M&A Deal Summary

Gartner Acquires Burton Group

On January 5, 2010, Gartner acquired business services company Burton Group for 56M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Gartner’s 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Gartner’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Gartner’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Gartner’s 1st transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-01-05
Target Burton Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Gartner
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 56M USD
Advisor(s) The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) (Financial)

Target

Burton Group

Midvale, Utah, United States
Burton Group is a research and advisory services firm that focuses on providing practical, technically in-depth advice to front-line IT professionals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Gartner

Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Information Services
Employees20,495
Revenue 5.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight to clients worldwide. Gartner was founded in 1979 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 11
State (Utah) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 6
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-01 AMR Research

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

AMR Research is a research and advisory services firm serving supply chain management and IT professionals.

Buy $64M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-30 Ideas International

Hornsby, Australia

Ideas International provides enterprise IT research, insight, analysis, and tools to computer suppliers and consultants and large corporations. The Company’s research is focused on areas such as computer servers, storage, software, and cloud.

Buy AU$20M
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