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Oxford insight on how social media anticipates analyst trends

Impact of social media is overestimated in the short-term and overestimated in the long-term: what was the message from the Oxford Social Media Conference last week. I was lucky to be invited to the event, held at its Said Business School. Thinking over the day, and especially comments by Richard Sambrook, I think the four […]

23Sep2009 | Lighthouse | 2 comments | Continued

Is scale a comparative advantage?

With 650 analysts, Gartner has the largest research team of any analyst firm. Of course, only a minority can be of above-average importance. A correspondent of mine suggests that even if the number of analysts at Gartner is high, it’s more important to track the number of seasoned analysts.
The argument is this: “After eliminating all […]

11Apr2006 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Experton reels in more ex-META leaders

More former META executives are popping up at Experton Group. Former META Group Geschäftsführer Jürgen Brettel is now listed on the firm’s web site as its Chief Executive Officer, while former META Vice-President Rüdiger Spies has joined the firm’s advisory team as a partner.
Experton’s strategy is is the subject of wide-ranging discussion [not the […]

18Jan2006 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Praxmarer, Schmeiler and Bachmann join Experton

Experton Group LLC has a new CEO: Luis Praxmarer, one of the key figures in the German IT market. Luis was formerly led META Group’s EMEA business, and owned and founded META Group Germany, which was acquired by Gartner in spring 2005. Praxmarer will be CEO of Experton Group LLC in USA and Dubai and […]

9Jan2006 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Experton Group launches Investment Advisory service

Experton has pinched former TechConsult analyst Carlo Velten to start an Investment Advisory service for holding companies and IT enterprises.
Velten is an investment specialist who will be Experton’s senior advisor responsible for the development of Investment Advisory services. Experton Group will offer professional support with transactions in the IT market to holding companies, investment banks […]

28Nov2005 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Experton forsees 5% growth in German IT services in 2006

Experton Group has just published a survey of 60 German enterprises on their IT priorities, budget plans, outsourcing inclinations, industry trends and preferred suppliers in the IT field.
The surveys suggest that German firms plan expenditure increases between 5 and 30 per cent, suggesting that the budget for IT services of 2005 on 2006 will noticeably […]

23Sep2005 | Lighthouse | 3 comments | Continued

Experton forced to cancel conference

Experton Group, the analysts formerly known as Meton, have been forced by Gartner to cancel its conference.
The conference at Munich’s Kempinski Hotel was planned for 27 and 28 September 2005. Lawyers acting for Gartner’s META Group brand have won a provisional court order against Experton. This order forbids the conference to be held in the […]

31Aug2005 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Meton becomes Experton

META refugees Meton Group have rebranded, as we anticipated in a post last week, under threat from Gartner’s lawyers.
Today the firm is announcing that it has relaunched as Experton Group. The firm’s website is online at http://www.experton-group.de/.
P.S. Experton’s website is now online in the English language under www.experton group.com
In a German-language announcement (my translation) on […]

30Aug2005 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Gartner hits Meton with legal action

Gartner, aided by what legally remains of META, has won a provisional order in the Hamburg regional court against Meton Group. Amongst other things, Meton is forbidden from using its web domains and probably will need to change its name.
This is an outcome that no-one could have imagined. After Gartner bought META, that business was […]

25Aug2005 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

What does outsourcing mean to German research buyers?

An interesting comment arrived today from a reader in Germany (After the US, the country with the most readers of this blog at the moment) who has been looking at Meton Group (P.S. Now called Experton). Like many US analyst firms, new analyst firms in Europe also have to consider outsourcing some of their research […]

15Jul2005 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued
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