Contact: Brenon Daly
The 451 Group did a bit of holiday shopping of our own over the recent break. We’re excited to announce that we just closed our acquisition of Yankee Group, a move that significantly enhances our coverage of the mobile communications market. Terms of the deal weren’t released.
Founded in 1970, Yankee Group was the first independent IT research and advisory firm focused on the communications industry. It has built on that original focus, establishing itself as one of the largest research firms covering the highly disruptive mobile market. Yankee Group will operate as an independent, stand-alone division of The 451 Group.
The purchase of Yankee Group continues our efforts to expand our portfolio by acquiring IT insight and research firms. In 2011, we added survey firms ChangeWave Research and TheInfoPro, while in 2009 we picked up datacenter consultancy Uptime Institute and in mid-2005 we bought Tier 1 Research, which focuses on the hosting and collocation markets.
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