• Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) workshop will equip local airport operations experts from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to conduct GARD workshops themselves
• The Train the Facilitator GARD workshop is expected to ramp up the number of GARD trained airports in the country

Kerala, 6 August 2018: India is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world when it comes to natural disasters – prone to floods and landslides during the monsoon season, and a high incidence of cyclones and earthquakes. With climate change, the number and intensity of these disasters are only expected to grow, which means the government faces incrementally greater challenges in delivering aid and other humanitarian services when tragedy strikes. Making sure infrastructure is disaster-ready is key to saving lives, and airports are a major part of that.

At Calicut International Airport in Kozhikode city, Kerala, 14 airport operations experts from across India have gathered for a five-day training from 6-10 August 2018 to learn how to make their airports disaster-ready, and to become national trainers for GARD workshops in India. Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are expanding their internationally recognized Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) program with officials and experts from the Airports Authority of India (AAI). This workshop will include a new Train the Facilitator (TtF) element for countries that are at above average risk for natural disasters. This not only supports airport authorities in their efforts to build resilience against future natural disasters, but also enables participants to train others at the national level.

“Channeling relief efforts from airports to affected communities require efficient operational procedures, and appropriate infrastructure capabilities” said Subhash Kumar, General Manager at the Airports Authority of India. “In addition to reassessing airport facilities and strengthening staff expertise, this workshop will allow us to build up our readiness for any potential emergencies across the country and regionally.”

At the workshop, facilitators-in-training will learn how to evaluate the current level of preparedness at airports, conduct training exercises, and develop specific recommendations and ready an action plan to ensure that airports are prepared for future disasters. Thereafter, all attendees will be able to conduct GARD workshops at the national level themselves.

“The new initiative allows airports to conduct the GARD training when it suits the regional needs best – that makes the roll out much more flexible,” explains Chris Weeks, DPDHL Director for Humanitarian Affairs. “Furthermore, the Train the Facilitator workshop allows us to share our knowledge that we have gathered in more than nine years’ of experience with others and thereby scale up the number of GARD trained airports to make the program even more effective.”

To ensure fast and effective assistance in the immediate aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster, besides having the necessary airport infrastructure and local transport connections to smoothly deliver lifesaving support to impacted communities, the team on site needs to be trained in the necessary protocols and know-how to handle the dramatic rise in air traffic and flow of goods and people that typically follows a disaster.

“With increased vulnerability due to climate change, it is essential to strengthen national capacities and resilience to natural disaster. These include training local authorities in special customs and immigration policies that need to be activated in the event of emergency, and having passenger evacuation plans or accommodation at the airport for the first 72 hours,” said Preeti Soni, Assistant Country Director, UNDP. “The introduction of TtF GARD workshop will ensure that rescue and relief efforts can be carried out smoothly while reducing losses from natural disasters.”

So far, Guwahati and Chennai airports are already GARD-trained and thus prepared to handle emergencies better.

About GARD

In 2009, GARD was developed by Deutsche Post DHL Group in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the aim of preparing airports in disaster-prone areas to handle the surge of incoming relief goods after a natural disaster occurs. It also enables the various organizations and aid agencies to better understand the processes at the airport in the aftermath of a disaster, which will help facilitate relief efforts and enhance overall coordination.

To date, GARD workshops have been held at more than 40 airports in Armenia, Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Macedonia, the Maldives, Nepal, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Turkey.

GARD trainers and training materials are provided free-of-charge by Deutsche Post DHL Group while UNDP leads the project implementation and facilitates the coordination with the national authorities and governmental ministries. GARD training workshop arrangements and logistics costs are fully covered by UNDP with funding contribution by the government of Germany.

GARD is an integral part of Deutsche Post DHL Group’s GoHelp program in which the Group pools all of its activities related to disaster preparedness and management. As a form of crisis prevention, GARD workshops are used to prepare airports for coping with potential natural disasters. Should a disaster strike, Disaster Response Teams (DRTs) provide emergency aid and ensure that relief supplies can be accepted in a coordinated manner and passed on to the correct aid organizations.

