Gartner has since extended the model into LANs,client/server software,distributed computing,telecommunications,mainframe data centers and most recently,Windows CE and Palm OS handheld computers.

• Gartner集团自那时起就将此模型延伸到局域网、客户机/服务器软件、分布计算、电信、大型机数据中心，最近又用于Windows CE和Palm OS手持计算机。