Further to the discussion last month on Industry analysts, Information Week have a story that questions whether companies should be worried that Silver Lake Partners has taken a 38% stake in Gartner.
The story questions whether Gartner’s independence will be affected by the fact that Silver Lake’s backers include over 150 executives from large technology firms.
Gartner deny that investors have any influence over research and given the importance of Gartner’s objectivity I doubt this investment will affect future reports in any way.
Interesting read though.
Murphy's Law 