In a corporate IT environment this is a cheap way for IT professionals to augment local skills especially for high-level strategy and planning. I always found i

In a corporate IT environment this is a cheap way for IT professionals to augment local skills especially for high-level strategy and planning. I always found it useful to quote from Gartner reports in internal reports -- an easy way to summarise an issue. You do need to push past the buzzwords and it needs to be used with some care by non-IT people who cannot always see the corporate implications of some recommendations. Gartner conferences are also good value.