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Gartner Acquires Software Advice

On March 11, 2014, Gartner acquired business services company Software Advice for 135M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Gartner’s 5th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Gartner’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Gartner’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Gartner’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-03-11
Target Software Advice
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Gartner
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 135M USD
Advisor(s) Vista Point Advisors (Financial)

Target

Software Advice

Austin, Texas, United States
Software Advice is a provider of detailed reviews, comparisons and research to assist organizations in finding products that best fit their current and future needs.

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Buyer

Gartner

Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Information Services
Employees21,044
Revenue 6.3B USD (2024)
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 5 of 11
Sector: Business Services M&A 5 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 11
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 4 of 6
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 6
PREVIOUS 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
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-23 Market Visio Oy

Espoo, Finland

Market Visio Oy is a research firm headquartered in Finland.

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