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Meta Group roasts Linux on mainframes
News Market research company Meta Group has something to say about the current growth of Linux on mainframes: Don't believe the hype. In a report published this week, Meta Group said that while mainframes running Linux have some advantages in the short...
[May 10, 2002, 16:11]
Featuring META Group: Coordinating Change Management and Requirements for Business Adaptability and Improved Life Cycle
White Papers META Group research indicates that approximately 60%-70% of IT project failures occur directly as a result of poor requirements gathering, analysis, and management. G2000 organizations increasingly seek the benefits of coordinating more effective...
[April 19, 2006, 0:00]
Gartner's dire predictions tempered by META group
News Software costs will continue to increase but not at the rates projected in recent industry reports, according to research firm META Group. However, Kevin McIsaac, META Group's research director for Asia-Pacific, said the cost increase would be much...
[November 29, 2004, 8:30]
Gartner gobbles up rival
News Information technology research firm Gartner on Monday said it will acquire fellow research outfit Meta Group for $162m in cash in an effort to spur growth. In 2003, Meta Group had revenues of $122m and lost $4m.
[December 30, 2004, 8:55]
Outsourcing grows - but deal size shrinks
News The research, by analyst firm Meta Group, claims 80 percent of organisations will outsource at least one function by 2005. Dane Anderson, senior research analyst at Meta Group, said in the report: "Although outsourcing is clearly a strategic...
[August 12, 2004, 17:30]
IT workers' spirits hit all-time low
News Morale among IT workers has dipped to an all-time low, even though demand for certain skills is rising, according to a new study from Meta Group. However, the overall loss of employees seems to be slowing, according to Meta Group.
[June 10, 2004, 9:20]
Outsourced work 'late and over budget'
News The research was commissioned by Compuware and conducted by Meta Group, which quizzed 150 CIO-level executives in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands. Peter O'Neill, VP of consulting at Meta Group, told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com that...
[June 15, 2004, 11:35]
Microsoft expected to offer Linux software
News By 2006 or 2007, Linux will run on 45 percent of new servers, Meta Group predicted in a study released to clients on Monday. We think Linux server stuff is going to be huge, and we don't think that's something Microsoft can walk away from," said...
[December 10, 2002, 9:02]
Firewall market forecast to flare up
News The market for firewall software and devices will jump 25 percent in the next two years to nearly $2.5bn (£1.45bn) in worldwide sales, research firm Meta Group has predicted in its latest report. While almost every large and mid-sized business...
[December 3, 2003, 9:55]
Outsourcers need more than technology - study
News Research firm Meta Group studied 15 companies in North America that provide outsourcing services. The outsourcing providers -- which included IBM, Accenture, Electronic Data Systems and Hewlett-Packard -- are all technically competent, Meta analyst...
[January 16, 2004, 9:20]
IT industry morale hits new low
News The latest Meta Group research, the IT Staffing and Compensation Guide, has found 71 percent of IT managers citing burn out and low morale as serious problems. Maria Schafer, Meta's IT Human Capital Management Strategies programme director, said in...
[March 24, 2003, 8:47]
IT Service Management: Strategies for Getting Started
White Papers Join ManageStar's VP of Marketing, Mike Micucci and Meta Group senior research analyst, Michele Hudnall at 10:30am PST/1:30pm EST on November 4th for this live event. Enabling an IT service organization does not have to be a daunting proposition.
[October 22, 2004, 17:07]
WiMax: Coming your way soon?
News The Meta Group says that falling costs and increased mobility will ensure WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) can be a viable communications option. However Meta says that if the technology is incorporated into PDAs and...
[August 17, 2004, 17:10]
Wireless business takes off
News Wireless and mobile business transactions will increase considerably over the next few years, as enterprises start looking at adding wireless extensions to their existing infrastructure so as to deliver business-critical solutions, said research...
[September 19, 2001, 10:38]
Tech support costing companies
News According to a report earlier this year from research company Meta Group, the idea of farming out support services to low-cost providers is gaining attention in the market. But outsourcing isn't a no-brainer, Meta Group warned.
[July 29, 2004, 11:45]
Eclipse welcomes new era
News As Eclipse splits out from IBM, it helps from a partnership perspective," said Thomas Murphy, an analyst at research firm Meta Group. An important technical question is whether the Eclipse software will remain fairly simple -- a quality much...
[January 30, 2004, 10:15]
Security firms: Stay safe, save money
News While companies tend to activate user accounts quickly out of necessity, deactivating the accounts tends to take far longer, sometimes not until a company has reorganised, said a report by analyst firm the Meta Group.
[June 13, 2002, 11:09]
IBM wants to manage your desktop
News IT research company Meta Group estimates that management costs can range from $2,000 to $5,000 a year per PC when done in-house. Research firm Gartner has often pointed out that hardware acquisition costs are only a fraction of the overall bill for...
[November 4, 2003, 11:45]
Meta founder advises detox for 'hungover' companies
News So says Dale Kutnick, Meta Group founder and co-research director, in London this week to talk about how companies can use IT to haul themselves out of current predicaments. Between 1995 and 2000 Meta has calculated companies increased their...
[October 25, 2002, 8:28]
Desktop PC popularity 'to plummet' by 2007
News Steve Kleynhans, vice president of Meta's technology research services, said that 45 percent of corporate users will still use a desktop PC as their main information tool, but 40 percent will prefer a notebook or tablet PC, while the final 15...
[January 15, 2004, 12:20]
