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From Gartner: Five Laws for Exploring Virtual Worlds

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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. Meaningful corporate use of public virtual worlds/platforms will lag. Meaningful corporate use of public virtual worlds/platforms will lag. enterprises) will have a ???

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Technology Hype Cycle from Gartner

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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. There may be some successful applications of a technology, but there are typically more failures.

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Customer Experience Plays Marketing as a Long Game

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These are qualities that characterize customer experience: Takes a broad perspective—encompasses interactions both across the organization and constituencies and can extend to employees and the public as well as members. Promotes culture—maximizes the connection between shared values and customer loyalty.

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Trends in Grantmaking: Putting Equitable Grantmaking into Practice

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Mckinsey , Gartner , and DNV have all come to the same conclusion. With more—and potentially sensitive—information in their grants management system, they needed to revisit who had access to which fields and what information could potentially be made public. Having a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workspace is the right thing to do.

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10 Disruptive Technologies You Need to Think About

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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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AI, Automation, and New Tech Put Member Love Online

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The platform removes burdensome activities, provides an ongoing learning and assessment process, and continues to offer the public a reliable marker of trust. “We Gartner provides this definition. Get Closer to Wow According to Gartner, the DXP market is expected to have reached $20.2 This initiative resulted in ABMS CertLink®.

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Crystal Ball: Cloud Computing and SaaS

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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. I'd like to respond to that with a healthy "Get Over It!",

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