Gartner Announces Business Intelligence Summit 2007.

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT):

What:     Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2007

When:     March 12-14, 2007

Where:    Hyatt Regency, Chicago

Details: Business Intelligence and its applications have gone from "nice to have" to "need to have". But driving performance management with business intelligence is not a one-time investment in technology. The real value comes from having the agility and responsiveness in your BI infrastructure and applications to keep up with and anticipate changes in your business. At the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit, you'll discover how successful organizations are leveraging information assets coupled with business intelligence to drive business performance to new levels.

This industry-defining event is loaded with new research and practical insight on such critical topics as: business driven plans and programs, performance management frameworks and metrics, developing organizational competencies, emerging analytic applications, expanding BI platform capabilities, new approaches to enterprise information management, technology trends and developments as well as the significant changes in the vendor landscape. And it is packed with insightful keynoters, end user case studies, and ample access to Gartner analysts dedicated to BI and Performance Management.

Keynotes:

* Patrick Lencioni, Author of Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: Business Intelligence initiatives require those leading the programs to be able to work effectively across multiple organizational boundaries. Mr. Lencioni will explain why it is essential to create a common context for interdependency and alignment, when working across organizational boundaries, and how to break down the silos and turf wars that often turn colleagues into competitors.

*James Surowiecki, Author of The Wisdom of Crowds: Information and intelligence is often diverse and disconnected within an organization and it is harder than ever to locate and use it for business decisions and performance improvement. Mr. Surowiecki will present innovative ways of thinking about how to aggregate information and intelligence to create a new form of collective intelligence as well as the conditions and incentives needed for its success.

* Bill Hostmann, Conference Chair & Research VP, Gartner: Mr. Hostmann will set the stage for the conference and provide an overview of the driving forces, trends within organizations and in the market and the cornerstones necessary to be successful with business intelligence and performance management initiatives.

BI Excellence Awards

The Gartner BI Excellence Awards are all about highlighting world-class BI initiatives and broadly sharing their successes, challenges and insights. Finalists will present their entry during the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit and the winner will be chosen and announced at the event. More information on Gartner's BI Excellence Awards and the online entry form, are available at www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/2007/bi5/bi5_awards.jsp.

For complete event details, please visit the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit Web site at www.gartner.com/us/bi.

More than 50 companies will be sponsors exhibiting at the conference. A listing of Gartner Business Intelligence Summit sponsors is available at www.gartner.com/us/bi.

Additional companies interested in participating as a Conference Sponsor should contact Andrew Gibian at 203-316-3896 or at [e-mail].

Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey at [e-mail].

About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. Gartner serves 10,000 organizations, including chief information officers and other senior IT executives in corporations and government agencies, as well as technology companies and the investment community. The Company consists of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 3,700 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in 75 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.