David Roux of Silver Lake Partners Joins Gartner, Inc. Board of Directors.

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STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2001

Michael D. Fleisher, President and CEO of Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB), today announced that David Roux, Co-founder of Silver Lake Partners, has been elected to serve on Gartner's Board of Directors effective today. David Roux will replace Roger McNamee, Co-founder of Silver Lake and Integral Capital Partners, who has resigned from the Board.

"David's extensive operational experience, coupled with his industry relationships, will be a valuable asset to our Board," said Fleisher. "I want to extend a warm thanks to Roger, who has been instrumental to our success over the past year."

Roux, 44, is a Co-founder and Managing Director of Silver Lake, an investment partnership with offices in New York and Silicon Valley. The firm manages a $2.3 billion fund that makes private equity buyout and recapitalization investments in technology and related growth businesses. He is also Chairman of Liberate Technologies Inc. Prior to this, he was CEO of Liberate Technologies, Inc. and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Oracle Corporation; Senior Vice President Marketing, Central Point Software; Senior Vice President of Lotus Development; and Co-founder and CEO of Datext, Inc., the first commercial CD-ROM publishing company.

About Gartner, Inc.

Gartner, Inc. is a research and advisory firm that helps more than 10,000 clients understand technology and drive business growth. Gartner's divisions consist of Gartner Research, Gartner Consulting, Gartner Measurement and Gartner Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner, Inc. is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and consists of 4,600 associates, including 1,400 research analysts and consultants, in more than 80 locations worldwide. The company achieved fiscal 2000 revenues of $859 million. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

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