The Gartner Symposium Itxpo 2002 ends today in Sydney after a myriad of sessions and streams covering today's most vital technology issues. If you missed out, ZDNet Australia got along to some of the more interesting presentations.
Aust IT execs face Web services backlash next year: analyst
A leading analyst has urged information technology executives to start deploying Web Services now, but prepare to leap a series of political hurdles in 2003 as corporate disillusionment with the technology sets in.
IT fails knowledge workers, Gartner analyst tells Aust
The IT revolution has failed to offer any benefits to knowledge workers, according to Gartner analyst Andy Kyte. "The IT revolution has been about producing a faster typewriter, about more efficient administration."
Gartner warns Aust IT execs over govt policy
French Caldwell has a simple message for companies looking for consistency and certainty in government legislation on technology: don't hold your breath.
Gartner dubious over HP prospects
Gartner analysts are bearish about the prospects for vendor heavyweight Hewlett-Packard, applying a "caution" rating to the company.
Aust, global companies fail at CRM: analyst
A leading analyst has warned companies about their inability to properly implement customer relationship management systems, claiming failure rates in some areas are up around the 75-80 percent mark.
Aust companies warned to prioritise IT investment
More and more companies are adopting project portfolio management to squeeze as much value as possible from scarce technology resources, according to analyst Gartner.
Linux poised for desktop failure: Gartner
Despite a recent surge in interest in Linux, it will fail to make much of an impression on the desktop, claims a Gartner analyst, saying Linux will be deployed on no more than five percent of desktops over the next two to three years because of a lack of viable applications.
Java and .Net both a disaster: research
Still trying to decide whether your enterprise development architecture should be based around Sun's Java or Microsoft's .NET? Perhaps you should be more worried about whether either of them is going to work at all.
