Earlier this week Ovum’s shareholders (of whom I probably have the smallest holding) voted to move ahead with the plans to IPO. It’s been interesting to hear opinions, both from
Last October, after Hyperion hired Howard Dresner, we asked what happens when a competitor hires the analyst who follows your firm. Generally, not many analysts want to move into an
ARmadgeddon has some comments about criticisms of share of voice analysis. This is a topic that we have written about both recently and a few years ago in our white
I’ve just been writing a précis of an interesting report contrasting the analyst relations performance of super-sized technology businesses. While the findings are useful for any large $10bn-plus business with
InformationWeek’s Larry Greenemeier and Paul McDougall have written to suggest that the growing contradiction between analyst firm’s obligations to vendors and to buyer is subject to a uncomfortable conspiracy of
Cross-cultural issues loom large in the AR teams of most multinationals, and there is an interesting discussion on whether the German offices of US firms are closer to the German
MWD Advisors’ annoucement of two “key partners” in its growth strategy have us scratching our heads. They seem to divert rather than amplify the firm’s focus. This boutique firm principally
Jon Collins, formerly Quocirca’s Principal Analyst, has been hired by Ovum breakout MWD Advisors. MWD recently took an interesting step by putting its research under Creative Commons, making their work
