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Novell, which showed off its cloud computing security service to analysts, is the most high profile gainer this month. The firm has improved its rank by 2 positions and is currently at the 7th spot. Genesys has also improved its ranking as analyst focus on its IVR systems help top improve its score. The firm…
At 11 am Eastern time we’re repeating our webinar to review recent changes at Gartner. It’s been interesting to see the feedback we’ve been getting from folk over the last month. A number of these suggest that Gartner is increasing its lead on Forrester in client numbers (although Forrester’s building deeper relationships, and there’s more…
Alcatel-Lucent is the most prominent gainer this month as it moves up 2 positions to the 8th spot. It has received the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award but the improvement in the firm’s ranking can be mainly attributed to its new strategic alliance with HP. Brocade, which has announced double digit growth in its share…
Oracle’s acquisition of Sun has helped the firm move up to the 3rd spot this month. The acquisition is interesting as it has led Oracle into the realm of hardware and it will be interesting to see how Oracle handles Sun’s hardware business. NetApp is one of the top gainers this month as it moves…
Last week’s meeting of the IIAR invited a delegation from Datamonitor, including John Leigh, who heads the tech research at Datamonitor and its Ovum and Butler brands, and David Mitchell (who has a similar role as the new Research Fellow). John couldn’t make it, but Datamonitor CEO Mark Meek and David Mitchell gave a spirited…
The most high profile gainer this month is CSC which moved up 2 positions. The firm has been mentioned in analyst reports for its SOA based systems integration capabilities and its plans to move into providing new cloud services is sure to keep analysts focused on the firm. The biggest gainer this month is CGI…
If you are planning to be at the Forrester IT Forum EMEA in Berlin next week, and are interested in finding out more about the IIAR and networking with your peers, we will be holding an informal breakfast meeting from 08:00 a.m. CET on Wednesday June 3rd at the Maritim Hotel. If you would like…
AR managers need to quit whining about Forrester’s role based research. To make progress, start speaking about the success imperatives its role-based research is founded on. It’s been more than two years since Forrester started the series of focus groups that identified the success imperatives. They gathered together people in each of the roles that…