Tag Archives: Gartner ITxpo 2011
Last Day Gartner Symposium: Privacy in the Cloud (and Other Fairy Tales)
It’s my last day at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2011 and I thought I’d leave you with a few quotes and slides from the session Privacy in the Cloud (and Other Fairy Tales) presented by Carsten Casper, Research Director at Gartner that I found of particular interest.
Cloud computing is the way of working these days. And while some organisations are still yet to adopt it, one of the main concerns is the risk of exposure. Carsten said:
Many organisations are using externally provisioned services without a full understanding of the risks. Other organizations are avoiding profitable new lines of business because they are overestimating the relative.
…Cloud computing is a different model than other alternative delivery models. The same characteristics that make it uniquely appealing and economical raise unique control and risk issues that cannot always be resolved today.
Thoughts from Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2011, Barcelona, Day 3
Day 3 at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo and an interesting line up. Here are a few thoughts from the day.
Gartner Session: Context-Aware Security: Security in a World Where You Don’t Control Anything
In the Context-Aware Security session by vice president, distinguished analyst and Gartner Fellow in Gartner Research, Neil MacDonald, the session focused on how security is now changing from fixed access points (firewalls etc) to being embedded in a much more context-aware approach. Neil said:
Thoughts from Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2011, Barcelona, Day 2
Here’s an update from the thought-provoking Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2011 in Barcelona. With 4,000 attendees, it’s an event that I’m finding of particular relevance given the step-change in collaboration technology.
Here are some of key quotes and my thoughts from a few sessions:
Gartner’s Keynote Presentation
Collaboration is a key theme coming out of this year’s Gartner Symposium in Barcelona. During the keynote presentation, Peter Sondergaard, SVP, Research, Gartner said:
“This is the era of mass collaboration driven by consumerisation of IT. For the IT leader, therefore, to thrive in this environment you must re-image your role; you must lead from the front.”
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