The DRTs were established in cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). They encompass a worldwide network of more than 400 volunteers, all specially trained employees of Deutsche Post DHL Group.

About Deutsche Post DHL Group

Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading mail and logistics company. The Group connects people and markets and is an enabler of global trade. It aspires to be the first choice for customers, employees and investors worldwide. The Group contributes to the world through responsible business practices, corporate citizenship and environmental activities. By the year 2050, Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to achieve zero emissions logistics.

Deutsche Post DHL Group is home to two strong brands: Deutsche Post is Europe’s leading postal service provider. DHL offers a comprehensive range of international express, freight transport, and supply chain management services, as well as e-commerce logistics solutions. Deutsche Post DHL Group employs approximately 520,000 people in over 220 countries and territories worldwide. The Group generated revenues of more than 60 billion Euros in 2017.

Die Post für Deutschland. The logistics company for the world.

About the Airport Authority of India

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India. It provides Air traffic management (ATM) services over Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. It also manages a total of 125 Airports, including 21 International Airports, 8 Customs Airports, 77 Domestic Airports and 19 Civil enclaves at Military Airfields. AAI also has ground installations at all airports and 25 other locations to ensure safety of aircraft operations.

AAI has entered into Joint Ventures at Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Nagpur Airports to upgrade these airports. AAI has four training establishments viz. The Civil Aviation Training College (CATC) at Allahabad, Indian Aviation Academy (IAA) at Delhi and Fire Training Center (FTC) at Delhi & Fire Service Training Center, Kolkata. In addition to in-house flight calibration of its navigational aids, AAI undertakes flight calibration of navigational aids for the Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and other private airfields in the country.

About UNDP

UNDP works in close to 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

UNDP has worked in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development, from democratic governance to poverty eradication, to sustainable energy and environmental management. UNDP’s programs are aligned with national priorities and are reviewed and adjusted annually.

Please visit: www.in.undp.org for more information.

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Government and private sector leaders assemble to unlock geothermal’s 200GW of potential 

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 5 September 2017 — Leaders and ministers from more than 25 governments will meet in Florence, Italy on 11 September, to accelerate the global adoption of geothermal energy. The Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) meeting represents the largest such ministerial gathering dedicated to geothermal energy development.

Geothermal energy today accounts for just 0.3 percent of globally installed renewable energy capacity. However – once start-up costs are met – it is one of the lowest-cost and most reliable renewable energy sources available. The global potential for geothermal is estimated to be in the region of 200 gigawatts.

Entitled: ‘Working Together to Promote Geothermal Energy Towards a Sustainable Energy Future’ the conference will bring together private and public sector representatives to address and overcome barriers that have hindered the deployment of geothermal despite its vast potential. The meeting is organised by the Italian government, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Economic Development, and the Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea together with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

“In line with our commitment to the COP21 Agreement, the Italian Government is determined to promote renewable energy and invest in innovative, zero-emission technologies with low environmental impact, including in the geothermal sector,” said Italian Minister for Environment Mr. Gian Luca Galletti.

“My country is engaged, and will continue to pursue objectives within the framework of our National Energy Policy and Strategies based on our broad and remarkable renewable energy knowledge,” continued Minister Galletti. “This is especially true of our geothermal energy experience, having developed the first-ever geothermal energy production plant in Lardarello, Tuscany,” he concluded.

“Globally, geothermal energy remains largely untapped despite its huge potential for low-carbon power generation and direct use in heating and cooling,” said Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, IRENA Director-General. “Right now we may only be harvesting six per cent of proven geothermal energy potential, meaning the sector represents a significant opportunity to decarbonise the energy system and drive economic growth in the 90 countries with proven resources.

“This Global Geothermal Alliance ministerial is a milestone that, in the strongest possible terms, demonstrates renewed will to unlock the potential of geothermal and reinforce the importance of its deployment to the global energy transition,” concluded Mr. Amin.

