Not-so-Magic Quadrant: Gartner analysts’ experience falls; vendors’ data collection burden grows

Posted on December 17, 2018December 18, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

If you only read one post by Simon Levin this year, this is it (Is Gartner research quality under threat?). Simon puts the current dip in the collective experience of MQ authors into context: MQ authors and leads do change regularly, and vendors need an ongoing focus on the MQ to make an impact. Andrew Hsu would also Read more about Not-so-Magic Quadrant: Gartner analysts’ experience falls; vendors’ data collection burden grows[…]

Fábio Rocha, Jessica Backsell, Johan Nilsson and Duncan Chapple

MWD closes: can independent analysts stay relevant?

Posted on December 12, 2018December 18, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

MWD Advisors’ analysts joined IDC last month, putting on ice one of the most respected independent analyst organisations. Neil Ward-Dutton and Craig Wentworth were two of my most impressive colleagues when we worked together in Ovum’s IT Analysis group 20 years ago, and they can only have grown in capacity since then. Moving to IDC Read more about MWD closes: can independent analysts stay relevant?[…]

Gartner’s symposium shows three new challenges for analyst relations managers

Posted on November 7, 2018November 14, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

Gartner’s rapid evolution poses three profound challenges for analyst relations managers, and this blog is changing course to respond to them. Gartner’s role-based research, the rapid rise of user reviews and the consequent impact on marketing communications are all immense shifts. 1. Unlimited impact of role-based research. We don’t know what the full impact will Read more about Gartner’s symposium shows three new challenges for analyst relations managers[…]

Turning technical legitimacy into market action

Posted on October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

Regulations, authoritative professional norms and dominant culture set complex expectations for all institutions. In the opening session of a workshop for academics and PhD candidates at the University of Edinburgh Business School, professor John Amis pointed out the way that companies also play a role producing norms, and selecting the social actors, that embed the Read more about Turning technical legitimacy into market action[…]

AVS shows Gartner’s declining share of a growing pie

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

Gartner’s share of the value created by the analyst industry is slowly trickling down. The 2017-18 Analyst Value Survey shows that Gartner produced for analyst value than any other firm: 25%. Compare that with 31% in 2015 and you get a sense of the change in the market. It’s not that Gartner is shrinking. Quite Read more about AVS shows Gartner’s declining share of a growing pie[…]

Lea Nonninger collected Business Intelligence Insider's 2018 AFA

IDC overtakes Forrester in 2018 Marketing and Policy Analyst Firm Awards

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

The 2018 Marketing & Policy Analyst Firm Awards are the category with the least change. Eight of the nine top firms were all in the 2017 ranking. The two firms which slipped out, CXP and Everest, each produced only marginally less analyst value than tenth-place winner ESG according to professionals working on marketing and policy Read more about IDC overtakes Forrester in 2018 Marketing and Policy Analyst Firm Awards[…]

IDC moves up in 2018 Americas Analyst Firm Awards

Posted on September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

The 2018 Americas Analyst Firm Awards (AFA) shows big changes, even at the top. Naturally Gartner’s lead is increased by its purchase of CEB. It now creates more analyst value in this category than any other. Around three-tenths of all the value reported by users in the Americas. According to the 2017-18 Analyst Value Survey, IDC Read more about IDC moves up in 2018 Americas Analyst Firm Awards[…]

Stiff competition in 2018 Services & Cloud Analyst Firm Awards

Posted on September 19, 2018September 20, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

Collectively, the ten winners of the 2018 Services & Cloud Analyst Firm Awards (AFA) produce three-quarters of all the analyst value reported by services and cloud professionals who participated in the 2017-18 Analyst Value Survey. As in the five other AFA categories, Gartner, IDC and Forrester Research are the top three. The real competition is Read more about Stiff competition in 2018 Services & Cloud Analyst Firm Awards[…]

Ovum continues advance in 2018 Telecoms & Networking Analyst Firm Awards

Posted on September 18, 2018September 20, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

Ovum has gained fourth place in the 2018 Telecoms & Networking Analyst Firm Awards, its highest rank in the awards in any year. As in 2017, the first three places in all six AFA categories go to market leaders Gartner, IDC and Forrester. Ovum’s deep telecoms roots go back to the 20th century, but in recent Read more about Ovum continues advance in 2018 Telecoms & Networking Analyst Firm Awards[…]

Lena Davies collects Forrester's 2018 AFA

Gartner & Forrester lead 2018 Global Analyst Firm Awards

Posted on September 18, 2018September 20, 2018 by Duncan Chapple

Gartner and Forrester lead the 2018 Global Analyst Firm Awards, which recognise the market analyst and advisory firms most valued outside the Americas (which is covered by a separate award). The methodological tweaks in the 2018 awards, which recognise the valuable firms that are most relied on, boosts the gap between Gartner, Forrester and IDC, Read more about Gartner & Forrester lead 2018 Global Analyst Firm Awards[…]