Topic: Gartner Inc.

Xceedium a “Cool Vendor” for Innovative Solutions to Control and Track High-Risk Users

Company Recognized for Highly Efficient Vendor Access Control and Secure Remote AdministrationREAD»

We're With the Band

The new cultural tastemakers: you--and everyone else.READ»

Is Your Slow Website Losing You Customers?

Waiting for a web page to load online is equivalent to the real world experience of waiting in a queue. Except online you can opt-out and go somewhere else incredibly easily. Forrester Research and Gartner Group report that ...READ»

Hey, Big Spender

Will the glory days of tech spending ever return? The CEO of Gartner Inc. -- one of the few tech-research firms to forecast the economic downturn -- says companies will spend again, but more wisely than before.READ»

Analyze This

Many tech-analyst blogs read like a symposium of you most boring college engineering and economics professors. Here are three exceptions.READ»

" Please Stay on the Line"

What do call-center companies tell each other? Press 1 to find out.READ»

Learn More Now

Picture a company cafeteria with overhead projectors, pads of paper, and pencils on all the tables. Is this the sign of an organization in desperate need of more conference rooms? No, it's the cafeteria at Siemens Power Transmission ...READ»

Advertisers - Issue 52

Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company.READ»

Into Thin Air

Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never thought it would happen to them.READ»

Web 2.0 University

IBM and The University of Arizona are developing a course that will teach Management Information Systems and Marketing students to build online communities and social network systems using Web 2.0 technologies. The IBM/University of ...READ»

IT's Not about the Technology

Fast Interview: Gartner researcher Tom Austin on why your head of IT should be a cultural anthropologist and why you should think twice before you block YouTube.READ»

• What Does Silicon Valley Want from Washington?
• The Curious Genius of Twitter

Innovation Infrastructure

This is installment four in my series on building a sustainable innovation culture. In installment one, I outlined the Five Pillars of Sustainable Innovation Culture. Installment two examined Executive Leadership, the first ...READ»

Turbo-Charge Your Product Launch To Optimize Buzz

When launching a new product or service, go for the value, not the flash. Value builds revenue, company growth, future funding. Flash is transitory.Your public launch of a product or service will raise the profile of your ...READ»

Mastering Disaster

The worst is yet to come--and, believe it or not, someone is preparing for it.READ»

Intel Atom: Intel Makes Its Smallest Chip Ever

A completely reimagined computer chip from Intel drinks 10 times less power -- and puts the full Internet in the palm of your hand.READ»

• Market Intel

Asking Your Website Visitors to Wait is Like Asking Them to Leave

How much thought do you give to page load speed? Waiting for a web page to load online is equivalent to the real world experience of waiting in a queue. Except online you can opt-out and go somewhere else incredibly easily. The impact of a slow website on visitor experience and on the efficiency of a website as a business, sales, and communication tool are significant.READ»

The Solid State Revolution

The death of moving parts means your stocking will be stuffed with smaller,faster, stronger -- and quieter -- gadgets. READ»

• The Solid-State Gift Guide
• 2008 Gift Guide Central

Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»

• Infographic: Big -- But Not Bulletproof

The Ex-Files

Alumni networks are helping former colleagues stay connected.READ»

What's the Matter With Microsoft?

Everything Microsoft touches, it eventually does brilliantly. When it comes to products, strategies, and sales growth, Microsoft sets the standard for performance. So why aren't we willing to trust Microsoft with all of our private information?READ»

Can Alex Bogusky Help Microsoft Beat Apple?

Alex Bogusky built the country's slickest ad shop using Apple products. His next challenge: Persuade people like him to buy Microsoft's stuff.READ»

• Apple vs. Microsoft -- Who is Winning the Epic Battle
• Microsoft's Ad Campaigns: An Overview

Dawn of the Dead

Once one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley, Sun Microsystems crashed with the dotcoms, but it kept pouring money into R&D. Now there are signs of a revival, thanks to a new CEO and a big black box.READ»

Hold The Phone

Internet telephony is cheap: "The economics finally make sense." But as more and more companies are discovering, it also can let you do some nifty things. Voice over Internet protocol technology is keeping workers--in hospitals, Wall Street brokerages, law firms, even National Basketball Association franchises--connected as never before.READ»

What Took You So Long to Call?

After years of stumbles, it looks as if Internet telephony will finally make it into the mainstream. What kept things on hold? And what lessons can be learned about championing a technology to transform a major business market?READ»

The Beauty of Simplicity

Marissa Mayer, who keeps Google's home page pure, understands that less is more. Other tech companies are starting to get it, too. Here's why making things simple is the new competitive advantage.READ»