Resistance is futile

As we are nearing April Fools Day (the day the assimilation of META by Gartner is official), the details of Gartner's "plan" are starting to emerge. And it's quite bleak....

On the analyst front, some are talking of about a 50% survival rate. They got a letter of intent last week in the US and this week elsewhere. The rumour says that most US Infrastructure analysts will not be offered a position with the borgs....

And as far as META Group Consulting is concerned, it is very apparent that Gartner is not interested by vendor Consulting, bar the benchmarking activity. META was doing quite well there with a double digit revenue.

So with the Borg killing the golden goose, the "outstanding strategic fit" looks more and more like a competitive take-out. An expensive one....