http://www.gartnertechnology.com Business Technology Simplified. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:46:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2011/11/27/bigger-faster-cheaper-open-source-in-the-small-business/ http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2011/11/27/bigger-faster-cheaper-open-source-in-the-small-business/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:10:25 +0000 Jerry Gartner http://www.gartnerwebdev.com/wordpress/?p=18 Continue reading →]]> http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2011/11/27/bigger-faster-cheaper-open-source-in-the-small-business/feed/ 0 I’d been speaking with a colleague that happened to be boxed in to the realm of proprietary solutions, as far as the products and services that he sold. His experience had been with installations of small business servers with the … Continue reading → http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2011/05/12/what-are-your-employees-doing/ http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2011/05/12/what-are-your-employees-doing/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 14:00:03 +0000 Jerry Gartner http://www.gartnerwebdev.com/2007/06/22/what-are-your-employees-doing/ "attack vectors" that are often overlooked. First, we'll take a look at exactly what it is that we are securing by loosely defining the expectations of most businesses regarding computer resources. Continue reading →]]> http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2011/05/12/what-are-your-employees-doing/feed/ 2 Ask most people how to mitigate the security risks involved in connecting their computer to the internet, and they'll usually suggest anti-virus software with current virus pattern updates and firewall protection. While these two things are an absolute must for all systems on your company network, and single systems connected to the internet, alike, there are other "attack vectors" that are often overlooked. First, we'll take a look at exactly what it is that we are securing by loosely defining the expectations of most businesses regarding computer resources. Continue reading → http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2008/09/09/what-can-free-software-do-for-my-medical-practice/ http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2008/09/09/what-can-free-software-do-for-my-medical-practice/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:44:15 +0000 Jerry Gartner http://www.gartnerwebdev.com/2007/09/09/what-can-free-software-do-for-my-medical-practice/ Continue reading →]]> http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2008/09/09/what-can-free-software-do-for-my-medical-practice/feed/ 3 We talk about Open Source and Free Software on this website quite a bit. I’m sure that many are skeptical as to whether or not this really means anything practical for their business. This week, we begin a series of … Continue reading → http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2006/09/14/what-is-open-source/ http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2006/09/14/what-is-open-source/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:40:07 +0000 Jerry Gartner http://www.gartnerwebdev.com/wordpress/?p=10 Continue reading →]]> http://www.gartnertechnology.com/2006/09/14/what-is-open-source/feed/ 2 Companies are spending billions of dollars on software, software maintenance, licensing, and renewals annually. In recent years, many private, government, and school organizations have turned to open source software as a cost-effective alternative to proprietary, closed source software. The Brazilian government expects to save over $120 million this year since announcing it?s intention to switch to open source in 2005 [1]. Companies should consider the use of open source software in their day to day operations, because, despite lower total cost of ownership, functionality and ease of use is not compromised. Continue reading →