This 2014 award for enterprise software has been superceded by the 2018 Enterprise Analyst Firm Award. AR people in the enterprise software industry need to pay much more attention to the growing influence of services analysts and freemium firms on their market. Digital Clarity Group just pipped HfS Research for third place in Influencer Relations’ Analyst…
This award has been superceded by the 2018 Americas Analyst Firm Awards. Hundreds of professionals across the Americas voted Gartner, Forrester Research, HfS Research and Digital Capital Group into the top slots in Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014. Ten firms won our Americas AFOTY14 award. Gartner was the obvious number one on every…
Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm awards for 2014 (AFOTY14) show a major market divide: In contrast to demand-side users of analyst services, people in supply like firms like technology vendors, service providers and equipment manufacturers are tightly focussed using analysts to drive sales. Suppliers see analyst value very differently and, in particular, they see Gartner’s influence as being…
These awards have been superceded by the most recent Analyst Firm Awards. Most users of analysts’ services are on the demand-side, and that Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 (AFOTY14) segment attracts the most attention. One of the reasons for our Analyst Firm Awards is that past awards for analyst firms have focussed on the supply-side. The…
In the ten different Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 (AFOTY14) rankings published this week, there is one that matters more than any other: the Global Top 10. This is the one award that brings together all the data from the Analyst Value Survey and shows who is delivering value in the opinions of those who…
Update: The 2018 Analyst Firm Awards are available here. 9 December 2014 – London, UK. Long-time industry leaders Gartner and Forrester Research have been joined by HfS Research as the top firms in Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards. The awards honour 18 IT and telecommunications industry analyst firms that have delivered outstanding value to their…
The spreadsheets are closed, the judges are happy and the winners are being told. Next week this site will announce Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 (AFOTY14). We’re narrowed down the shortlist to 18 firms which are in the top ten rankings for ten different categories. There’s a note about the awards here with more details….
Next month this blog will announce Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 (AFOTY14). The awards aim to recognise the most valuable analyst firms, and to recognise firms that have won a leading role in specific market segments. Other annual Analyst Firm awards have been tried in the past, most notably from Communications Day and the IIAR, but…