012

It has great discussion boards, hosts webinars, provides Gartner IT research, and organizes a big annual conference. Carnegie Corporation’s Loretta Harris recently found out how strangely easy it is to get Microsoft donations through TechSoup. Once she registered it was easy to keep coming back.

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Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Here it is: Our 2018 eLearning predictions set in terms of Gartner’s hype cycle. This is our most popular Managing eLearning post every year, and by now we know you want to see the hype curve first. As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

What we’re witnessing with the hype and geek love swirling around Google+ follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called “ hype cycles.&# It begins with a technology trigger, followed by the peak of inflated expectations and punditry. And, of course, all the funny comics showing the demise of Twitter and Facebook anything else that stands in Google + way to getting more adoption or increasing it stock value.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 20, 2013

Get free Gartner research. Philanthropy is very much a two-sided coin. Charities carry out mission-based work. Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. Lisa Pool’s Technology Affinity Group and Laura Quinn’s Idealware. are two organizations doing good work to make that happen. TechSoup also has a new foundation resource area for software donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

This morning I came across a blog by Adam Reuters summarizing the two other blog posts I pointed to the other day on the topic of " Gauging Second Life Hype Cycle" (BTW, according to the article, a spokeswoman for Gartner said that the firm has not officially assigned Second Life a position on its Hype Cycle, but is examining the issue.). Photo from article by Adam Reuters, Reuters Second Life Bureau and used with permission.

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Tech Soup Blog

JULY 25, 2013

In May, Gartner predicted that by 2017, half of employers will stop giving employees company devices altogether. In a perfect world, your nonprofit would have the resources to equip every worker and volunteer with a secure laptop. Unfortunately, the world isn’t perfect—that’s why nonprofits exist in the first place—so you probably deal with a hodgepodge of personal devices. That’s not a bad thing.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2015

The great majority of CFOs are planning to implement cloud services for their companies in 2015 and beyond, according to surveys from CFO Magazine, KPMG and Gartner. Believe it or not, your organization is about to be part of an enormous wave of change in the next few years. That’s because, if you’re like a lot of nonprofits, you’re using an on premise accounting application. And most likely that on premise solution is QuickBooks.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Gartner “the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company” issued a press release around the results of a worldwide survey of CIO’s in the commercial sector. They use the Internet… What is most interesting to me is the benefits that commercial CIO’s espouse to Gartner when talking about their reasons for implementing cloud computing – they are just as valuable to nonprofits. Author: Tad Druart.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Here is Prashant and Pooja's view of the cloud based on a survey of Indian NGOs that they completed in September 2011: Gartner has forecasted that India's spending on green IT and cloud initiatives will double from $35 billion in 2010 to $70 billion in 2015, indicating a buoyant technology outlook for the Indian industry. During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Gartner's Technology Hype Cycles : I created that diagram based on the Gartner's theory and have seen it come into play over and over again. My FLickr Stream. Jeremiah Owyang has a post called " The Many Challenges of Social Networking " suggesting that social networks have passed the peak of inflated expectations and has identified a good list of challenges to success. When I read Jeremiah Owyang's post, two reflections came to mind: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

I’m not recommending that all nonprofits should immediately just say no (or yes) to the latest technology tool that is capturing the imagination (and time) of geeks. But, it is important to have a framework like Gartner Technology Hype Cycle to think it through. There are three choices: Early Move: Willing to combine risk taking with an understanding that risky investments don’t always pay off.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Brian Burke, VP of Research at Gartner, defines 7 key considerations when designing the player experience for gamification: Business Outcomes and Success Metrics. posted by Rudy Frank Graduate Student, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Let’s face it; every day we use our smartphones and mobile technology to get through daily and simple tasks, from finding information, to exercise, to learning new languages, even finding the nearest grocery store.

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