There’s nothing paradoxical about the success of the analyst companies over the last recession. The analyst firms are more needed in tough times, and they have worked hard to innovate. However, some of the firms are pushing up against the [...]
The 451 Group stepped up to a new level in Europe this week with its HCTS Europe conference, attended by around 380 people at the upscale Landmark in central London. 451 Research is known for its focus on emergent and [...]
The buzz about analyst relations continues to increase. After a few difficult years from 2004 to 2007, we’ve seen the influencer and impact of analysts grow year after year. Even viewed in the simplest terms, like how often the phrase [...]
Some people say the Gartner’s Magic Quadrant (MQ) is the most influential diagram in the business world. Each quadrant positions the major technology solution providers in a stated market according to their vision and execution. Many vendors dedicate huge resources [...]
What is the Magic Quadrant, and why is it so influential? Why is it so misunderstood? Analyst relations professionals lost answers to these questions earlier this year after an error by Podbean, the company we hire to host our Influence Hub podcast. [...]
This story caught my eye today: “Forrester Research has the highest gross margin the IT Consulting Industry“. Over the last two years of economic difficulty, Gartner and Forrester have almost always outperformed the US stock markets, and other analyst firms [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
[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. [...]
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 [...]
