Summary
Founded in 1981, Ideas International (IDEAS) was an IT analyst company specializing in technology insight and comparisons of competitive server and storage technology. Acquired by Gartner in June 2012. Clients included IT end-users and IT vendors.[3] IDEAS was the creator of RPE2, a computer benchmark that compares the relative performance of servers.
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| Company type | Wholly owned by Gartner, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry | IT Research |
| Founded | 1981[1] |
| Defunct | 2012-08-01 |
| Fate | Acquired by Gartner[2] |
| Headquarters | Hornsby, New South Wales Australia |
Key people | Stephen Bowhill, CEO |
| Products | Competitive Profiles ServerCAR IDEAS Advantage CloudSizer RPE2 |
| Parent | Gartner |
In 1986, IDEAS began distributing information about IT products in a printed volume called Competitive Profiles, which contained different pages (profiles) for each product.[4] IDEAS began trading as a public company on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2001.[5] In 2004, IDEAS acquired D.H. Brown Associates, a research company based in the United States focused on in-depth analysis of computing technologies.[6][7] In 2009, the Australian Information Industry Association named IDEAS as the New South Wales winner of its iAward under the category Sustainability and Green IT. The following year in 2010 IDEAS won the New South Wales ICT Exporter of the Year iAward.[8]
IDEAS was an associate member of the Transaction Processing Performance Council[9] and a member of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.[10]
On 1 August 2012, Gartner acquired Ideas International.[11]
References edit
- ^ "IDEAS International Limited".
- ^ "Gartner's Plan for Ideas International". Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Rising Stars 10: Ideas International". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ National Library of Australia Online Catalogue: Competitive profiles. National Library of Australia. 1986. ISBN 9780731604357. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "IDEAS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (IDE) - ASX Listed Company Information Fact Sheet". ASX. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "Ideas International Acquires DH Brown Associates for $1 Million". Computerworld. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "Bloomberg Businessweek: D.H. Brown Associates, Inc". Businessweek. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "iAwards 2010 Winners". www.iawards.com.au. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "Transaction Processing Performance Council Who We Are". Transaction Processing Performance Council. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "SPEC Consortium". SPEC. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Gartner's Plan for Ideas International". Retrieved 1 August 2012.
