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snydeq writes “InfoWorld’s Dan Tynan surveys 6 ‘transformational’ tech-panacea sales pitches which have left egg on at slightest a little IT dialect faces. Billed with mythological promises, each of the 6 technologies — five old, one latest — has warranted the indeterminate eminence of being the hype aristocrat of the particular era, descending far short of mythological promises. Consultant greed, researcher oversight, unwashed businessman tricks — ‘the one thing you can equate on in the land of IT is a sharp businessman display and a total lot of hype. Eras shift, technologies change, but the sales representation regularly sounds eerily familiar. In probably each decade there’s at slightest one transformational record which promises to change the enterprise, condense operational costs, revoke collateral expenditures, enter into your IT initiatives with your core commercial operation practices, progress worker productivity, and leave your breath purify and minty fresh.’ Today, clouded cover computing, virtualization, and inscription PCs have been opposed for the hype crown.” What alternative hideous hype stories do a little of the seasoned vets have? Read some-more of this story at Slashdot.

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IT Snake Oil, Six Tech Cure-Alls That Went Bunk