Gartner is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry. All Durham staff and Students have access Gartner Campus Access as a resource via the portal which gives access to:
- Unlimited access to Gartner’s Core Research (approx. 100,000 documents)
- Approximately 75% of Gartner’s Library
- Includes insight on technology trends, information technology careers, cool vendors,
- Technology enabled business strategies and more, all from a global perspective
- Research and development resource for Students and Staff
Gartner is often known for it’s Magic Quadrants, which is a series of research projects aimed at providing customers with a quantitative analysis into a particular market and its direction, maturity and participants
There are also Hype Cycles, which are Graphic representations of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications which help discern technology hype from what’s actually viable.
Benefits for students include the ability to:
- Identify each market’s major players – they’re your future employers
- Monitor the challenges and opportunities in the industry
- Stay current with data and language
- Deepen your understanding of critical concepts
- Apply theory through real-life, market based analysis
Benefits for researchers and educators:
- Plan your courses based on what will be topical in business and IT in the next few years
- Use the data and information to substantiate your research papers
- Use the research in your teaching
You can access Gartner via Discover, and our dedicated Gartner representative is Chloe Winter, chloe.winter@gartner.com
who would be more than happy to help with any guidance or advice if you’d like to reach out to her.