Gartner to buy AMR Research for �38.9m

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 17:35:00

Gartner to expand its services and benefit from synergies following
acquisition of supply chain specialist

Technology research and analysis firm Gartner has said it will acquire supply
chain specialist AMR research for $64m (�38.9m).

The acquisition will expand Gartner?s research suite, it is also planned to
complement Gartner?s consulting and events businesses and enable opportunities
for syndicated research. AMR projects full-year revenue for 2010 of $40m.

The AMR research team comprises approximately 40 research analysts and 45
sales executives.

Gene Hall, Gartner's chief executive officer, said: "AMR Research is the
market leader for research related to supply chain management, which is
inextricably linked to IT and has become a central issue for many organisations.
"

He added: "The acquisition should to give us a presence in this market as
allow us to generate synergies by selling AMR Research products to Gartner
clients visa versa."

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