The hype cycle, popularised by Gartner, a consultancy, is real.

但炒作周期（技术成熟度曲线）是真实存在的，这一概念因咨询公司高德纳而为人所熟知。

This served as a reminder of the dangerous distractions of the hype cycle.

这提醒人们注意炒作周期的危险分心。

Well, Gartner, the data company, came up with this quite useful model called the hype cycle, which is rather nice (Peter chuckles).

好吧，数据公司 Gartner 提出了这个非常有用的模型， 称为炒作周期，这非常好（Peter 轻笑）。