Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS LP
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GARTNER INC [IT]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/11/2009
(Street)

MENLO PARK, CA 94025
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.0005 08/11/2009   S(2)   1,000,000 (2) D $ 16.22 10,133,768 D (1)  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS LP
2775 SAND HILL ROAD
SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
    X    
SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS LLC
2775 SAND HILL ROAD
SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
    X    
SILVER LAKE INVESTORS LP
2775 SAND HILL ROAD
SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
    X    
Bingle Michael J
C/O SILVER LAKE PARTNERS, L.P.
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
  X      
JOYCE JOHN R
C/O SILVER LAKE PARTNERS, L.P.
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Karen M. King, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Silver Lake Technology Associates, L.L.C., General Partner of Silver Lake Partners, L.P.   08/12/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Karen M. King, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Silver Lake Technology Associates, L.L.C., General Partner of Silver Lake Investors, L.P.   08/12/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Karen M. King, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Silver Lake Technology Management, L.L.C., the managing member of Silver Lake Partners Management Company, L.L.C., Manager of Silver Lake Technology Investors, L.L.C.   08/12/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Karen M. King, as Attorney-in-Fact for Michael J. Bingle   08/12/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Karen M. King, as Attorney-in-Fact for John R. Joyce   08/12/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Owned by Silver Lake Partners, L.P., Silver Lake Investors, L.P., and Silver Lake Technology Investors, L.L.C. (collectively, the "Silver Lake Entities"). Silver Lake Technology Associates, L.L.C. is the General Partner of each of Silver Lake Partners, L.P. and Silver Lake Investors, L.P. Silver Lake Partners Management Company, L.L.C. is the Manager of Silver Lake Technology Investors, L.L.C. Each of Mr. Bingle and Mr. Joyce, who are both directors of the Issuer, is a Managing Director of each of Silver Lake Technology Associates, L.L.C. and Silver Lake Technology Management, L.L.C, the managing member of Silver Lake Partners Management Company, L.L.C. As such, each of Mr. Bingle and Mr. Joyce could be deemed to have a shared voting and/or dispositive power over these shares. However, each of Mr. Bingle and Mr. Joyce disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Of the 1,000,000 shares sold by the Silver Lake Entities on August 11, 2009, (i) Silver Lake Partners, L.P. sold 920,900 shares; (ii) Silver Lake Investors, L.P. sold 26,459 shares; and Silver Lake Technology Investors, L.L.C. sold 52,641 shares.

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