The conference will attract more than 200 attendees who will hear global government and business leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with scaling-up geothermal energy. In particular, the meeting will focus on identifying the mechanisms required to de-risk geothermal investments, creating regulatory consistency and pathways to strengthen institutional and human capacity within the sector.

Launched in 2015 at COP21 in Paris, the GGA is an inclusive multi-stakeholder platform of public, private, intergovernmental and non-governmental actors committed to scaling up geothermal energy deployment worldwide. Its membership is composed of 42 countries, and 29 partner institutions, including multilateral organisations, development partners, international and regional organisations, global financial institutions and private sector.

The Alliance aims to enhance multilateral efforts towards a more favourable environment to achieve a 500 per cent increase in global installed capacity for geothermal power generation and a 200 per cent increase in geothermal heating by 2030.

Geothermal energy is energy in the form of heat within the sub-surface of the Earth that is carried up to the surface as water and/or steam. Depending on its characteristics, geothermal energy can be used to generate clean electricity, or in direct use applications such as heating, cooling, the agribusiness and in industrial applications, to name a few.

The environmental footprint of geothermal energy is negligible and its predictability and reliability make it a significant contributor to decarbonisation of the global energy system, while increasing security of supply, and boosting local economic development.

For more information about this meeting or the GGA you can contact GGA@irena.org

About the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
IRENA is mandated to be the global hub for renewable energy cooperation and information exchange by 152 Members (151 States and the European Union). 28 additional countries are in the accession process and actively engaged. IRENA promotes the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy, in the pursuit of sustainable development, energy access, energy security and low-carbon economic growth and prosperity. www.irena.org

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Mumbai, April, 2017 – Flytxt, a fast growing customer data analytics software company, today announced that it has raised Rs. 70 crore funding from DAH Beteiligungs GmbH, a company related to the Hopp family office. The company plans to invest new funds in R&D to continue evolving its software product to further its growth in the Telecom Industry and expand to other verticals. It will also help company to execute its order book of more than Rs. 500 crore.

Flytxt offers enterprise-class customer data analytics product that can ingest, manage and analyse large volume of moving customer data to derive actionable insights. The product also has built-in applications to leverage these insights for digital customer engagement and digital services. More than 50 Telcos and other enterprises have deployed this product in 40+ countries. In certain markets, Flytxt and Telco partners also provide brands and agencies with aggregated and anonymised customer insights for executing targeted mobile advertising campaigns. Solutions built using Flytxt’s products and services have generated up to 7% measurable economic value for enterprises.

“Flytxt started in 2008 with a vision to provide over 10% measurable economic value to enterprises using customer data analytics technology. Today we have the 3^rd generation of our product and more than 100 enterprises, including some of the largest Telecom operators in the world, benefit from it. This investment will help us to serve our customers more efficiently as well as invest in R&D, and grow faster through cloud offerings and channel partnerships.” said Dr.Vinod Vasudevan, CEO, Flytxt.

About Flytxt

Flytxt provides customer data analytics software products and services to enterprises, helping them to accelerate their digital transformation journey and generate sustained measurable economic value. Digital customer engagement and digital services solutions powered by Flytxt help to drive superior customer experience, increase revenues, optimise margins and enhance customer loyalty. The company serves over 100 customers including some of the largest Telcos, financial institutions and global brands across 40 countries, analysing data of over 600 million mobile consumers. Flytxt has consistently delivered up to 7% economic impact to its customers with its software products, enabling services, best practices and partner ecosystem. The company has headquarters in The Netherlands, offices in Dubai and India with regional presence in Paris, London, Singapore, Nairobi, and Mexico City.

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IFC Invests in Hero Future Energies to Significantly Scale Up Renewable Capacity in India

New Delhi, India, January 5, 2017—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is picking up equity stake in Hero Future Energies, the renewable energy arm of the Hero Group. The investment will help the company expand its renewable energy capacity, provide jobs and facilitate private sector development in renewable energy.

