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We broke the news this week that Gartner would close its consulting business in Asia Pacific this week (the research and Japanese businesses are not affected). Now it’s official: 18 people were laid off. The story leaked out to IDG, the parent firm of IDC. Another IDG brand, Computerworld, has this to say… 75 percent…
Informa has announced that it will purchase Datamonitor for £502 million: around $1 billion. It is an astonishing price, reflecting more than a ten percent premium over the firm’s market capitalisation. In contrast, Forrester Research’s capitalisation is currently $700 million. However, not everyone thinks Informa may have over-paid. Jonny’s feeling is that this “of course…
There’s a strong rumour that Gartner will shut down its consulting division in Asia Pacific and layoff staff. It will probably be announced later this week. This will not include Japan, which is managed autonomously. Staff in Hong Kong and Australia will be hardest hit. At one time Gartner consulting had more than 50 staff…
In a press release today NelsonHall has announced that Katy Ring and Katja Grimme have joined the firm from Ovum (we understand that a third Ovumite is also set to join the firm). Also joining the firm are Gary Bragar, from AT&T, and Tony West, whose track record spans the Corporate Executive Board, Executive Performance…
We’re adding our voice to those, including the IIAR and Tekrati, who want to encourage readers in California to take advantage of a rare public appearance by Gideon Gartner. The Computer History Museum is hosting Gideon Gartner, in conversation with Neill Brownstein. The Museum promises “an evening of candid and personal insights on the rise…
We’re adding our voice to those, including the IIAR and Tekrati, who want to encourage readers in California to take advantage of a rare public appearance by Gideon Gartner. The Computer History Museum is hosting Gideon Gartner, in conversation with Neill Brownstein. The Museum promises “an evening of candid and personal insights on the rise…
Developing a competitive and effective Analyst Relations programme is an absolute necessity for all firms today that are selling organizations valuable technology, communications or services. Firms not only need to communicate effectively with global and regional analysts but also continuously need to monitor the progress, and the RoI, of their analyst relations programs. All this…
Sam Higgins has written an article evaluating OSA, a project on open source and alternative analysis, in the new issue of Longview, the newsletter of Australian analyst firm Longhaus. Higgins stresses the need of analysis to be set in context, and how services are often needed to make research useable. When considering the role of…