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• Is unified communications still relevant?

  Debate over the significance of Unified communications (UC) as a technology continues with Gartner and Frost & Sullivan arguing that its is respectively, no longer a strategic priority and its an evolving technology still worth watching.

• WAN optimisation helps justify IT investment

  It's the question IT managers hate to be asked: how can you prove return on investment (ROI)?

• Consumer tech greens up the enterprise "collaboration desert": Gartner

  Consumer technology is leading the way in greening the ‘collaboration desert’ that currently exists in the enterprise, according to Gartner analyst, Robin Simpson. Speaking at the firm’s Symposium in Sydney, Simpson said consumer technology had developed a range of collaboration capabilities in recent years and there was lots of potential for those tools to fill the collaboration gap in the enterprise.

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  Gartner lays out Top 10 strategic technologies

  At this week’s Gartner Symposium in Sydney, the analyst firm presented its top 10 strategic technologies for 2010.

• Look to vendor management programs to reclaim the upper hand: Gartner

  IT organisations which feel like they are at the mercy of their vendors should consider implementing a systematic vendor management program to address imbalances in power in their relationships, according to Gartner. Speaking at the analyst firm’s Symposium in Sydney, analysts William Snyder said through implementing vendor management (VM), organisations had the potential to better manage information flow, thereby improving the strength of their negotiations.

• Governments the greatest inhibitors to Governemnt 2.0

  Governments’ responsibilities and polices toward citizens may be the biggest impediment to the adoption of successful Government 2.0 around the world, according to analyst firm, Gartner. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium in Sydney, analyst Andrea Di Maio, said governments would have to learn to cede more control to citizens if they wanted to pay more than lip service to the idea of a more open, citizen-driven approach to information sharing.

• Look at private clouds as a stepping stone to public clouds: Gartner

  IT managers should consider private clouds as a stepping stone to the public cloud, Gartner has advised.

• In Photos: Gartner Symposium 2009 keynote

  The Gartner Symposium 2009 is being held at the Sydney Convention Centre. In the keynote this morning Telstra CEO David Thodey joined Gartner leaders in welcoming attendees.