According to the group, 20 per cent of companies will not own any IT assets by 2012, as they move towards using cloud-enabled services, virtualisation and allowing workers to use personal devices on corporate networks.
The organisation predicted that as firms decrease the amount of hardware they own, those in IT jobs will have to be reskilled to meet new requirements, while technology budgets will be redistributed to more strategic projects than computer purchasing.
It also claimed that by 2014 most IT projects will involve carbon remediation elements such as server virtualisation and desktop power management, while PCs themselves will become increasingly environmentally friendly.
Brian Gammage, vice president and research fellow at Gartner, commented: 'As organisations make plans to navigate the economic recovery and prepare for the return to growth, our predictions for 2010 focus on the impact of critical changes in the balance of control and power in IT.'
A recent study by BT Global Services found that one-quarter of business leaders believe that underinvestment in IT has damaged the performance of their organisation.
The organisation predicted that as firms decrease the amount of hardware they own, those in IT jobs will have to be reskilled to meet new requirements, while technology budgets will be redistributed to more strategic projects than computer purchasing.
It also claimed that by 2014 most IT projects will involve carbon remediation elements such as server virtualisation and desktop power management, while PCs themselves will become increasingly environmentally friendly.
Brian Gammage, vice president and research fellow at Gartner, commented: 'As organisations make plans to navigate the economic recovery and prepare for the return to growth, our predictions for 2010 focus on the impact of critical changes in the balance of control and power in IT.'
A recent study by BT Global Services found that one-quarter of business leaders believe that underinvestment in IT has damaged the performance of their organisation.