IFC, together with IFC Global Infrastructure Fund, a private equity fund managed by IFC Asset Management Company, will invest $125 million in equity, enabling the company to set up 1 GW of greenfield solar and wind plants in the next 12 months across India.

“I am happy to join hands with IFC, in our endeavor to achieve new goal of 2.7 GW renewable energy capacity by 2020” said Rahul Munjal, Chairman & Managing Director, Hero Future Energies. Currently, Hero Future Energies has a presence in twelve states in India with a capacity of over 360 megawatt having solar, wind, and rooftop installations.

Sunil Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Hero Future Energies commented, “This partnership will fuel our ambitions to tap into the incredible opportunity that lies in both domestic and overseas markets as well as new technologies namely storage, hybrid projects among others. This association is also a validation of our core strengths in timely project delivery, unwavering focus on health safety and environment standards, developmental capabilities, stringent asset quality standards and design and engineering skills. We will also aggressively focus on expanding our promising rooftop solar portfolio.”

Over 40 percent of India’s population lacks access to reliable electricity.  The country’s growing energy sector will require $250 billion in investments over the next five years, most of which will have to come from the private sector.  With 80 percent of the country’s energy needs still being met through thermal power, renewable energy is increasingly seen as the solution for bringing universal energy access. In 2014, the Indian government announced a plan of setting up 175 GW of solar and wind energy by 2022.

“With this partnership with Hero Future Energies, IFC is helping accelerate the transition of the renewable energy generation business to mainstream power sector. Through the Global Infrastructure Fund, IFC is also bringing in the support of international institutional investors,” said Mengistu Alemayehu, Regional Director, IFC South Asia. “Such a development will boost confidence of other large business groups and international investors to contribute to India’s ambitious renewable energy targets and make a significant difference in ramping up renewable-energy capacity in the country.”

IFC is a pioneer in renewable energy in India, investing in the sector since 2009. Our portfolio companies today have set up over 3 GW of different forms of renewable-power projects in the country. IFC’s advisory team is helping the state of Madhya Pradesh set up a 750-MW solar-power project in Rewa, which will be the largest single-site solar plant in the world when completed.

“The IFC Global Infrastructure Fund is pleased to partner with the Hero Group in the renewables space in India,” said Darius Lilaoonwala, Co-Head, IFC Global Infrastructure Fund. “We look forward to supporting Hero Future Energies as it further consolidates its market position as a leading Indian wind and solar energy platform over the next few years.”

India is IFC’s top country exposure, globally. IFC’s committed portfolio in India is over $5 billion as of June 30, 2016. In FY16, IFC committed $1.1 billion in new investments in the country. In addition to strengthening local capital markets in India, IFC is focused on boosting financing in infrastructure and logistics, promoting financial inclusion, helping create conditions to attract increased private capital, and helping structure public-private partnerships.

About IFC

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Working with 2,000 businesses worldwide, we use our six decades of experience to create opportunity where it’s needed most. In FY16, our long-term investments in developing countries rose to nearly $19 billion, leveraging our capital, expertise and influence to help the private sector end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. For more information, visit www.ifc.org

About IFC Asset Management Company

IFC Asset Management Company (AMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFC, invests third party capital, enabling investors to benefit from IFC’s expertise in achieving strong equity returns, as well as positive development impact in the countries in which it invests. AMC has raised $9.4 billion of capital across 13 investment funds. It manages the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund. For more information, visit www.ifcamc.org.

About Hero Future Energies

Established in 2012, Hero Future Energies is present across 12 states of India. The company is an Independent Power Producer with operating plants of about 360 MW and has 1.4 GW of projects in the pipeline. The company plans to invest progressively in wind, grid connected solar, rooftop sectors, energy storage over the next few years. HFE plans to set up additional capacity internationally and also develop a sizeable presence in roof top solar plants.

