Early surprises in the 2015/16 Analyst Value Survey

We’re past the half-way mark in the Analyst Value Survey, and the results we have so far are fascinating. The survey is well over the number of responses it had

Share
Rising stars in 2015 Analyst Value Survey

At the end of each year, we are busy with our annual Analyst Value Survey. The results of the survey are used and discussed hundreds of thousands of times each year. Using a

Share
French Caldwell on when analysts join vendors’ staff

Many thanks to former Gartner analyst French Caldwell (iTGuru) for this guest post, drawing on his experience crossing over to the vendor side. I’ve written about this here, and French replied

Share
Should AR put Tragic Quadrant easy analysts first?

A key criterion of the IIAR’s Tragic Quadrant (TQ) is that AR people should prioritise analysts, and analyst firms, who are easy to do business with. It’s obvious that we prefer

Share
Should analysts promote the Analyst Value Survey?

Because there are no commercially-available databases of analysts’ users, the Analyst Value Survey relies on Panalyst, Kea’s in-house database, and invitations which are shared by our staff and clients.  Several

Share
Apple’s 90 billion reasons to be more open

Shares in Apple rose $90bn in 24 hours when the firm took the unusual step of sharing more information than normal over the firm’s revenue in China. There is an

Share
ISG buys Saugatuck to build cloud leadership

ISG, the firm which bought outsourcing experts TPI, has made a step forward into the cloud space by purchasing Saugatuck. This smaller analyst firm has a loyal client base which

Share
Now online! Take the Analyst Value Survey

The 2015/2016 Analyst Value Survey is now open. Please share the address, www.analystvaluesurvey.com, and take the survey yourself. As the video above explains, the Analyst Value Survey plays a unique role

Share