Which analysts are most influential
Ovum has been, for several years, an organisation that always seemed to be on the edge of doing great things. With a strong brand and having attracted good staff, the firm has maintained its position in the industry. Since separating from Datamonitor, the firm has recovered from some difficult years – but not without scars….
April 29, 2013 was a rare bad day for Informa. At the time of publishing, shortly before trading closed in London, the firm was 2.4% down on the day (a loss of just over $100m USD) even though the principal FTSE Index had risen 0.4%. That was a very rare day. As you can see…
It’s just been announced that 12 year Informa veteran Steve Holtham is replacing Ovum managing director Brett Azuma “with immediate effect”. The press release states that: Most recently Steve was Group Managing Director for Informa Professional, in addition to his role as Group Digital Director of Informa Business Information (IBI). Prior to working at IBI,…
The 451 Group stepped up to a new level in Europe with its 2013 HCTS Europe conference, attended by around 380 people at the upscale Landmark in central London. 451 Research is known for its focus on emergent and disruptive technologies partly because of its long relationships with the investment community: early stage businesses are…
The buzz about analyst relations continues to increase. After a few difficult years from 2004 to 2007, we’ve seen the influencer and impact of analysts grow year after year. Even viewed in the simplest terms, like how often the phrase “analyst relations” gets mentioned in industry news and regulatory filings, the consistent growth is astonishing….
The Analyst Equity blog had visitors from exactly 100 countries over the last six months. 42% of visitors are in the United States and a further 42% come from seven other counties, all of which have notable communities of analyst relations professionals: (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands and the UK). What’s fascinating are the 92…
Users of analyst research have really different perceptions of how independent some analyst firms are. People seem to be fairly certain that Aberdeen Group has less independence than Ovum, but there very mixed opinions about Gartner. On the right is one of the charts we’ve prepared to discuss the results of our annual Analyst Value Survey….
Everyone in or around the analyst industry knows that the four major firms are Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Ovum. But who are four after that, and the four after that? To start you off, here’s one of the charts from the presentation. We asked participants which of 30 firms were the most influential on the…