Everyone in or around the analyst industry knows that the four major firms are Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Ovum. But who are four after that, and the four after that? To start you off, here’s one of the charts from [...]
The 451 Group announced the acquisition of Yankee Group from Alta Communications on January 3, 2013. Yankee was one of the analyst industry’s most prestigious boutiques through the dot.com boom, with 70 analysts on the payroll in 2006. Today, after four [...]
According to a record number of participants who took this year’s analyst value survey the firms that have become more influential this year are Gartner, Ovum, Forrester, HfS Research, Pierre Audoin Consultants, IDC and Frost and Sullivan. Amongst other questions, [...]
If the new TechHeads survey of CIOs is correct, Forrester’s new ‘Playbook’ research framework is set for success. When July’s TechHeads survey asked 250 CIOs about how they want to consume analysis, the answers was clear: in short, free-standing chunks. [...]
Ovum, which has been the leading European-headquartered analyst firm for around twenty years, has been going through a lot of change. That seems to be confusing both the vendor community and analyst relations professionals, who grilled the firm’s management recently. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Last week’s launch of Yankee Group’s affiliate network is an interesting response to a number of challenges that other analyst firms face. Certainly the network is a reaction to Yankee’s specific challenges, which Laura surveyed well: it was developed as [...]
Three Yankee Group vice-presidents and two independent European analysts are the first members of the firm’s affiliate network. As Lighthouse clients heard in July, the firm’s restructuring produced numerous rumours, including the departure of SVP Zeus Kerravala and VPs Jennifer [...]
