A Podcast with Ray Mota of ACG Research
A former pro baseball coach turned analyst? Ray Mota of ACG Research joined us to talk about the strengths of ACG, how it came to be and Ray’s views on the IT Research Industry as a whole.
A former pro baseball coach turned analyst? Ray Mota of ACG Research joined us to talk about the strengths of ACG, how it came to be and Ray’s views on the IT Research Industry as a whole.

One of the key goals that users of analyst research have is finding ways to growth their businesses. The Growth Analyst Firm Awards for 2016 recognise the firms which are most valuable in terms of business growth.
Alongside the traditional top five firms, TechMarketView, Ovum and Kable are notable new entrants in the Supply-Side Analyst Firm Awards for 2016. As last year, the five firms delivering the most value are Gartner, Forrester, HfS Research, IDC and NelsonHall.
Users of analyst research in hundreds of demand-side organisations (those which buy ICT solutions, rather than those which supply them) have given their opinions to the Analyst Value Survey and, as a result, we’re able to announce the ten firms that are delivering the most value to them.

This 2015 post has been superceded by the 2018 Americas Analyst Firm Award. Users of analyst insight in the Americas say that Gartner, Forrester Research, HfS Research and IDC are the firms that delivered the most value in 2015.
Russell Rothstein of IT Central Station join us to learn about how the ‘Yelp of Enterprise Software’ is changing the way people purchase enterprise technology.
Jon Reed of Diginomica spoke with us about how Diginomica is taking a fresh approach to enterprise tech analysis.
Over the last couple of years we have been witness to the rise (and fall) of new research initiatives. What defines them, and what drives them to take on the market as they do? Hosts Thom and Derk Erbé are joined by Phil Fersht, Michael Coté, William Tincup and Horace Dediu. The panel drills down on…