...Research Publication Date: 5 August 2005 ID Number: G00130115 Gartner's Hype Cycle Special Report for 2005 Jackie Fenn, Alexander Linden This year, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Gartner's Hype Cycles. More than 1,600 information technologies and trends across 68 markets, regions and industries are evaluated in the most comprehensive assessment of technology maturity in the IT industry. © 2005 Gartner, Inc. and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of this publication in any form without prior written permission is forbidden. The information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Gartner disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of such information. Although Gartner's research may discuss legal issues related to the information technology business, Gartner does not provide legal advice or services and its research should not be construed or used as such. Gartner shall have no liability for errors, omissions or inadequacies in the information contained herein or for interpretations thereof. The opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice. ANALYSIS Gartner's Hype Cycles highlight the relative maturity of technologies across a wide range of IT domains, targeting different IT roles and responsibilities. Each Hype Cycle provides a snapshot of the position of technologies relative to a market, region or industry, identifying which technologies are hyped, which are suffering...
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...SPIRITUAL LIFE AND BELIEFS I do not really have a defining moment in my life where everything changed and gave up drugs and drinking and turned towards God. However, I do have a moment where I turned to him but it isn’t big and grand. Sometimes I wish this was different, sometimes I wish I had some big grand story but then again. I have been immersed in God’s life for all my entire life and I can’t complain about that. I was born in a very spiritual family with parents who had very clear and strict rules when it came to church. After I was born, as soon as I was able to recognize my surroundings I was in church. I remember a few instances when I received some spanking for trying to lie my way out of going for Sunday school. However later on I became quite an active member of every club in Sunday school, be it drama, music and even became a Boys & Girls Brigade leader. However as I grew older and past the Sunday school age, I started losing my way as I tried to figure out where I fitted best. I started moving from church to church following my friends as I tried to fit in. At this point is where I came to appreciate the importance of family worship. A person who has a meaningful plan for his children has to invite God in to his home in order to lay a firm foundation for his family. It’s at home where children should gain the true education since it’s the very first school all children must begin from. Despite thinking I’m all grown...
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...1/25/2013 The Hyundai Hybrid Hype The advertisers for the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid have tucked the slogan and theme for their ad on the line following the company name, and the make and model of the automobile, they are showcasing. In very small fine print, almost subliminally, it whispers to the reader from the corner of the page, “New thinking for new possibilities.” The ad graphically depicts a pastoral landscape of beautiful trees softly backlit by the golden glow of sunshine. In the middle of the page, an image of a man dressed in a suit and tie with a jet pack on his back flies through the sky on his way to work or an important meeting. An androgynous figure of what could be his spouse waves good bye to him from the balcony of a very large, architecturally modern, 3 story glass and steal beamed home. In the foreground of the ad is the star of the show; an icy blue Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. The Sonata Hybrid sits on a drive way bed of tiny peat gravel with a border of stone. Coupled with the statement, “New thinking for new possibilities,” and the image that accompanies it, there leaves little room for doubt that the ad for the Sonata Hybrid by Hyundai was designed specifically to appeal to the reader’s pathos and ethos, while the use of logos in this ad is questionable. Hyundai is relying on our pathos, or sympathies, for the well-being of the planet in this Earth conscious, eco-friendly, age of the 21st century. The overall intent of this pictorial image is to...
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...Gartner's 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Identifies "Tipping Point" Technologies That Will Unlock Long-Awaited Technology Scenarios 2012 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates the Maturity of More Than 1,900 Technologies Big data, 3D printing, activity streams, Internet TV, Near Field Communication (NFC) payment, cloud computing and media tablets are some of the fastest-moving technologies identified in Gartner Inc.'s 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Gartner analysts said that these technologies have moved noticeably along the Hype Cycle since 2011, while consumerization is now expected to reach the Plateau of Productivity in two to five years, down from five to 10 years in 2011. Bring your own device (BYOD), 3D printing and social analytics are some of the technologies identified at the Peak of Inflated Expectations in this year's Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle (see Figure 1). Gartner's 2012 Hype Cycle Special Report provides strategists and planners with an assessment of the maturity, business benefit and future direction of more than 1,900 technologies, grouped into 92 areas. New Hype Cycles this year include big data, the Internet of Things, in-memory computing and strategic business capabilities. The Hype Cycle graphic has been used by Gartner since 1995 to highlight the common pattern of overenthusiasm, disillusionment and eventual realism that accompanies each new technology and innovation. The Hype Cycle Special Report is updated annually to track technologies...
