Gartner Fellows Martin Reynolds and Jackie Fenn led a lively discussion with researchers from Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems and Xerox during this morning's Keynote, "A Look Inside the Labs."

Each of the panelists - Rich Friedrich of HP, David Douglas of Sun, Guido Jouret of Cisco and Xerox's Steve Hoover - provided an overview of emerging technologies from within their organizations. Sensory networks requiring the communications power of 1,000 of today's Internets, improvements in microprocessor connections, healthcare kiosks driven by high-definition video and reusable paper were some of the concepts demonstrated during the presentation.

The panelists offered some equally interesting responses when asked what the single most important thing they can do to encourage innovation within the enterprise. They pointed to acting as a trusted partner to business, developing enterprise architecture and portfolio management programs, and fostering social networking and collaboration - all things that Gartner has stressed throughout Symposium/ITxpo and in our research.

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