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Edition covers '2007 and beyond'. Gartner's stated count: 10 (press release: '10 key predictions'). Found in public source: 10 top predictions. Client report: "Gartner's Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2007 and Beyond" (paywalled). Read from a verbatim press copy on insurance-canada.ca (Stamford dateline). The Gartner original was not located. Quotes are the prediction headline sentences as printed in the press release; body text is not stored.
Vista will be the last major release of Microsoft Windows.
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Blogging and community contributors will peak in the first half of 2007.
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By the end of 2007, 75% of enterprises will be infected with undetected, financially motivated, targeted malware that evaded their traditional perimeter and host defenses.
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By 2008, nearly 50% of data centers worldwide will lack the necessary power and cooling capacity to support high-density equipment.
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Through 2009, market share for the top 10 IT outsourcers will decline to 40.0% (from 43.5% now), equaling a revenue shift of $5.4 billion.
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By 2009, corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be a higher board- and executive-level priority than regulatory compliance.
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Only one Asia/Pacific-based service provider will make the global top 20 through 2010.
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By 2010, the average total cost of ownership (TCO) of new PCs will fall by 50%.
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By 2010, 60% of the worldwide cellular population will be “trackable” via an emerging “follow-me Internet.”
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Through 2011, enterprises will waste $100 billion buying the wrong networking technologies and services.
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