Which analysts are most influential
In December I’m one of the speakers at a Forrester Research briefing Effective European Analyst Relations: “Effective European Analyst Relations” (If you’re a Forrester or Lighthouse client, please do come along). Readers of this blog will know that Lighthouse’s analysts think there are globally-applicable rules which are still ignored more often than they are heeded….
Sun’s Claire Giordano has pointed out that Gartner’s Symposium and IT Expo are worth only what you put into in. As I recover from the double jet-lag of going there and coming back, I realise that it’s an instructive comment, and points to the value that much of the value of the event is in…
My former Ovum colleague Mark Wiggins sent me an interesting comment, with perfect timing, just after Gartner’s 2005 ITXpo closed and as the Symposium slowed down. Mark had left Ovum’s Asia-Pacific and North American operations before joining Hitwise, Experian’s best practice marketing service. In April 2005, Mark joined Infiniti Research, specialising in delivering custom research…
CMP’s magazine for CIOs, Optimize, has surveyed its readers and concluded that most of them find Gartner to be the most influential firm. This is what they say — add up the numbers with me. “A full 73% of more than 1,000 Optimize readers surveyed ranked Gartner as the most-influential analyst firm. Competitors lagged significantly:…
What happens when An Analyst Works For Your Competitor? Information Week has picked up on one of the most interest stories being talked about here at Symposium: Howard Dresner, one of the best known analysts in any field, and a leading Business Intelligence expert, is leaving Gartner to join smooth BI leaders Hyperion. Analysts often…
Former Nike CFO Bob Falcone‘s investment fund has bought Gartner’s 70-strong custom research business, along with some strong relationships with firms like HP, Microsoft and Intel. The Portland, Oregon, business had recently changed its name from Gartner Custom Research to GCR Custom Research. Customer research is a growth market, and Falcone plans to use GCR…
I’ve been mulling over an article by Martin Waller. Waller reports some research into equity analysts that shows that analysts’ confidence about the market, as tracked by the ratio between buy and sell recommendations, is a counter-indicator. He argues that analysts have no idea what they are talking about when analysts look up, the market…
I’ve just returned from some meetings in Germany, and can report a real surprise. Two software analyst boutiques [Schwetz Consulting and Naujoks & Collegen] have started the 2005/2006 round of a certification scheme with Hewson Group, the UK-based CRM analyst firm.. The scheme allows vendors to show independent validation of their software solutions. Having been…