1999 Press Releases DECEMBER 1999 GartnerGroup Y2K Weekend Forecast: Look for Isolated Failures and Few Interruptions to the General Public (December 28, 1999)   GartnerGroup Acquires Rendall and Associates (December 14, 1999)   GartnerClarity Event Creates E-Business Think Tank (December 14, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Datapro Says Server Synchronization to Increase Productivity for Enterprises Using Handheld Devices (December 14, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Mobile Satellite Services Market to Reach 8 Million Terminals by 2004. (December 14, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Latin American Server Shipments Surpassed 38,000 Units in Third Quarter. (December 13, 1999) NOVEMBER 1999 GartnerGroup's Dataquest Reports U.S. Color Printer Market Growing, but Vendors Must Educate Companies on the Benefits of Color Printing. (November 29, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says U.S. Human Resources Outsourcing Market to Exceed $37 Billion in 2003 (November 22, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Wireless Applications Spur Growth in Mobile Satellite Data Market (November 17, 1999)   GartnerGroup Acquires 70 Percent of cPulse, the Internet Satisfaction Monitor (November 09, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says European PC Industry Surpasses 23 Percent Growth in Third Quarter (November 05, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Mexico Drives Latin American PC Market to 40 Percent Growth in Third Quarter (November 05, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Latin America Mobile Handset Sales Forecast to Surpass 24 Million Units in 1999 (November 03, 1999)   GartnerGroup Says Mobile and Wireless Technology to Walk Away with E-commerce (November 02, 1999)   Travelling at the Speed of Hype - GartnerGroup Predicts an End to E-business by 2008 (November 01, 1999)   GartnerGroup Warns That European Companies Are Seriously Underestimating the Cost of Transition to E-Business (November 01, 1999)   IT and Business Leaders Look to GartnerGroup Symposium/ITxpo '99 in Cannes to Set the IT Agenda (November 01, 1999)   GartnerGroup Services Launches E-Channel Effectiveness Overview And TCO E-Commerce Assessment Programs (November 01, 1999)   GartnerGroup Services Launches GartnerExpress E-Business Diagnostic (November 01, 1999)   GartnerGroup Accelerates Services Business (November 01, 1999) OCTOBER 1999 GartnerGroup Reports Fiscal 1999 Results (October 29, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Outlines Evolving Internet Threats and Opportunities for ISPs and Traditional Retailers. (October 26, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Dell Became No. 1 Vendor in U.S. PC Market in Third Quarter 1999 (October 25, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Application Service Provider Market to Surpass $22 Billion by 2003 (October 25, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Semiconductor Industry to Experience Double-Digit Growth for First Time Since 1995 (October 14, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says E-Market Makers to Revolutionize Business-to-Business Commerce (October 12, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce to Become a $380 Billion Industry by 2003 (October 12, 1999)   GartnerGroup Says Handheld Devices Can Cost Enterprises Nearly $2,700 per Year in Total Cost of Ownership (October 12, 1999)   e-Citi's Ed Horowitz Wins GartnerGroup's Excellence in Technology Award (October 12, 1999)   Companies Demo Emerging Technologies and E-Business Trends at Special Pavilion During GartnerGroup's Symposium/ITxpo 99 (October 11, 1999)   GartnerGroup Appoints Michael Fleisher President and CEO (October 07, 1999) SEPTEMBER 1999 GartnerGroup's U.S. Symposium/ITxpo 99 Is Sold Out (September 30, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Semiconductor Industry Feeling the Effect from Taiwan Earthquake (September 29, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Vision Events Announces "Best of RetailVision Awards" Honoring Leaders in Consumer Technology Retailing (September 28, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Appoints Director of Research for Telecommunications in Asia/Pacific (September 28, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says U.S. Mobile Handset Sales Exceeded 10 Million Units in Second Quarter 1999 (September 28, 1999)   GartnerGroup Launches The Great Wireless Experiment (September 27, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Online Holiday Shopping to Nearly Triple this Year (September 22, 1999)   Putting The Business into E-Business - GartnerGroup Advises Enterprises How to Manage E-Business (September 21, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Calling Party Pays Offering to Spur Revenue from Low-Usage U.S. Wireless Customers  (September 21, 1999)   GartnerGroup Sponsors Techies Day - October 5, 1999 (September 20, 1999)   GartnerGroup Draws Sell-Out Crowd to Customer Relationship Management Conference, in Chicago, September 15-17, 1999 (September 14, 1999)   Gartner Group, Inc. Announces Final