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...ANSWER SHEET Course Code: | | Course Title: | | Student ID: | | Name: | | Location: | | Task 1: As a consultant, decide to use a a systematic approach to help Spinneys – the famous retail chain to expand their customer outreach in Dubai in line with the 3 directions given by Spinneys. 50 marks. Spinneys is a super-market chain in the Middle East which began as railway provision merchants in 1924, and expanded to a grocery firm importing British Empire goods to the Mandate Palestine. Spinneys’ Dubai chapter started in1961, with the first super-market opening in Al-Nasr Square in 1962. Today it operates multiple supermarkets in the Middle East. 1 The task entails proposing Spinneys to launch a non-typical online delivery model to expand customers outreach in Dubai by utilizing the time people spend in metro stations, bus stops and similar places to order products from the store via QR-Code technology or any other suitable technology in those lines. The first constraint laid out by Spinneys is to utilize the time people spend while waiting at metro stations, bus-stops and other waiting times to order online which they could implement was through online shopping facility. The second constraint was to use QR codes for this initiative and the third constraint was that they did not want to invest in own data centers for any computing requirements. My proposal in line with this constraint would be to provide 1. e-koisk with touch screen at metro stations...
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...I believe the one technology that could have the greatest impact on enterprise architecture in U.S. corporations by 2023 is cloud computing. As indicated on the hype cycle for emerging technologies in 2013, it currently is in the trough of disillusionment; however, I believe that cloud computing will bring about the most change to enterprise architecture by 2023. Cloud computing will have the ability to bring enterprise architecture a step forward and redefine the way businesses will support their architecture. As cloud computing evolves, as will enterprise architecture in the way that advanced concepts and practices will eventually be deemed as government requirements. By 2023, I anticipate that most, if not all, companies will be using a cloud platform where it will be used on multiple devices – this brings attention to EA as it will make it more challenging to standardized personal devices. BYOD will become a more relevant option with increased capabilities, like scalability and using software as a service through the cloud, impacting the way EA is integrated in an organization. The shift in enterprise architecture will also stem from the control needed from cloud computing. Currently, when companies move to cloud computing, they are essentially handing control over the design parameters of the enterprise. As a result, the role of the enterprise architect will become obsolete as the responsibilities were to build and maintain a stable model for the business. The...
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...Climate Change is a Natural Cycle: Global Warming is a Hype Terra Nova is a new American TV series on the Fox network, which airs on Mondays and has caught the attention of a wide audience for its science fiction suspense. The show is intriguing because it relates to a huge debate going on right now amongst scientist, politicians and environmentalist; Global Warming. Is it real and if so, are humans the cause. In Terra Nova it is year 2149 and Earth is being destroyed to extinction due to air quality and overpopulation therefore, it has become impossible for humanity to survive and almost no vegetation exists. This leads humans to scramble and figure out a way to survive by trying to go back in time and not make the same mistakes. Although, Terra Nova is just a show many believe the concept is true even though there is no conclusive proof that humans are the cause of global warming. Scientist on both sides of the debate, agree that global warming exist but the argument is whether or not humans are the cause by the burning of fossil fuels and if it will destroy Earth. There are many factors that contribute to the warming of Earth, but man-made global warming is just a theory that has been hyped up because scientist cannot disprove that climate change is a natural cycle that has been happening for thousands of years. It is clear that the man-made global warming campaign has exploded and many people are benefitting from it regardless of how little scientific data there is to...
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...hossain Flash Research Assignment MIS 2501-002 Date: 02/25/2013 Virtualization and Cloud Computing As CTA of our growing manufacturing company, I believe there are considerable opportunities for savings by utilizing virtualization to consolidate server workloads. If we utilize virtualization, we could save up to 11,500,000 dollars in server costs after three years. The costs of our current servers are too high but, using virtualization, our company would benefit by reducing costs and the number of servers. Virtualization is the abstraction of IT resources, such as servers, that masks the physical nature and boundaries of those resources from resource user. Abstraction enables better flexibility, which enables better efficiency. An example of this would be through consolidation. If our company were to consolidate server workloads, instead of having 1000 servers in our datacenter, we would have 10 physical servers in one virtual machine server. This would come to a total of 100 virtual machine servers, instead of the 1000 that we currently run on. Even though the costs of these higher end servers are greater, we would still greatly benefit. To a provider, virtualization creates the flexibility to deliver resources to meet service needs in very flexible, elastic, rapidly changing manner. Virtualization makes it easier for IT to deliver IT capabilities faster, to have a lower barrier to access IT capabilities, and to deliver exactly the right amount of resources needed. Virtual...
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...„How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple“ We all know, Marketing is the key to success, doesn’t matter if we are talking about automobile manufacturers or the bank sector. They all need a strong marketing strategy or marketing plan to reach the main goal in businesses: “make your customer satisfied”. Customers are the most important and I guess the biggest part of stakeholders, but there are also shareholders also called as investors, which are interested in marketing activities as well. However, the article “How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple” published in the Harvard Business Review on November 2nd 2007 and written by John Quelch, talks about two companies, Boeing, one of the two market leaders in the airplane branch and Apple, which was temporary the most valuable brand in the World (July 2011) and perhaps the most innovative company the last couple of years, their marketing activities in 2007 as well as the associated effect to shareholders. A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution that owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation and is interested in the business performance of that company. Respectively, those kind of stakeholders are also directly influenced in their actions by marketing decisions, the current market situation etc. Boeings marketing managers for instance did a great job, when they showcased a prototype of their new aircraft model 787, also known as “Dreamliner”, to...
