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10 Disruptive Technologies You Need to Think About

NTEN

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. Disruptive Technology #1: Virtualization. .

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Some lessons from the “enterprise”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008. It is nice to see that “Green IT &# tops Gartner’s list. Think big companies, lots of bucks, lots of boxes. Some nonprofits fit into this category, but most nonprofits that I work with don’t.

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Technology Trends for Nonprofits in 2011

NTEN

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] Tags: NPTech NTEN. 2] Also, 41% of mobile internet time is spent on email.[3]

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Crystal Ball: Cloud Computing and SaaS

NTEN

Flickr Photo: Tech Writer Boy Here at NTEN World Headquarters, we simply could not live without Cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS). Enter Gartner. Gartner also says that SaaS is a kind of Cloud computing, but it has its own definition: SaaS is an application owned, delivered and managed remotely.

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IT Budget Cuts: How to Do it Right

NTEN

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. That said, you want to make sure the cuts you make are smart, and that they set you up for success when your budget can expand again. IT is not a cost center.

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Now Is the Time for IT Leaders to Re-imagine IT

NTEN

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. Sure, 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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Four Great Resources for Foundation Technology

Tech Soup

Get free Gartner research. They do in-depth and impartial software reviews for TechSoup and NTEN, run webinars for TAG, and present at all the major conferences. " TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. Hold a yearly conference. Attend webinars.