Gideon I. Gartner (born 1935) is an entrepreneur and philanthropist, best known as the founder of Gartner, an information technology (IT) research and advisory company. He has been described as the patriarch of the IT industry analyst business, due to widespread adoption of the innovations he incorporated into Gartner as a second-generation information business. He has continued to champion information industry innovations, … Wikipedia
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