A new job ... or is it?

Today is my first day with Gartner. The deal of the META Group acquisition has finally closed and I will join the Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing team as VP Research. Most of the other analysts in Gartner I do know already, but it's particularly nice that my colleagues David Newman, Kurt Schlegel, and Mark Beyer also made the transition.

Coverage-wise I don't expect too many changes. It'll still be mostly business intelligence, data integration, and data quality. The challenge will be to get used to the new systems, processes, regulations, etc. A few weeks from now, I need to go to Stamford; that's when I'll get assimilated by the Borg.