My colleague Hugh Rittner’s makes an interesting comment here: Forrester’s across-the-board price rises give it a one-off boost in profits, but perhaps it would have been wiser to wait until

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Lighthouse is offering analyst relations teams a free conference call on the IDEAL methodology – to get an invitation, please email analysts at lighthousear dot com. Over the last couple

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By Hugh Rittner, Lighthouse advisory board member Forrester’s had a great start this year. With hiring progression in addition to revenue growth through research and consultancy, the number two analyst

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A conference call last week has kicked off a series of discussions here at Lighthouse about Forrester Research. The second-most influential analyst firm had a good 2005, and it’s made

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Today Forrester Research reported a 21% increase in revenues. Demand for its non-research services rose 34%, accounting for almost half the growth. The firm’s value rose to $466 million today,

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Gartner’s astonishingly successful Outsourcing Summit has just closed here in London. The growing demand for events focussed on outsourcing is shown by both the attendance, which set a record, and

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With 650 analysts, Gartner has the largest research team of any analyst firm. Of course, only a minority can be of above-average importance. A correspondent of mine suggests that even

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Andrew Smith is speading the news that Gartner vice-president Frank Buytendijk has joined Hyperion as vice president of Corporate Strategy, based in The Netherlands. He will report directly to Hyperion’s

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