Hidden Champions? Part 2: Four ways niche analyst firms can win

Niche analyst firms in any market can learn a lot from four factors holding back the leading specialist firms in one of the most attractive markets: fintech.

Share
Guest post: Fintech analysts’ five hot predictions for 2020

Many small and big analyst firms are researching the fintech industry and coming out with many predictions. Here are five striking predictions that have come out from industry researchers.

Share
Hidden Champions? Part 1: Are Celent & Aite failing?

Why did Celent and Aite not cement their positions as hidden champions?

Share
AR Classics: Amjad Khan on the new AR era

Since managing analyst relations for clients like Microsoft, Motorola and Kodak at CCgroup, Amjad Khan’s led AR in-house at Global Crossing and Amdocs and worked with the full range of

Share
Forrester’s New Wave speeds up new category creation

Forrester’s New Wave has so quickly become part of the analyst relations furniture: it’s easy to understand what a difference it makes. The New Wave is best thought of as

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

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

Share
MWD closes: can independent analysts stay relevant?

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

Share
Sondergaard quits: Gartner clients’ difficult discussion on competition & ethics

The resignation of Gartner’s research chief, Peter Sondergaard, under the cloud of ethics complaints, is an opportunity for Gartner clients to assess any ethical or competition issues in their relationships

Share