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•  Appoints new Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead Bank Wide Operations & Service Delivery

• Key Two Top Management appointments to focus on Retail Banking & Business Banking Risk Management and scaling up Retail Banking Assets Businesses

Mumbai, December 22, 2015: Subsequent to announcing a redesigned Organizational Structure on September 1, 2015, YES BANK has appointed 3 top management leaders towards accelerating its Retail & MSME Focus including a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) to further augment its Bank wide Operational Service Delivery. These incremental top management leaders will provide the necessary leadership coverage to the existing Human Capital resources of the Bank.

These appointments are in accordance with YES BANK’s Vision of building a robust Retail & MSME lending franchise, with considerable scale and granularity in its Advances portfolio as YES BANK grows from 700 branches as of Sep 30, 2015 to over 1500 branches by March 31, 2018 and 2,500 branches by March 31, 2020. YES BANK’s Retail & MSME lending advances currently constitute 31.8% of its overall loan book.

In accordance with these objectives, YES BANK has appointed 3 highly experienced top management leaders with a proven and demonstrated track record of building Large Scale Retail franchises in India’s leading Private Sector LARGE Banks.

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Mumbai 7th November:Keeping in tune with trends of emerging markets, Facebook has launched ‘Missed Call’ ad unit business in feature phone heavy Indian market. To scale-up its reach over mobile devices Facebook has partnered with VivaConnect for its missed call platform. VivaConnect holds India’s largest infrastructure for voice & missed call services.

The ‘missed call’ advertisement is Facebook’s first foray into mobile service to empower advertisers effectively reach their consumers in developing markets. India, the 2nd most populated country in the world is quickly catching up to the U.S. as Facebook’s biggest market. In last April, Facebook had announced of crossing 100 million users in India and thus expects higher revenue from this emerging market.

The new missed call ad format comes in action as around 66% Indians access Facebook on mobile devices of feature phone segment and a whopping 95% of India’s mobile subscriber base has a pre-paid connection. A place where it’s a common norm among family and friends, to dial a call and hang up after a ring expecting a response in return. The missed call ad format will definitely bolster brands advertising over Facebook, happening on mobile.

‘Consumer behavior in high-growth markets is changing very rapidly and we are poised to respond to that as quickly as possible. We see brands delivering useful and entertaining content like sports scores, news, or celebrity messages that people find valuable enough to take the time to listen to and interact with. There is also a good tie-in for direct response advertisers who can use the Missed call unit as lead generation, where a person is essentially raising their hand and expressing interest in a good or service.’, Maxine Schlein, Product Marketing Manager for Emerging Markets at Facebook.

When a person sees an ad on Facebook they can place a ‘missed call’ by clicking the ad from their mobile device In the return call, the person will receive valuable content, such as music, cricket scores or celebrity messages, alongside a brand message from the advertiser, all without using airtime or data.

The combination of user’s social data assembled over Facebook and the reach offered by VivaConnect’s missed call platform, together will allow brands to effectively target their consumers with right kind of advertising. Content will be personalized effectively, matching up the highly diverse Indian user base. Also, mobile access will grant an individual reach for retargeting consumers in brands subsequent activities.

‘Facebook has been a hot trend over mobile in India and so have been missed call services. Together they would be a perfect solution for delivering an enhanced brand experience over Mobile. Missed calls offer an instant way to spark the conversations.’ says Vikram Raichura Managing Director, VivaConnect

VivaConnect has a rich experience in connecting brands and their consumers through innovative mobile marketing services that’ve showcased 99% uptime since inception. The company holds over 30 million interactions in a single day with services of voice call, missed call, sms, email & mobile apps. Leading Banks, FMCG brands, Entertainment channels, advertising agencies & Media channels rely over their mobile services to interact with their consumers.

Facebook’s ‘Missed call’ advertisement is a harbinger of great things to follow leveraging brand-consumer connect over mobile.

