Which analysts are most influential
Each January Lighthouse surveys an international group of CIOs to find out how, and why, they are using industry analysts. The scale of the study is quite unique. Across Europe, for example, we surveying more than 100 CIOs in each key markets — giving our last study 12 times more technology buyers than our friends…
It’s funny: I was just speaking to someone today who is collecting predictions for 2006 from her colleagues, so that they can track themselves against their competitors’ accuracy in some way. It was all thrown into context by this great comment to ‘Analyst Equity’ by Louis Columbus, who points out that many analysts will be…
We’ve had a number of fascinating discussions recently about the pace of mergers and acquisitions in the analyst industry. The pace of change in especially strong in the outsourcing area, where EquaTerra and TPI have merged, and where there are further realignments afoot involving Hackett. There’s an excellent summary of some of the trends and…
A number of the analysts I have been speaking to recently have been extremely busy (as have my colleagues and I, hence the dip in this blog’s frequency). There’s one story I hear over and over again: customized research is going through the roof. This makes me, and them, very curious: there a ‘real reason’…
IT-Analysis.com and IT-Director.com have relaunched as to carry and sell research from around 25 upstart analyst firms. The bottom line is that their new business model is very promising and, if it generates the revenue I anticipate, then the technical challenges can be cost-effectively overcome. Let me set the scene. The successful Bloor Research websites…
Experton has pinched former TechConsult analyst Carlo Velten to start an Investment Advisory service for holding companies and IT enterprises. Velten is an investment specialist who will be Experton’s senior advisor responsible for the development of Investment Advisory services. Experton Group will offer professional support with transactions in the IT market to holding companies, investment…
Ovum, the European analyst house, held its annual alumni event last week. A friend sent these highlights: Ovum’s revenues are on track for beating previous £20M peak within the next 12 months. That’s $35M or €30M – not bad considering the firm’s comparatively modest investments in sales and marketing. They have further raided Yankee Group…
One fascinating discussion I’ve been following is whether or not a majority of META’s people are now at Gartner. Since META’s purchase, lots of that company’s former have found themselves outside Gartner. This has led many people, including us, to see the purchase as being closer to an assasination, a simple removal of a competitor,…