Gartner, Inc. is a research and advisory company, which equips business leaders with insights, advice, and tools that help build organizations. It operates through the following segments: Research, Consulting, and Conferences. The Research segment equips executives and teams from every function and across all industries with actionable, objective insight, guidance, and tools. The Consulting segment serves senior executives technology-driven strategic initiatives leveraging the power of Gartner's actionable, objective insight. The Conferences segment offers executives and teams across an organization the opportunity to learn, share, and network. The company was founded by Gideon I. Gartner and Dave L. R. Stein in 1979 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.