Which analysts are most influential
I had a great comment today from an analyst in Germany, who says to me: “You point out that companies like bundles of research and consulting. At least for Germany, I’m not so convinced. We still have this “engineering culture” in many managers: they want to understand how things work and they like buying written…
Techtel’s IT spending forecasts came our way today. It’s a fascinating piece of empiricism. Techtel’s forecast averages estimates, by a panel of interested individuals, about changes in the IT environment [1]. What Techtel does is certainly easier than tracking spending itself, however the results are worthless. Their figures for 2004, for example, show average growth…
RHK, the $4.5m analyst house following the global telecom industry, has been bought by Ovum in the last hour. RHK is one of the most global of the US analyst firms, with almost half its revenue coming from outside the US, principally from Western Europe and East Asia. RHK has lost momentum in 2005 for…
Forrester’s string of successes over the last financial year has been capped off nicely. GigaWorld 2005 attracted 900 participants in Dallas and almost 700 in Prague; it marked the first time Forrester events have sold out at venues of such scale. Because of continuing demand for a ‘second voice’ of importance alongside Gartner, Forrester is…
Ovum Consulting will be one topic of interest to Ovum shareholders at its AGM later this month. The firm’s accounts make interesting reading. Despite suffering from the weak US dollar, Ovum’s orders grew from £14m to £16m (US $29m) over the last year. Much of this growth was in its consultancy business, whose order book…
Pleon says that Decision making is not getting any easier – Analysts help buyers make a vendor or product selection. An interesting comment, from research by Darwin, that analysts sales are around $15 billion. That seems a little high to some maybe, but certainly reflects one reality: some vendors act as if Gartner is the…
EDS releases Q3 2004 results after battle with auditors. This is another interesting article from Ovum: it shows the increasing trend of analysts to cover the issue of financial stability and corporate governance as a key issues for clients to consider.
Fighting for government contracts: This is a very interesting development: The NHS has appointed Ovum as the go-to people for suppliers interested in selling national infrastructure to the NHS.