Gartner
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| Type | Public (NYSE: IT) |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut |
| Key people | Gene Hall (Chairman and CEO) Christopher J. Lafond (CFO). |
| Industry | Research |
| Products | Research Consulting Events |
| Revenue | $1.279 billion (2008) |
| Net income | $103.9 million (2008) |
| Employees | 4,000 (2008) |
| Website | www.gartner.com |
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001.[1]
Gartner clients include some large corporations and government agencies as well as technology companies and the investment community like BT, HP, Wall street Journal etc. The company consists of Research, Executive Programs, Consulting and Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner has 4,000 employees, including 1,200 in R&D.
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[edit] Competitors
Gartner has several competitors, including:
- AMR Research
- ABI Research
- Basex
- Canalys
- CMS Watch
- Computer Economics
- Corporate Executive Board, USA
- Cutter Consortium
- Dell'Oro Group website
- Forrester Research
- Frost & Sullivan
- Intelligent Business Research Services
- IDC
- Informa (through various subsidiaries of Datamonitor)
- Info-Tech Research Group
- Nemertes Research
- Strategy Analytics
- Yankee Group
[edit] Press coverage
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Gartner research has pitched press reports to many news institutions, including:
- Financial Times: You can believe the Hype Cycle's take on technology, Philip Stafford, May 30, 2008 Financial Times
- Wall Street Journal: Business Technology Blog: Windows (Slowly) Collapsing Under Own Weight, By Ben Worthen, April 11, 2008 Wall Street Journal
- New York Times: Smartphones Now Ringing for Women, Laura M. Holson, June 10, 2008 New York Times
- their October 2006 statement that they believed Apple Computer should abandon its hardware business, instead licensing it to alternative PC manufacturers, such as Dell,[2]
- their December 2006 prediction that blogging activity would reach a peak during 2007,[3] and that Windows Vista would be the last major release of the operating system.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "EDGAR Form 10-Q". Securities and Exchange Commission. February 14, 2001. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000095012301001450/y45550e10-q.txt. Retrieved on 2006-12-16.
- ^ Gartner: Apple should quit hardware business - ZDNet.co.uk
- ^ BBC NEWS | Technology | Blogging 'set to peak next year'
- ^ http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6143800.html
