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Gartner, Inc. ( NYSE: IT) is an information and technology research and advisory firm with over 10,000 clients. Gartner’s businesses consist of Research, Consulting, Measurement, Events and News. Gartner was founded in 1979 by Gideon Gartner , who left the firm in 1992 to start up Giga . Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Gartner has over 3,800 associates, including approximately 1,000 research analysts and consultants, in more than 75 locations worldwide. Fiscal 2002 revenue totaled $888 million. 1 Business
1.1 Research
Gartner has a comprehensive body of global research that reports on and analyzes the technologies that drive business and organizational success. The more than 200 research topics include customer relationship management (CRM), business-to-business e-commerce, supply chain management, wireless, emerging technologies, security, IT services, e-business, and IT spending and strategies.
1.2 Consulting
Gartner consultants provide hands-on client support to thousands of clients in areas ranging from e-business strategy to measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of global manufacturing operations. Their role is not as implementors of technology solutions, but as independent advisors on technology assessment and procurement, project development, measurement, and technology management such as total cost of ownership, CRM, and IT spending recommendations.
1.3 Measurement
Gartner hosts a large database of industry benchmarks. Gartner clients populate the database anonymously in order to benefit from benchmarking capabilities such as measuring a business' performance against vertical peer companies and measuring against any or all companies in the database. They also provide a suite of software products called Decision Tools which measure total cost of ownership, total impact of innovation and return on investment.
1.4 Community
Gartner has a range of peer networking programs designed to bring together business executives and IT professionals. See Events below.
1.5 News
Gartner provides insightful commentary on news and events in the technology world.
2 Events
- Gartner Symposium/ITxpo: This event is the IT industry's largest conference. Hosted in Brisbane, Australia; Cannes, France; San Diego, California; Florence, Italy; Orlando, Florida; Tokyo, Japan; TorontoFor alternate meanings of Toronto, see Toronto (disambiguation). City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in detail) (in detail) Motto: Diversity Our Strength Area: 641 sq. Distance East to West: 43 km. Distance East to West: 21 km. Population Total (2001) Cdn., OntarioOntario ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains Capital Toronto Largest City Toronto Area Total % fresh water 4th largest(2nd lgst prov. 1 076 395 km² 14. 7% Population Total (2001) Density Rank, CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe; and Sandton , South AfricaSouth Africa is a republic at the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is one o, this event features more than 200 sessions led by Gartner analysts.
- Regional events: each year Gartner hosts 65 events worldwide that attract over 40,000 executives and IT professionals.
3 History
4 Headquarters
- Corporate Gartner, Inc. 56 Top Gallant Road Stamford, CT 06904
- West Coast Gartner, Inc. 251 & 281 River Oaks Parkway San JoseSan Jose is a major city in California, USA, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. In the 1970s, the city council officially adopted San Jos as the spelling for the city name, although it is still more commonly spelled San Jose''. The city is located, CA 95134
- Europe Gartner, Inc. Tamesis The Glanty Egham Surrey TW20 9AW United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly
- Japan Gartner Japan Ltd. Aobadai Hills, 4F 7-7, Aobadai, 4-chrome Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0042 Japan
- Asia/Pacific Gartner Australasia Pty. Ltd. Level 7, 40 Miller Street North Sydney 2060 New South Wales, Australia
- Latin America Gartner do Brasil Av. das Nações Unidas, 12551 9° andar- Torre Oeste 04578-000 - São Paulo -SP Brazil
