Influencer Relations' Analyst Firm Awards
The top ten analyst firms for business growth
One of the most interesting discoveries of the Analyst Value Survey was that some demand-side firms have a very different idea from supply-side firms…
Announcing the ten top telecoms analyst firms
Over 200 telecoms and networking professionals told the Analyst Value Survey that Gartner, IDC and Forrester were the three most valuable analyst firms. That’s…
Announcing the ten outstandingly-valuable services analysts
Over the last month Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 have gone from successful to monumental. In every category, the growing centrality of cloud solutions…
Gartner, Forrester & DCG lead top ten software analyst firms
AR people in the software industry need to pay much more attention to the growing influence of services analysts and freemium firms on their…
Gartner, Forrester, HfS & DCG lead American analyst industry
Hundreds of professionals across the Americas have voted Gartner, Forrester Research, HfS Research and Digital Capital Group into the top slots in Influencer Relations’…
Ten AFOTY14 winners delivering value in Asia Pacific
Because 2014 was the first year when the Analyst Value Survey had around 140 valid responses from Asia and Oceania, Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards…
Analysts and Influence
Zilch joins PAC from Experton
One of Europe’s best-known analysts will switch firms next month. Experton Group director and lead advisor Andreas Zilch has joined PAC, the services and…
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Do tech CEOs take too much pay?
On Saturday, my comments about CEO pay were reported in The Independent, one of Britain’s major national dailies. As Merv Adrian’s article shows, industry…
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How to slip up your pitch to analysts
Eight analysts and AR professionals made some great suggestions in the wake of my post on Seven mistakes that will kill your pitch to analysts. I though…
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Seven mistakes that kill pitches to analysts
As part of our Influencer Pitch Process research, 44 people at analyst pitches (on either side of the table) told us about times when…
Read More2014 Analyst Value Survey
“DMB” is over & other harsh AR truths
2014 has been the breakout year for freemium analyst firms. It’s fundamentally ended the fantasy that only Gartner and Forrester were “deal-maker or breaker”…
Support Movember with the Analyst Value Survey
We’ve decided to support the Movember Foundation by donating €249 from Analyst Value Survey Research Report we well. Scroll down for more information. The Analyst Value…
Did Apple & IBM know which analysts could trash share prices? Do you?
You probably don’t know all the investor-savvy analysts pushing down tech share prices. Apple’s shocking $40bn share price fall in through September and mid-October wasn’t simply…
Videos & Coffee Talks
Eva Hörtrich on the changes in analyst relations
Greyhound CEO Sanchit Vir Gogia says analysts need to keep their heads on their shoulders
Video: Why you’ve more than doubled the Analyst Value Survey
Video: Why the AR Forum matters to us, and to sponsors
What the Analyst Attitude Survey shows your firm can learn from IBM
Now online: Coffee Talk with Efrem Mallach
Greatest hits
“DMB” is over & other harsh AR truths
2014 has been the breakout year for freemium analyst firms. It’s fundamentally ended the fantasy that only Gartner and Forrester were “deal-maker or breaker”…
Gartner, Forrester & HfS Research top our Analyst Firm of the Year 2014 Awards
Over 1,000 users of IT and telecoms analyst research took part in the Analyst Value Survey 9 December 2014 – London, UK. Long-time industry…
Don’t panic if a competitor hires your Gartner analyst
Gartner’s French Caldwell retired last month; this week he joins MetricStream, one of the GRC vendors he followed for Gartner. Folk are often surprised when…
27 things no-one tells new analysts
What are some of the things that analysts learn, yet analyst relations professionals never find out? What do new analysts need to know about doing…
Most comments ever: The irresistible rise of Constellation Research?
One of several striking common factors, when we see the rise of newer analyst firms, is the way they are bringing together analysts to explore…
Netscout unwisely sues Gartner for “Pay for Play”
Yesterday a Boston Globe website reported Netscout’s case against Gartner, making public the allegations that Gartner’s research harmed Netscout’s reputation in retribution for Netscout’s refusal to increase…
