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Updated: October 24, 2003
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Confusion today, fusion tomorrow? The shape of IT to come
Dan Farber: Business process fusion, the theme of this year's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, can be described as the art of marrying distinctly different business processes in a way that produces competitive advantage. While Gartner analysts cite some current examples of fusion's benefits, in the coming years you'll be hearing a lot about fusion from vendors like SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and others.
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Ex-cybersecurity czar Clarke issues gloomy report card
David Berlind: Richard Clarke has more bad news for IT execs. This year alone, the former White House cybersecurity chief told IT execs attending Gartner's Symposium, cyberattacks have shut down an ATM network, slowed the railroads, cancelled airline flights, and forced a nuclear power plant offline. If current trends continue, Clarke predicts that the cybersecurity situation will worsen exponentially.
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 | Gartner Symposium: CEO Highlights |
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Key findings: MCI: Regaining public's trust is "top priority" after bankruptcy
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| Who: Michael Capellas, CEO, MCI |
| Length: 4 minutes 28 seconds |
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Key findings: Fiorina's 'Adaptive Enterprise': Digital, mobile, virtual processes
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| Who: Carly Fiorina, CEO, Hewlett-Packard |
| Length: 8 minutes 47 seconds |
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Key findings: Ballmer: Windows is more secure than open source code
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| Who: Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft |
| Length: 6 minutes 12 seconds |
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Is it time for McNealy to go?
David Berlind: Sun CEO Scott McNealy has done all he can
for his ailing company. He's earned his stripes as an industry pioneer--and he's also earned a long vacation. I believe
it's time for Scott to take a walk into the sunset. Here's why.
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Gartner's prescription for facing down mobile adversity
David Berlind: Considering mobile enterprise solutions? Think disposable, says Gartner's expert on mobile solutions Nick Jones. "You should be able to build an application, deploy it, get value from it, and throw it away in about 18 months."
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Capellas: MCI readies for life after bankruptcy
MCI chief Michael Capellas tells IT execs that the company has a solid plan, a strong capital base, and 99 percent of the votes needed to approve the reorganization. Top priority: regaining public trust.
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 Video: Ballmer questions open-source code security
Craig Barrett: Inside Intel's future
Q&A: Intel CEO Craig Barrett says it's time for the United States to wake up to the new global realities about technology and economics. Barrett sat down with CNET News.com editors during the Symposium to discuss global issues, along with how Intel will deliver new technologies and why companies should adopt them.
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Gartner predicts the future of IT
Dan Farber:
CEO Michael Feisher predicts that 2004 will be the year that most
companies make the turn from protecting profitability to driving growth. Looking further ahead, Gartner's prognosticators see
the next wave of technology--the confluence of pervasive wireless, real-time infrastructure, service-oriented architecture
and low power-consumption mobile devices--as a catalyst that could transform or kill entire industries and spawn new ones.
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Also: Gartner sees tech spending accelerating
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