Results Of 'Dutch Auction' Tender Offer (September 08, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says 88 Percent of Consumers Rate Online Buying Satisfactory Despite Delivery and Customer Service Problems (September 06, 1999)   GartnerGroup Clarifies South Africa Year 2000 Readiness Leading Authority on Year 2000 Advises to Use Research Sensibly (September 03, 1999)   Gartner Group, Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of 'Dutch Auction' Tender Offer (September 01, 1999) AUGUST 1999 New Interactive Planning Tool Enables GartnerGroup U.S. Symposium/ITxpo 99 Attendees to Create Customized Conference Schedule (August 30, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Launches Worldwide Program Exclusively for Telecommunications Executives (August 25, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Internet Faxing Must Provide Better Faxing, Not Just Free Faxing (August 25, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Lower PC Prices Stimulate Latin American PC Market to Grow 19 Percent in Second Quarter (August 20, 1999)   GartnerGroup RetailVision Fall '99 Creates Open Forum for 'E-Tailing' Strategies, Forges Relationships Between Channel Vendors and Retailers (August 19, 1999)   Groundbreaking Information Technology Market Compensation Study Released (August 19, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Mechanical CAD and AEC Applications Software Market Experiencing Single-Digit Growth (August 11, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Forecasts Three-Fold Increase in Online Banking Over Next Five Years (August 10, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Identifies Rapid Growth in Asia/Pacific's Global Internet Procurement Role (August 10, 1999)   NSM Middleprise Market to Become $2.6 Billion Industry This Year, According to GartnerGroup's Dataquest (August 9, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says European PC Industry Posts 20 Percent Growth in the Second Quarter (August 6, 1999)   House and Senate Invite GartnerGroup to Testify on Y2K Computer Security Risks (August 03, 1999)   GartnerGroup Acquires The Warner Group (August 03, 1999)   Intel President and CEO Dr. Craig Barrett to Address GartnerGroup Symposium/ITxpo '99 Audience in 'Masterminds Keynote Interview' (August 02, 1999) JULY 1999 GartnerGroup Launches GartnerE (July 29, 1999)   GartnerGroup Reports IT Spending to Rise 67 Percent by 2002 (July 29, 1999)   GartnerGroup to Capitalize on IT Spending Fueled by E-Business (July 29, 1999)   Microsoft, Dell and Novell 'Masterminds' to Lead Keynotes at GartnerGroup Symposium/ITxpo 99 (July 27, 1999)   Internet Redefines Mortgage Marketplace -- GartnerGroup Reports That 80 Percent of Leading Lenders Will Provide Real-Time Approval by 2002 (July 19, 1999)   GartnerGroup Sees Potential for Losses of Billions of DollarsDue to Electronic Theft Linked to Y2K (July 16, 1999)   GartnerGroup Reports Third Quarter Results (July 15, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide Storage Management Software Market to Top $6.6 Billion in 2003 (July 14, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Professional Services Providers Positioning Now for New Business Opportunities After Year 2000 Crisis (July 13, 1999)   Microsoft, Dell and Novell 'Masterminds' to Lead Keynotes at GartnerGroup Symposium/ITxpo 99 (July 12, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says CDMA Was Best-Selling Mobile Handset Technology in the U.S. During First Quarter 1999 (July 12, 1999) JUNE 1999 GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Global Voice over IP Services Revenue to Top $20 Billion by 2003 (June 29, 1999)   Internet Merchants Face Rising Credit Card Fraud and Chargeback Fees (June 28, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Business Intelligence Industry Riding the Wave of Packaged Applications' Popularity (June 28, 1999)   Gartner Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of System Builder Summits from Technology Event Management Company (June 16, 1999)   Executive Edge From GartnerGroup Tops 50,000 Readers (June 14, 1999)   U.S. Digital Copier/Printer Sales Jumped Forward in 1998, Accounting for $1.3 Billion, According to GartnerGroup's Dataquest (June 9, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Reports Doom and Gloom May Be Over in the Asia/Pacific PC Industry (June 9, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Outlines the Landscape for Mobile Phone Users in Europe (June 8, 1999)   Europe's Mobile Services Market Faces Major Overhaul, According to GartnerGroup's Dataquest (June 8, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says European Telecom Deregulation Fails to Liberate Potential in New Telecom Carriers (June 7, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Sun-AOL-Netscape Alliance Has Strong Market Share; Now It Needs a Leading Message (June 7, 1999)   Chase Manhattan Bank Wins GartnerGroup's 1999 TOP Performance Award for Leadership in IT Measurement (June 2, 1999) MAY 1999 GartnerGroup Reports That an E-Commerce Web Site Costs $1 Million to Build (May 27, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Forecasts