One of the surprises in the 2013 Analyst Value Survey was the rapid improvement by a number of mid-sized analyst firms. Many users of analyst services tell us they are
Our friends at Hypatia Research Group, one of the sponsors of last year’s Analyst Relations Forum (alongside firms like HfS Research and Greyhound), have shared some thoughts about how to
It might look like Informa Telecom & Media (ITM) has been rolled up into Ovum but it’s really the other way around. The IIAR had the best, shortest and first
The IIAR recently held one of its most remarkable webinars, with Outsell VP, Harry Henry (@harryhenry). A post about the webinar explains that “Harry Henry leads Outsell’s research and advisory programs in the
We’ve started planning the 2014 Analyst Value Survey, and we’re asking for your feedback. One thing’s clear: the survey’s getting better and better with each year. In the last five months
A recent post on the HFS Research blog focusses on some independent analysts as “pay to play”. It’s a useful post, but that key point doesn’t fit with our annual
Teresa Cottom, my former Ovum colleague who is now Founder & Chief Strategist at Telesperience, had made some very useful criticism and comment (here, and well worth a read) about
Analysts firms vary massively in their independence. That’s one finding of our 2013 Analyst Value Survey, which shows the opinions of 352 users of analyst research. Ovum, NelsonHall and Redmonk
