IT researcher Gartner to acquire Meta Group
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IT researcher GartnerÂ will pay about $162 million to acquire Meta Group, which also does IT research as well as consulting, Gartner announced Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - New numbers from Gartner show that computer server sales slowed in the third quarter, a trend the research company attributes to virtualization. Gartner's latest report on servers, released Tuesday, shows that worldwide sales grew by 4.4 percent, based on revenue, to just over $13 billion, and 9.1 percent by unit volume, to 2 billion servers. In the second quarter, sales rose 2.5 percent by revenue and 12.8 percent by unit volume. "We have seen double-digit growth in the past," said Jeff Hewitt, research director for Gartner. "Server sales are still growing, but because of virtualization, customers don't have to buy as many servers." Virtualization makes it possible to run more programs on one physical server, using more of its capacity and making it possible for a data center to handle more work with fewer servers. Among the server vendors, market share rankings remained the same in Gartner's numbers, which cover the three-month period ended Sept. 30, compared with previous quarters. IBM Corp. retained the market share lead, with 33.7 percent, based on a 7.4 percent revenue gain to $4.38 billion, from the third quarter of 2005. Hewlett-Packard Co. followed with 25.3 percent market share on a 6 percent decline in revenue to $3.29 billion. Dell Inc. ranked third with a 10.8 percent share on a 10.2 percent revenue gain to $1.41 billion. Sun Microsystems Inc. ranked fourth with a 10.1 percent share based on a 24.7 percent revenue gain to $1.31 billion. Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. ranked fifth, with a 4.9 percent share on a 5.6 percent revenue gain to $634 million. Other vendors combined for a 15.3 percent share based on 6.5 percent revenue growth to $1.99 billion. Hewitt attributed Sun's resurgence to the introduction of new servers running the Opteron microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which has emerged as a strong competitor to the processors from Intel Corp. In sales based on unit volume, HP led the way with a 26.5 percent share based on 7.2 percent growth to 540,609 units; Dell ranked second with a 22.5 percent share on 10.5 percent growth to 459,950; IBM third with 16.3 percent share on 7.7 percent growth to 332,777; Sun Microsystems fourth with a 4.1 percent share on a 6.4 percent growth to 83,018 units; and Fujitsu fifth with a 3.2 percent, based on a decline of 5.9 percent to 65,171. Other server brands collectively reported 27.5 percent share on growth of 13.4 percent to 560,913 units.
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State purpose, roles, and consequences for security practices and compliance, Gartner analyst says.
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(InfoWorld) - Research analysts at Gartner are predicting a sticky web of security hazards for IT professionals over the next two years, ranging from targeted financial attacks to spyware to rootkits. Gartner released the list of threats on Monday during its IT Security Summit in London, part of the company's "hype cycle" reports that track technology trends. The threats, Gartner said, have a "potential to inflict significant damage" on businesses. The threats are: -- Cyberattacks with a financial motive: Criminals may try to steal customer data or information to hurt a company's reputation. Gartner suggests that corporations run more penetration tests to detect network holes and more aggressive intrusion detection systems, along with the usual signature-based antimalware software. -- Identity theft: While the number of victims has remained steady, Gartner said that defense is still poor against these attacks, which seek to assemble enough personal information to, for example, a open bank account in someone else's name. Companies can defend themselves with stronger authentication methods, encryption, better access control and database monitoring. -- Spyware: This insidious form of software often transparently infects computers, recording actions such as keystrokes. Over the next two years, 20 percent to 50 percent of companies will get infected with spyware, Gartner said. Include antivirus and antispam functions in antispyware software. -- Social engineering: Clever tricks by cybercriminals can dupe users into revealing sensitive network information. A user, for example, could be tricked into downloading a malicious software program if they think it came from a co-worker. Gartner recommends writing clear and consistent security policies to prevent users from making mistakes such as sending confidential information to a competitor. -- Viruses: This perennial problem remains. Companies should deploy security software that uses updated signatures, which detect new variations of malware, to stop infections. IT administrators should also improve patching and vulnerability detection techniques, Gartner said. -- Rootkits: Gartner predicts more trouble with rootkits over the next five to 10 years. These modified system files can bury themselves deeply within an OS and can be difficult to find. From there, rootkits could offer an attacker the same control as the computer's administrator.
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Revisiting a well-worn trend of consolidation in the information technology analysis industry, Gartner has reached an agreement to acquire Meta Group in an all-cash deal worth US$162 million.
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French energy services group Compagnie   Generale de Geophysique (CGG) GEPH.PA is to buy Texas-based   Veritas DGC Inc. in a $3.1 billion deal that will make it the   world's biggest listed provider of seismic surveys.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group.
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Orthopedic device maker Biomet Inc.  said on Monday it will be acquired by a private equity consortium for about $10.9 billion, eight months after putting itself on the auction block.
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Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media,  entertainment and technology company, announced today that it has  recently acquired several television-focused Websites; TVShowsOnDVD.com,  TV-now.com, and FansofRealityTV.com,  as well as certain assets of eVoke TV, Inc.
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The search giant has reportedly acquired security software firm GreenBorder Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
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Market-research firm Gartner Inc. has agreed to acquire rival Meta Group Inc. for about $162 million US in cash. Gartner said Monday it will pay $10 for each share of Meta, a 54 per cent premium
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(Corrects name of analyst Gartenbergâs company to Jupiter, not Gartner, paragraph 6)
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Could blogging be near the peak of its popularity? The technology gurus at Gartner Inc. believe so. One of the research company's top 10 predictions for 2007 is that the number of bloggers will level off in the first half of next year at roughly 100 million worldwide.
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London -- The plethora of security technologies on the market are enough to overwhelm even the most knowledgeable IT managers, but in sorting through all of the options, it may be helpful to look at what is not needed, according to Gartner Inc. research detailed hereÂ at its IT Security Summit conference.
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BT Group confirmed this morning it is to buy the Californian telecoms group Infonet Services Corp for Â£965 million. The news followed reports which said that the UK telecoms
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Both Gartner and Meta Group are headquartered in Stamford so costs related to combining operations should be minimized. Gartner is known to have the largest segment of the research market, a leader in information technology research.
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Content management software vendor for small businesses will buy rival for $11.1 million.