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                                  UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

                                NOVEMBER 1, 2004

                                  GARTNER, INC.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       DELAWARE                   1-14443                  04-3099750
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    (State or Other       (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
    Jurisdiction of                                    Identification No.)
    Incorporation) 
       

                                 P.O. BOX 10212
                               56 TOP GALLANT ROAD
                             STAMFORD, CT 06902-7747
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                                 (203) 316-1111
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

On November 1, the Company announced that its research and events business units
will each report directly to Chief Executive Officer Gene Hall and that the
position of President, Gartner Intelligence has been eliminated. As a result of
these changes, Bill Pardue, President, Gartner Intelligence, will be leaving the
Company effective November 5.






                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   Gartner, Inc.

Date: November 1, 2004             By:  /s/ Christopher Lafond
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                                      Christopher Lafond
                                      Executive Vice President,
                                      Chief Financial Officer