This company's CEO as of July  2012 is Gene Hall.
In 2005 this company acquired the Burton Group and the Meta Group. This company's CEO as of July  2012 is Gene Hall. One stupid and obvious thing this company somehow makes money off of is a chart with  "Complexness of Vision" and "Ability to Execute" for axises while "Trough of Disillusionment," "The Slope of  Enlightenment," the "Technology Trigger," and the "Peak of Inflated Expectations" are all apart of another of this  company's proprietary methodologies . This company uses the Hype Cycles and Magic Quadrant approaches. For 10  points, name this IT Research and Consulting firm from Connecticut.
In 2005 this company acquired the Burton Group and the Meta Group.
Gartner, Inc.