Explosive Growth for Wireless Data Market (May 25, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says LAN Switches Market Drives LAN Industry to $5.8 Billion in First Quarter of 1999 (May 25, 1999)   GartnerGroup Intranet and Workgroup Cost Study Shows Impact of Economies of Scale (May 24, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide Semiconductor Industry on Pace to Reach $244 Billion by 2003 (May 24, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide Handheld Shipments to Surpass 5.7 Million Units in 1999 (May 24, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Datapro Reports Thin-Client Desktops Cut Support Costs by 80 Percent, But End Users Still Resist Switch From PCs (May 18, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Year 2000 Compliance Issues Contribute to Strong U.S. Premise Switching Systems Growth (May 17, 1999)   GartnerGroup to Conduct a Definitive Study of the Costs and Benefits of Application Integration (May 12, 1999)   GartnerGroup Launches Study of Emerging Market for Rentable Applications (May 12, 1999)   Spin-off of IMS Health's Stake in GartnerGroup Progressing As Planned (May 12, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Reports Mexico Surpassed Brazil for PC Shipments in the First Quarter of 1999 (May 12, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Finds 15 Million Americans Doing Online Investing Activities; Less Than 4.5 Million Actually Buying and Selling (May 11, 1999)   GartnerGroup Announces Customer Relationship Management Conference, in Chicago, September 15-17, 1999 (May 10, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says European Home PC Market Experienced Exceptional Growth in First Quarter 1999 (May 6, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Sees Pivotal Role for Internet in Presidential Election in 2000 (May 4, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Forecasts Vendor Build-to-Order and Contract Manufacturing Will Be the Dominant Future PC Supply Chain Models (May 3, 1999) APRIL 1999 GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide PC Market Is Still Alive and Well (April 26, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says ERP Software Vendors are Beginning to Penetrate the Services Market (April 21, 1999)   GartnerConsulting to Conduct a Landmark Study on Server Clustering (April 21, 1999)   Recorded Live: GartnerGroup Spring Symposium 99 and Dataquest Predicts 99 (April 20, 1999)   GartnerGroup Reports Second Quarter Results (April 15, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Thin Server Market Fattened Up in 1998 (April 14, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Awards Companies for Service Marketing Innovations (April 12, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Latin American Printer Market Surpassed 21 Percent Growth in 1998 (April 7, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Forecasts Asia/Pacific Printer Market to Surpass 8 Million Units in 1999 (April 1, 1999) MARCH 1999 GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide Semiconductor Market Dropped to $134.8 Billion in 1998 (March 31, 1999)   GartnerGroup to Conduct a Landmark Study of Consumer Internet Portals (March 31, 1999)   Latin America PC Market Grew 10 Percent in 1998, According to GartnerGroup's Dataquest (March 1, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Reports LAN Switches Market Grew 45.4 Percent in 1998 (March 1, 1999)   GartnerMeasurement Introduces New Total Cost of Ownership Products and Services at the GartnerGroup Conference: Assessing True TCO (March 1, 1999)   GartnerGroup Announces Its Second Annual Remote Access Conference, How to Succeed in Business by Being Everywhere (March 1, 1999) FEBRUARY 1999 GartnerGroup's Dataquest Reports U. S. Server Market Declined 4.3 Percent in the Fourth Quarter (February 24, 1999)   GartnerGroup Announces Its Information Security Conference: Realizing the Security Architecture (February 11, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says 50 Percent of U.S. Households Have a Personal Computer (February 9, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Nokia Became No. 1 Mobile Phone Vendor in 1998 (February 8, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide Handheld Market Grew 61 Percent in 1998 (February 8, 1999)   GartnerGroup Announces Executive Promotions (February 8, 1999)   New GartnerGroup Report from Gartner Direct Aims to Reduce IT Total Cost of Ownership (February 4, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says European PC Market Excelled in 1998 as Shipments Increased 23 Percent (February 3, 1999)   Gartner Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of G2R, Inc., IT Research and Consulting Firm (February 3, 1999)   GartnerGroup's Dataquest Offers Web Download of Its Databases (February 1, 1999) JANUARY 1999 GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says U.S. and Europe Boost 1998 Worldwide PC Growth (January 29, 1999)   GartnerConsulting to Conduct a Landmark Study of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Integration (January 26, 1999)