Our former house mates, Lighthouse PR, have rebranded following their merger into Loewy. You can check out their new graphic identity here. We think it’s a good strong look for Lighthouse PR. The old logo, shown on the right here, has been shared by the Lighthouse businesses since the brand was founded in 1998. It…
Regular readers may know about our weekly Spotlight service, in which we point out the new research that interests us the most. This week we came across some interesting Seybold research which I just had too comment on. In this CRM case study, Mitchell Kramer explains his own experience of using a bank’s website. Let…
Accenture is back on top of this month’s Services Index. EDS has been shoved into second place and CSC has ousted Unisys for third position. Otherwise, there is little change in the top 25. However, if you look a little further down the list, Patni has had a terrific month climbing 8 positions. It is…
Showing results is one of the key challenges faces analyst relations managers. Some AR managers only track ‘inputs’ (how much activity they are doing) but most companies focus on ‘outputs’, the shift in analyst behaviour that they aim to influence. Our Analyst Index is one of the simplest forms of measuring outputs: it’s share of…
Having spoken this week to Datamonitor and Ovum executives, Lighthouse has concluded that Datamonitor’s acquisition of Ovum is quite unlike those of most other analyst firms. While META and Giga both had uneven business performance, Ovum’s proven record of fast growth and improved financial results is reflected in the success of its own IPO. As…
Europe’s largest analyst firm, Datamonitor, is to purchase Ovum, Europe’s largest technology and telecoms analysts. The deal values Ovum at slightly under $80 million. The news comes shortly after Anthony Parslow, the former Forrester COO in Europe, joined Datamonitor’s Executive Management Committee to oversee acquisitions and operations at the firm. While some of Ovum’s shareholders…
The “Lighthouse Spotlight” newsletters lunch to the public next week. These are four monthly newsletters that highlight a dozen or so newly published pieces of analyst research that interest us in our four focus areas: Services; Software; Systems, Hardware & Platforms; and Telecommunications & Networking. Lighthouse has just completed our first ‘beta test’ cycle of…
This morning we have returned from Gartner’s Symposium to a shocking sadness. Thorsten Wichmann, co-founder and managing director of the German analyst firm Berlecon Research, has died after a short and serious illness. Dr. Wichmann was a brilliant analyst and a thoughful and sensitive human. We valued our opportunities to speak with him whenever he…