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Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider the 3D printing legacy of the late Gideon Gartner. On December 12, 2020, Gideon Gartner — who founded the Gartner Group and revolutionized technological research — passed away at the age of 85. Gartner leveraged a background at IBM and leading Wall Street firms to create a world-renowned, hybrid tech-research, marketing and advertising firm with a particular focus on computer technology. Gartner had both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Gartner personally embodied the scientific managemen...

Gideon Gartner, visionary of technology research, dies at 85 Glenn Rifkin Gideon Gartner, whose technology research firm the Gartner Group revolutionized an influential and lucrative sector of the technology industry by providing crucial research, analysis and advice for corporate computer executives, died Dec. 12 at his home in Manhattan. He was 85. The cause was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, said his son Perry Gartner. An MIT-trained engineer and Wall Street analyst, Mr. Gartner put an indelible stamp on the tech research industry in 1979 when he started ...

Dec. 17, 2020 9:51 am ET As corporate executives in the late 1970s grew baffled by a proliferation of computer and other information-technology choices, Gideon Gartner saw an opportunity: Why not offer them advice on what to buy, when to buy it and how much to pay? Mr. Gartner, a former International Business Machines Corp. executive and star Wall Street analyst, in 1979 formed Gartner Group, now known as Gartner Inc . , to sell that advice in the form of punchy two-page notes, client consultations and eventually mammoth conferences. He hired aggressive sales people and analysts, pai...

Gideon Gartner. Photo: Esther Dyson CC BY-NC 2.0 Founder of worldwide IT analyst and advisory group. Gideon Gartner, who set up global corporate technology advisory company Gartner Group, has passed away at the age of 85. "We are greatly saddened by the death of our company’s founder and former chairman and chief executive, Gideon Gartner," Gartner Group said in a statement. "Gideon was a passionate entrepreneur, industry pioneer and highly respected individual who dedicated his life to his work, music and family. "All of us at Gartner mourn the loss of our forme...