Readership of Analyst Equity continues to grow: March was the first month in which more than 2,500 unique visitors came to the site. In May, you’ve helped set a new record with over 2,700 visitors. By comparison, that’s 40% up on the average readership we had in 2006. Unsurprisingly, the continent with the greatest growth…
We broke the news this week that Gartner would close its consulting business in Asia Pacific this week (the research and Japanese businesses are not affected). Now it’s official: 18 people were laid off. The story leaked out to IDG, the parent firm of IDC. Another IDG brand, Computerworld, has this to say… 75 percent…
There’s a strong rumour that Gartner will shut down its consulting division in Asia Pacific and layoff staff. It will probably be announced later this week. This will not include Japan, which is managed autonomously. Staff in Hong Kong and Australia will be hardest hit. At one time Gartner consulting had more than 50 staff…
Motorola is the clear winner in our Asia Pacific Index. The chart on the right compares the profile of some of the leading technology brands in influential analyst research. Motorola is one of the top 20 worldwide, but is seventh in Asia: a big improvement. Firms to the right hand side of the diagonal line…
Many of the world’s leading technology brands suffer from a big credibility gap in Asia — one of the fastest growing technology and telecoms markets. This week we’ve completed work on the Lighthouse Asia Pacific Index, which is a service for clients in that region that ranks the leading technology vendors according to their profile…
Many of the world’s leading technology brands suffer from a big credibility gap in Asia — one of the fastest growing technology and telecoms markets. This week we’ve completed work on the Lighthouse Asia Pacific Index, which is a service for clients in that region that ranks the leading technology vendors according to their profile…
Developing a competitive and effective Analyst Relations programme is an absolute necessity for all firms today that are selling organizations valuable technology, communications or services. Firms not only need to communicate effectively with global and regional analysts but also continuously need to monitor the progress, and the RoI, of their analyst relations programs. All this…
Sam Higgins has written an article evaluating OSA, a project on open source and alternative analysis, in the new issue of Longview, the newsletter of Australian analyst firm Longhaus. Higgins stresses the need of analysis to be set in context, and how services are often needed to make research useable. When considering the role of…