In today’s cautious high technology industry, industry analysts’ recommendations affect half of IT and telecom purchases by businesses. Tomorrow I’ll be at Manchester Business School to speak at their corporate
Analyst relations professionals will be discussing the rise of the boutique, with a panel of small analyst firms, at June’s IIAR forum. Since boutique is a French word, it’s worth
Is Ovum, one of the most successful European-headquartered analyst firms, at a tipping point? Its new owners, Datamonitor, have a few months in which to decide whether to renew Ovum’s
This month Lighthouse will be running our annual Gartner webinar. It’s part of our Advisor Spotlight analysis, reviewing changes at the largest analyst firms. Investors have their own analysis, which
The April 2008 meeting of the IIAR heard initial results from its Analyst of the Year survey. Although the data don’t show very strong patterns, there are some interesting trends.
Our Credo series continues with the argument that consistency should be a compulsory consideration for analyst relations. Sadly, many firms fail to integrate their claims coherently. As a result, analysts
In an episode of The Simpsons when Homer creates a vigilante group to track down a cat burglar, Lisa, concerned over their abuse of power asks: “If you’re the police,
