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Gartner acquisitions: META, AMR, Burton, Ideas, Software Advice, Captera, SCM World

2017, a tectonic year for influencer relations? A world post Gartner + CEB and IDC sold

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This January feels like our IIAR April Fool posts came early. After Gartner gobbling the largest peer-to-peer advisory firm CEB (Corporate Advisory Firm) for a cool USD 3.3 billions (2.6b in cash and stock plus 700m debt), the long awaited and many times postponed sellout of IDG, the parent company of IDC, happened yesterday. Those two deals are nothing less […]

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Gartner acquires SCM World, what does it mean for AR Professionals?

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Gartner acquires SMC World, what does it mean for AR Professionals?
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Ovum Fireside Chat with Gideon Gartner, Jonathan Yarmis and David Rossiter

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Gideon Gartner on the IIAR Blog!

12 Comments / AMR, AR, Gartner, Gartner Magic Quadrant, IT Analysis Firms, Ovum / Ludovic Leforestier

Well, almost…. Ovum kindly gave us an exclusive for the video below. Following Datamonitor’s re-launch of their consolidated IT research brands under the Ovum name, they have held two back to back events in London and New York: Collaborative Intelligence launch event. The London event featured “the Patriarch” Gideon Gartner (the founder of Gartner and

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While Gartner goes after AMR, Forrester goes after…

5 Comments / AMR, AR, Forrester, Gartner / Ludovic Leforestier

… Strategic Oxygen! While Gartner (NYSE:IT) decided to buy out AMR and fill a coverage gap in SCM, with hindsight a strategy hinted in Cannes (well maybe?). The Gartner-AMR deal certainly has caused a bit of a stir, with over 6000 hits in the blogosphere! While I’m on that news item, I must add thatGartner

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Gartner buys AMR -what’s the impact for AR Managers and competitors?

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What’s the impact for the AR Community and other IT Analysis firms of the announced AMR purchase by Gartner?

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