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Gartner is asking vendors for feedback on its plan that standard vendor briefings become 30 minutes long from the end of this month. We will leave it to other to speculate on the firm’s conversations with its analysts on this topic. One reason given for the curtailment is that briefings take a long time to…
Last week Peggy O’Neill spoke on a Lighthouse webinar to outline the IIAR’s new Analyst Relations Certification (ARC) prorgramme. As the notes below indicate, the ARC test is a serious contribution to improving the professional standing of analyst relations professionals. Test has 15 sections. Reviewed by analyst firms, AR consultancies and AR people. It’s tough….
We’re adding our voice to those, including the IIAR and Tekrati, who want to encourage readers in California to take advantage of a rare public appearance by Gideon Gartner. The Computer History Museum is hosting Gideon Gartner, in conversation with Neill Brownstein. The Museum promises “an evening of candid and personal insights on the rise…
The twentieth anniversary edition of Efrem Mallach’s landmark book on analyst relations is now on Amazon. One UK book shop is selling the book at a $75 dollar discount, so first come, first served. It’s less costly than a Gartner report, but the careful explaination of how to calculate the dollar value of your analyst…

A powerful group of around 50 professionals packed into the swish City headquarters of UKtech, the industry association, to discuss the current situation and prospects for technology. Following several very good years, explained Christoph Châlons, UK growth has significantly slowed in sync with the GDP growth rate. The UK remains by far the biggest markets:…

Changes in business have driven the growing revenue and authority of ICT industry analysts. Four distinct stages reflect the several factors that have defined this success. For much of the late 20th century, we had the “old normal”, in which IT followed the business. In the “dot.com” boom of 1998-2000, IT attempted to be the…