Ovum continues advance in 2018 Telecoms & Networking Analyst Firm Awards
Ovum has gained fourth place in the 2018 Telecoms & Networking Analyst Firm Awards, its highest rank in the awards in any year. As in…
Gartner & Forrester lead 2018 Global Analyst Firm Awards
Gartner and Forrester lead the 2018 Global Analyst Firm Awards, which recognise the market analyst and advisory firms most valued outside the Americas (which…
IDC rises in 2018 Enterprise Analyst Firm Awards
IDC has won a notable success in the 2018 Enterprise Analyst Firm Awards, overtaking Forrester into second place. Last year’s awards noted strong performance…
Cool Vendor – is it a beauty contest?
There’s always a lot of discussion in the analyst relations community about the rollout of new Cool Vendor designations from Gartner. We’d be better…
Influencer Relations book: 2nd edition spotlights Gartner’s MQ
Our book Influencer Relations: Insights on Analyst Value has an expanded second edition with a new chapter on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. As a thank you…
Forrester declares a loss, shares fall 11%
Given the scale of the surprise, the 11% fall in Forrester shares on April 27 was a vote of confidence by comparison. Although the…
Pitches to analysts can learn 8 things from start-up pitches
Tech firms preparing their pitch to analysts spend too much time crafting the story about their own solution, and nowhere near enough time thinking about…
AR Classics: Barbara French on how to grab an Influential Analyst’s Attention
Barbara French’s Grab an Influential Analyst’s Attention: 3 Secrets & 4 Tips helps companies to avoid some of the most common errors in analyst…
How to Think Like an Analyst: Boston dinner with Josh Bernoff on November 15
Josh Bernoff will speak at a dinner organized for analysts and Analyst Relations professionals in Boston, at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15th. The event is…
Spokespeople lose analysts’ trust if they cannot discuss business models
Over the last few weeks, my colleagues and I have been interviewing industry analysts about business models. After reviewing the results from the summer…
Vendors wanted analysts’ attention: You won’t believe what they did at the airport!
Industry analysts could help their users to make better choices if they had diverse research lenses, for example looking more deeply into fundamental research,…
IoT is not technology, but vision
Our recent article on IoT prompted a rejoinder from Saverio Romeo, Chief Research Officer at Beecham Research and visiting fellow at the Birkbeck Centre…