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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0957C3'>Interesting article from Gartner on the business case of access.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0957C3'>***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0957C3'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0957C3'>A recent report from Gartner is helping companies understand the need to address accessibility. The report notes that assistive technology can benefit everyone, including people with disabilities. It tells companies that by addressing accessibility in IT product development they will be opening up these products to people with disabilities. The article provides estimates of the market and notes that this is an underserved market segment with one billion people worldwide. They and their immediate friends and family have an annual disposable income of more than $8 trillion.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2638315">http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2638315</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>High Tech Center Training Unit of the<br>California Community Colleges<br>De Anza College, Cupertino, CA<br><a href="http://www.htctu.net/"><span style='color:blue'>www.htctu.net</span></a> <br>408-996-6047</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you would like to schedule a site visit, training, or phone consultation, please contact HTCTU Secretary, Jasper Haze at <a href="mailto:jhaze@htctu.net"><span style='color:blue'>jhaze@htctu.net</span></a> or 408-996-4636; to ensure that priority e-mails are seen, please copy Jasper on important and time-sensitive matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>