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  • Our Analyst Influence Survey

    Our Analyst Influence Survey

    • March 22, 2006
    • By Duncan
    • Gartner, IDC, Surveys
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    Our Analyst Influence Survey asks readers to take a survey to tell us what they think of the leading analyst houses. It is an annual survey, which Duncan Chapple first conducted in 2001. It’s primarily aimed at vendor’s staff, because [...]

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  • Internet underpins analyst influence on mid-market

    Internet underpins analyst influence on mid-market

    • March 9, 2006
    • By Duncan
    • 451/Yankee, Boutiques, Datamonitor, Forrester, Gartner, IDC
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    [Update: Some people found this article misleading. Two new posts now clarify the value of free research and the sources of analyst influence. Web traffic contributes to the influence of analyst firms, but that measurement by itself is a weak [...]

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  • No Alternative To Megamistakes?

    No Alternative To Megamistakes?

    • February 20, 2006
    • By Duncan
    • Cultures, IDC, Methodologies
    • 1 comment

    Ancient kings pointlessly punished their alchemists when they failed to create gold, rather than question their own avarice. Frequent criticism of industry analysts’ inaccurate forecasts is similarly wasted. Humanity’s systematic bias toward overestimating the pace of change is amplified by [...]

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  • Analysts don’t spend most of their time researching

    Analysts don’t spend most of their time researching

    • December 23, 2005
    • By Duncan
    • Datamonitor, IDC, Methodologies
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    There’s been a nasty spat over on ARmadgeddon over the question of whether industry analysts spend enough time researching. Look here, there and everywhere. The dispute is this: the clatch at ARmadgeddon think that analysts don’t spend enough time collecting [...]

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  • Identifying the influential analysts

    • August 23, 2005
    • By Duncan
    • Analyst relations, IDC, IDEAL method
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    As even IDC admits in a recent article, analysts’ research and advisory work isn’t the only influence on buyers. However, analysts are the key external influencer on tech buyers (outside the buyers own peer group). That’s why it’s no surprise [...]

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