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。