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Analysts to Discuss Consumerisation and the Future of BI at Gartner Business Intelligence & Information Management Summit June 10 – 11, 2013 in Mumbai

Delhi, India, January 24, 2013 — Business intelligence (BI) and analytics need to scale up to support the robust growth in data sources, according to the latest predictions from Gartner, Inc. Business intelligence leaders must embrace a broadening range of information assets to help their organizations.

“New business insights and improved decision making with greater finesse are the key benefits achievable from turning more data into actionable insights, whether that data is from an increasing array of data sources from within or outside of the organization,” said Daniel Yuen, research director at Gartner. “Different technology vendors, especially niche vendors, are rushing into the market, providing organizations with the ability to tap into this wider information base in order to make sounder strategic and prompter operational decisions.”

Gartner outlined three key predictions for BI teams to consider when planning for the future:

By 2015, 65 percent of packaged analytic applications with advanced analytics will come embedded with Hadoop.

Organizations realize the strength that Hadoop-powered analysis brings to big data programs, particularly for analyzing poorly structured data, text, behavior analysis and time-based queries. While IT organizations conduct trials over the next few years, especially with Hadoop-enabled database management system (DBMS) products and appliances, application providers will go one step further and embed purpose-built, Hadoop-based analysis functions within packaged applications. The trend is most noticeable so far with cloud-based packaged application offerings, and this will continue.

“Organizations with the people and processes to benefit from new insights will gain a competitive advantage as having the technology packaged reduces operational costs and IT skills requirements, and speeds up the time to value,” said Bill Gassman, research director at Gartner. “Technology providers will benefit by offering a more competitive product that delivers task-specific analytics directly to the intended role, and avoids a competitive situation with internally developed resources.”

By 2016, 70 percent of leading BI vendors will have incorporated natural-language and spoken-word capabilities.

BI/analytics vendors continue to be slow in providing language- and voice-enabled applications. In their rush to port their applications to mobile and tablet devices, BI vendors have tended to focus only on adapting their traditional BI point-and-click and drag-and-drop user interfaces to touch-based interfaces. Over the next few years, BI vendors are expected to start playing a quick game of catch-up with the virtual personal assistant market. Initially, BI vendors will enable basic voice commands for their standard interfaces, followed by natural language processing of spoken or text input into SQL queries. Ultimately, “personal analytic assistants” will emerge that understand user context, offer two-way dialogue, and (ideally) maintain a conversational thread.

“Many of these technologies can and will underpin these voice-enabled analytic capabilities, rather than BI vendors or enterprises themselves developing them outright,” said Douglas Laney, research vice president at Gartner.”

By 2015, more than 30 percent of analytics projects will deliver insights based on structured and unstructured data.

Business analytics have largely been focused on tools, technologies and approaches for accessing, managing, storing, modeling and optimizing for analysis of structured data. This is changing as organizations strive to gain insights from new and diverse data sources. The potential business value of harnessing and acting upon insights from these new and previously untapped sources of data, coupled with the significant market hype around big data, has fueled new product development to deal with a data variety across existing information management stack vendors and has spurred the entry of a flood of new approaches for relating, correlating, managing, storing and finding insights in varied data.

“Organizations are exploring and combining insights from their vast internal repositories of content — such as text and emails and (increasingly) video and audio — in addition to externally generated content such as the exploding volume of social media, video feeds, and others, into existing and new analytic processes and use cases,” said Rita Sallam, research vice president at Gartner. “Correlating, analyzing, presenting and embedding insights from structured and unstructured information together enables organizations to better personalize the customer experience and exploit new opportunities for growth, efficiencies, differentiation, innovation and even new business models.”

Additional information and analysis on Consumerisation and the Future of BI will be discussed at Gartner Business Intelligence & Information Management Summit June 10 – 11, 2013 in Mumbai. The Gartner BI & Information Management Summit is specifically designed to drive organizations toward analytics excellence by exploring the latest trends in BI and analytics.

About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is a valuable partner in 12,400 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, and has 5,300 associates, including 1,390 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

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