As one of the four major pairs of themes underlying Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here in San Francisco, Gartner research chief and distinguished analyst Steve Prentice explained to attendees why the ...

Commoditization doesn't just affect the top tier of the food chain; it affects the entire food chain. Commoditization ravages price and profitability. Commoditization doesn't just affect tech devices.

Many industries, including advertising, are becoming saturated with competitors of all sizes, to the point where the products and services we produce and provide, are becoming commoditized.

As cost per bit keeps dropping, and commoditization continues, we might find ourselves in a precarious position on bandwidth. Networking is pervasive today because cost per bit has plummeted.

There has recently been a public debate about the “commoditization” of IT. Is IT a commodity? And if so, what does that mean? What, in turn, would that mean for management of networks, systems and ...