Gartner Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of G2R, Inc., IT Research and Consulting Firm.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IT) today announced the acquisition of G2R G2R Got to Run , Inc., a leading vendor of information technology (IT) market research and a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that is based in Mountain View, Calif. Founded in 1988, G2R studies the market for IT systems and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , such as systems integration, IT outsourcing, and business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in . G2R provides its clients with market research and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects through custom consulting engagements, multiclient market research studies, and syndicated continuing market research. G2R develops globally consistent IT, professional, and solutions forecasts across 49 countries and 57 industries. Areas of vendor IT expertise that G2R covers include consulting and system integration, IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing, alliances and partnering, forecasting, performance benchmarking, public sector, communications, energy, media and entertainment, consumer products and retail, industrial products, education, customer relationship management, enterprise application services, application outsourcing, healthcare, financial services, electronic commerce and competitive strategies. G2R will report into GartnerGroup's Dataquest, the premier source of market intelligence for vendors. Dataquest is the recognized leader in providing the high-technology and financial communities with market intelligence for the semiconductor, computer systems and peripherals, communications, document management, software, and services sectors of the global IT industry. "G2R has the breadth and depth of IT research that GartnerGroup clients demand," said Andrew Holtvedt, president of Dataquest. "There is a great synergy between the research that Dataquest's IT services group offers and G2R provides. The combination of Dataquest and G2R creates the largest research group in the world devoted to the IT services industry. Dataquest will now have more than 70 industry analysts and 40 research programs focused on this market." "Dataquest and G2R are premier brands in our industry," said Graham Kemp, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of G2R. "We're looking forward to the impact our combined teams and offerings will deliver to the IT marketplace." About GartnerGroup As the world's leading authority on IT, GartnerGroup provides clients with a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , measurement, research, decision support, analysis and consulting. Founded in 1979, with headquarters in Stamford, Conn., GartnerGroup is at the center of a global community serving Fortune 1000 companies from 80 locations worldwide. GartnerGroup's unique capabilities and resources help bring clarity to the direction of the world's hottest and most volatile industry. Additional information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.gartner.com. |
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