Gartner, Inc. (IT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Gartner's first quarter 2026 earnings call. I'm David Cohen, SVP of Investor Relations. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After comments by Gene Hall, Gartner's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Craig Safian, Gartner's Chief Financial Officer, there will be a question and answer session. We ask that you limit yourself to one question and a brief follow-up in order to give all our analysts a chance to participate in the call. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. This call will include a discussion of first quarter 2026 financial results and Gartner's outlook for 2026 as disclosed in today's earnings release and earnings supplement, both posted to our website, investor.gartner.com. On the call, unless stated otherwise, all references to revenue are for adjusted revenue and all references to EBITDA are for adjusted EBITDA. In each case, excluding the divested operation and with the adjustments as described in our earnings release and supplements. All contract values and associated growth rates we discuss are based on 2026 foreign exchange rates. All growth rates in Jean's comments are FX neutral unless stated otherwise. All references to share counts are for fully diluted weighted average share counts unless stated otherwise. Reconciliations for all non-GAAP numbers we use are available in the Investor Relations section of the Gartner.com website. As set forth in more detail in today's earnings release, certain statements made on this call might constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can vary materially from actual results and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those contained in the company's 2025 annual report on Form 10-K an...