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...“BrainTraining: Should you believe the hype?” Etchells (2016) in his article “Brain Training: should you believe the hype” talks about whether a brain training app actually works the way they sau it should. Initially he talks about neuro-plasticity is and how the idea behind game training is surrounded around the basis of neuro-plasticity. He later talks about the idea of brain training and how it has become a large business over a very short period of time. He then goes on asking whether these apps or methods actually work and improve the users skills or not, he answers with his own point of view saying that according to him these apps do not work the way they have been described to work by the developers. He further goes on to support his views by sharing some statistics from surveys conducted in different universities. However he mentions that certain apps and techniques have shown results in the age group 60+. He concludes his article by mentioning that general video games that require reflex and decision making skills seemed to have a far better effect than brain training apps, so he advises us not to waste our time and money on these apps as they are not a quick fix to making us smarter. In this essay I am going to analyze Etchells (2016) article about brain training and give my personal opinion and discuss about the points I agree and disagree with. Reading the article it is clear that Etchells(2016) target audience are students of all ages who believe that instead of...
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... | | |III. Quarter |II. Quarter |I. Quarter |IV. Quarter |III. Quarter | |Y / Y Current Liabilities Change |23 % |2 % |-1.99 % |1.29 % |6.29 % | Overall Ranking |# 81 |# 53 |# 53 |# 51 |# 46 | |Seq. Current Liabilities Change |17.34 % |4.88 % |-3.48 % |3.54 % |-2.69 % | |Seq. Current Assets Change |1.14 % |4.87 % |-6.5 % |1.18 % |3.23 % | |Cisco Systems Inc is currently traded for 24.27. This company has historical hype elasticity of 0.42 and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.18. Cisco Systems Inc is projected to increase in value after the next headline with price going to jump to 24.69. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company stock price is about 112.59%. The price appreciation on the next news is estimated to be 1.73% where as daily expected return is currently at -0.27%. The volatility of...
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...Stock markets can be volatile, and the reasons particular stocks rise and fall can be complex. More often than not, stock prices are affected by a number of factors and events, some of which influence stock prices directly and others that do so indirectly. According to stock market guru Peter Lynch, an important point to remember when investing is that â??there is a company behind every stock and a reason why companies--and their stocks--perform the way they do.â? Ads by Google Used Cars from Be Forward Start From $499, Stock Daily 10000+ No1 UsedCars Exporter Best UsedCars beforward.jp Internal Developments Developments that can occur within companies will affect the price of its stock, including mergers and acquisitions, earnings reports, the suspension of dividends, the development or approval of a new innovative product, the hiring or firing of company executives and allegations of fraud or negligence. Stock price movements will be most drastic when these internal developments are unexpected. World Events Company stock prices and the stock market in general can be affected by world events such as war and civil unrest, natural disasters and terrorism. These influences can be direct and indirect, and they often occur in chain reactions. The social uncertainty and fear generated by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, affected markets directly as they caused many investors in the United States to trade less and to focus on stocks and bonds with less risk. An example of an...
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...have to agree that the stock does sound promising, I think that investors should proceed with caution. When Facebook debuted their stock on Nasdaq in 2012, everyone highly anticipated the IPO. In the end, the stock just barely made even on the first day and performed poorly for months. With the price already so high before the stock hits the market, investors should learn from experience and take precaution. Why? While from the revenue reports the company has shown very good prospect, the company is facing stiff competition from their China competitors in the e-commerce front. Tencent, it’s toughest competitor has recently made a very strategic move by venturing with Baidu. On the US front, Alibaba may face some difficulties depite the hype. Chinese stocks typically do not perform well in the US compared to the homegrown ones. Lastly, the Chinese market is not what it used to be. The market has taken hits from many fronts and their growth has slowed down considerably this year. Alibaba...
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...Information Systems Dissertation The Impact of Cloud Computing on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Word Count: 12,497 Abstract In recent years a new computing paradigm has emerged: Cloud Computing. Whilst there seem to be an endless number of definitions for this new term, including one by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is nearly 800 words long, nobody seems to be able to settle on a true characterisation of the subject matter. In its simplest form cloud computing can be described as IT-as-a-service. Instead of building your own IT infrastructure to host databases or software, a third party hosts them on their own servers. Companies have access to their data and software over the internet (which in most diagrams is depicted as a cloud). However, is this new paradigm simply a new term for something we are already doing or is it truly going to change the future of IT as we know it? This dissertation investigates the phenomenon commonly known as cloud computing, focussing closely on its impact on small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s), and ultimately attempts to assess the future of cloud computing. The research throughout this paper is based solely on secondary research. No primary research into the topic area has been made. In order to gain a broad view and understanding of the topic various existing papers and studies, on the topic of cloud computing and technology adoption within SME’s, have been studied and critiqued...
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...promotion, the public must know when that a movie is coming out, what the movie is about, and who the movie is for. For that, cinematic trailers, and movie posters were created. These simple items relay what is important to know about the movie, in the shortest way possible, giving only enough away to create more hype for the story that one finally...
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