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Gartner: 85 percent of companies using open source

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The analyst house warns that, although take-up of open-source software is widespread, most companies do not have formal procurement or governance policies in place for such software. Eighty-five percent of companies are already using open-source software, with most of the remaining 15 percent expecting to do so…
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More than 1 billion PCs now in use worldwide

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

There are now over a billion PCs in active use, according to analyst firm Gartner, with the number predicted to double by 2014. There are now more than a billion PCs in active use worldwide, according to analyst house Gartner. On Gartner’s…
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0 comments | Emerging Market, PCs, Gartner, Gartner Inc., David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, PC, Desktops, Hardware |