STAMFORD, Conn., February 4, 2010 -- Gathering and using business information are critical to driving growth. With nearly half of organizations anticipating that business intelligence (BI) budgets will increase in the next 12 months, it is vital that investments are deployed that build - and develop - the use of these investments in the business.

New patterns. The world has dramatically changed in the last two years. Global markets are more interconnected and volatile, the pace of change is faster, and traditional relationships have shifted dramatically. Gartner’s new research shows that in this new environment, the ability to detect, anticipate and act quickly and effectively on “business patterns” is critical to building competitive advantage.

New growth and business value. In 2010, organizations will continue to focus on cost and efficiency, but will need to start investing again in powering strong and sustainable business growth. Two capabilities will be critical: strong performance management, and the ability to deliver actionable business insights from good data. BI, Analytics and PM initiatives will play a very significant role in identifying, and effectively pursuing, business and performance opportunities.

The Gartner BI Summit will provide strategies and solutions to help you ensure that BI, Analytics and Performance Management, are adopted, supported and valued across your organization.

Hot Topics include:

Creating a successful BI strategy

Corporate performance management best practices

New BI business models and Pattern-Based Strategy

Data and content in the cloud

New delivery models: open-source BI and BI as a service

The high-performing data warehouse

Data quality and data integration convergence

Across four tracks, and a variety of learning & networking environments, the Summit will provide both the latest thinking from Gartner, as well as “how to” real world advice to help business and IT leaders solve their specific issues.

What’s New:

Brand new research on business patterns, BI business models, BI emerging technologies, analytics, Enterprise Information Management Magic Quadrant Power Session & Mega Vendor Comparison Power Session Rapid-fire sessions: shorter, faster-paced, more interactive sessions to discuss some of the hot topics at the conference.

Keynotes:

Gary Hamel, Director, Management Lab, “the world’s most important business thinker” according to the Wall Street Journal

Keith Ferrazzi, Ferrazzi Greenlight. Inc. best-selling author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back

Howard Dresner, President, Dresner Advisory Services LLC, industry visionary and “founder of BI”

This year the Gartner BI Summit is co-located with the Gartner MDM and EA Summits. Register to attend all three events and receive a 40 percent discount on the registration fee. Go to www.gartner.com/us/bi for more details.

The latest BI tools will be demonstrated by more than 35 companies exhibiting at the conference. A listing of current exhibitors is available on the Solution Showcase page at

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1118023&tab=soln_showcase#current.

Get connected before, during and after the event professionals by joining the Gartner BI LinkedIn Group at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1792113&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=%2Egsm_1792113_1_*2_*2_*2_ltod_requests.

Join the discussion on Twitter using #GartnerBI.

Additional companies interested in participating as a Conference Sponsor should contact Joe McGeachy at 203-316-6927or at joseph.mcgeachy@gartner.com.

For complete event details, please visit the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit Web site at www.gartner.com/us/bi.

Members of the media contacting Christy Pettey christy.pettey@gartner.com.