A new second tier of analyst firms is being formed by the recession. Companies like Canalys, PAC and the newly independent Ovum are expanding into space relinquished or ignored by larger analyst firms. Their strategic asset is that their managers [...]
PAC’s hiring today of John Leigh, a BPO industry heavyweight, reflects the general trends towards the growth in the market for custom consulting. Leigh, previously at BTGS, Gartner, META, Ovum and Vertex, joins Pierre Audoin Consulting at a time when [...]
As I’ll report on the IIAR blog today, PAC has bought Berlecon: Today Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) bought Berlin-based analyst and consulting firm Berlecon Research. It’s a excellent choice for PAC, and a very natural partner for Berlecon because of [...]
The analyst industry always benefits from choice, so everyone welcomes the launch of Constellation Research – even the founder’s previous firm, Altimeter. However, Jonny’s claim that it’s automatically a tier one firm has to be taken with more than a [...]
Springboard Research, the Singapore-headquartered firm which has continued to grow through the last year, has bought Hydrasight, an upmarket analyst and consulting organisation based in Australia. Springboard’s allowed AnalystEquity to break its embargo and speak about it in advance of [...]
