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Entries from February 2018

Words Matter: Gartner Takes Its Independence Very Seriously

February 28th, 2018 · No Comments

Guest Post from Dean Daniels, MVP Ombudsman, Gartner We were recently alerted to a press release, whose contents many who contacted us challenged. They said, “This doesn’t look like something Gartner would have approved.” They were right. The headline read:   Gartner Inc. will strengthen [Provider’s*] position as a global player in [market] (redacted)   We […]

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UPDATE: Treatment of Company and Product Names in Gartner Research

February 7th, 2018 · No Comments

Guest post by Jackie Ryan, VP of Content Production, Gartner Providers sometimes ask why Gartner has rendered their company or product names differently from how the providers represent these names themselves. For example, our style is to change “Verint Systems Inc.” to be “Verint Systems” instead. Gartner does strive to reproduce company and product names […]

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