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Gartner (R) Group Incorporated, founded in 1979 and based in Stamford, Connecticut, provides corporate executives with a variety of IT research and analysis services and products. The firm employs over 1,200 researchers and consultants. Its Gartner Core Research system streamlines the analysis of technologies. The company also is known for the Gartner Dataquest forecasting database system. Gartner Group analysts provide clients with information that supports technology evaluation, risk assessment, and other processes. The company's Applied Methodology Tools allow users to compare returns on investments. The firm also offers clients strategic planning reports. It produces co-branded newsletters and multimedia messages for companies. It also hosts technology conferences and offers corporate executives professional training programs. Gartner Group's consulting unit offers customers IT benchmarking, performance optimization, sourcing management, and other services. The company maintains additional offices in the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Brazil. It serves 45,000 clients across 9,000 organizations worldwide. It had revenues of $894 million in 2004.
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