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Praxmarer: Five steps for clients when analyst firms get bought

Thanks go to Experton board member Luis Praxmarer, who previously managed META Group in Europe, for sharing his insight on what clients should do when an analyst firm is acquired.  While these comments are especially useful for clients of AMR Research and Burton Group, both recently bought by Gartner, the same guidance can apply to […]

1Feb2010 | Lighthouse | 1 comment | Continued

To Gartner, Burton is better off dead

[One of the attendees at the Lighthouse-InformationSpan webinar to discuss Gartner’s purchase of Burton sent us these comments]. To Gartner, Burton is just better off dead. Not as much from the research that Burton published than from the “enterprise-wide” model. That is a real impact on the way that Gartner, and a lot of others […]

13Jan2010 | Lighthouse | 1 comment | Continued

AMR/Burton clients: don’t drop your guard

What are the first signs of change at AMR Research in the wake of its purchase by Gartner? How does it bode for Burton Group? In this guest post by Dr Tony Law, the InformationSpan CEO summarises Gartner’s recent AR Community call, with its update on both the Burton and AMR acquisitions.
From the point of […]

8Jan2010 | Lighthouse | 1 comment | Continued

Join our Gartner-Burton webinar to hear insider opinion

Advance note: Lighthouse Analyst Relations and InformationSpan are scheduling a free webcast to explore the implications of Gartner’s acquisition of Burton Group. There will be actions for enterprise IT users who either (a) are Burton clients, and need to work out what’s going to happen to their service; or (b) are Gartner clients and may […]

8Jan2010 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Gartner’s purchase of Burton is a ‘double-whammy’, so the fight’s for second place

Gartner’s purchase of Burton Group continues the M&A process flowing through the analyst industry under the impact of the recession. The initial analysis that I found most interesting was by Phil Fersht. As always, Carter had a good summary of the bits and bytes.
I don’t think Gartner “needed” Burton but I think it is a […]

6Jan2010 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

Gartner buys AMR: free Dec 14 webinar for enterprise ERP and Supply Chain specialists

The hot news this week has been the decision of AMR Research to allow itself to be bought by Gartner. If you’re an AMR client you will already be aware of this, and be thinking about your action plan. If you’re a Gartner client in the ERP and Supply Chain space, there will be direct […]

2Dec2009 | Lighthouse | 1 comment | Continued

Gartner & AMR, but in the end its still organic growth vs. the Analyst Cycle

Praise goes to the IIAR for breaking the news (to me, at least) of Gartner’s purchase of AMR Research. The AR institute posted the news an hour before Gartner’s press release on BusinessWire started to pop up in the press. AMR’s Bruce Richardson has also outlined the good news about the deal [And Tony Law’s […]

1Dec2009 | Lighthouse | 4 comments | Continued

A counsel comments on ZL Technologies’ court case

I was working from Gartner’s press room on the day that the story hit that ZL Technologiesis suing the firm for unfavourable coverage. Andrew Spender, VP Corporate Communications at Gartner and Brompton rider, gave me this statement on behalf of the firm.
We are aware of the complaint filed in California by ZL Technologies regarding […]

21Oct2009 | Lighthouse | 0 comments | Continued

A tale of two Gartners

It was the best of Gartner; it was the worst of Gartner. It was the AR Forum of wisdom; it was the AR Forum of foolishness. Analyst Relations managers crowded into the Boardwalk on October 20 for Gartner’s annual session for the AR community. It’s a valuable session, and much of the slideware will be […]

21Oct2009 | Lighthouse | 1 comment | Continued

Gartner’s Symposium: what a difference a year makes!

The annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo has a rather different air about it this year: numbers are down (I hear there are around 5,000 people although it always feels smaller to me than the stated numbers), heads are down and the dress code’s had a real turn towards the formal (It’s first year when I feel I’m […]

21Oct2009 | Duncan Chapple | 0 comments | Continued
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