[Note: IDC have asked me to point out that this piece was written as an April Fool’s joke, as is the linked April Fool’s post on the IIAR site: the events
Experton’s purchase by ISG, which also acquired Saugatuck, Compass and TPI, is just one more example of the ongoing analyst cycle. While mergers and acquisitions are ongoing so is the
We recommend that analyst relations teams hold regular strategy workshops using the Analyst Value Survey to refocus their analyst relations efforts. Analyst firms and topics change in importance, as do
With a background as both an analyst relations (AR) professional and an industry analyst, I have seen what happens on both sides of the fence, and communication between the two
The 2018 Global Analyst Firm Awards have superseded the post below, which relates to the 2016 awards. The new year always brings changes. Here at Kea, where we are welcoming
Users of analyst services are surprisingly canny. In many situations, where people over-rate what they have chosen in the past and undervalue other options. Academics call that confirmation bias. The
These awards from 2015 have been superseded by the 2018 Americas Analyst Firm Awards. Users of analyst insight in the Americas said that Gartner, Forrester Research, HfS Research and IDC
We’re past the half-way mark in the Analyst Value Survey, and the results we have so far are fascinating. The survey is well over the number of responses it had
