Spokespeople lose analysts’ trust if they cannot discuss business models

Over the last few weeks, my colleagues and I have been interviewing industry analysts about business models. After reviewing the results from the summer Analyst Attitude Survey, we found that

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Vendors wanted analysts’ attention: You won’t believe what they did at the airport!

Industry analysts could help their users to make better choices if they had diverse research lenses, for example looking more deeply into fundamental research, vertical markets, new business models, hidden

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CXP Group & KPMG advance in 2017 Security & Risk Analyst Firm Awards

Security and risk are critical areas for the users of analyst firms, and it’s no surprise that its major analyst firms rather than niche specialists who pick up the Security

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Why don’t AR spokespeople discuss business models?

One of the biggest surprises from the Analyst Attitude Survey, which produces the data for our KeaCircle awards, is that many AR spokespeople are missing out on a surprising element of

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Circle awards show AR excellence is not limited to megavendors

Awards for analyst relations team are a great idea: it’s hard for AR teams to have a useful model of excellence: awards give you an idea of whether you have

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Microsoft layoffs: Can Seattle learn from Blackberry?

An ‘anchor’ tech employer, like Microsoft in Washington State or Nokia in Southern Finland, produces great opportunities for a region but also big risks. Microsoft and Nokia’s announcements of further

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500 analysts say innovation, markets & value challenge major vendors

Almost 500 industry influencers have already taken our Analyst/Advisor Attitude Survey, which closes this week. Their responses reveal analysts’ deepening future orientation. They told us that the three main challenges

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Does location matter for Cool Vendors?

Looking through the responses for our survey of Cool Vendors, It’s interesting to see how location matters. We invited every firm that won the Cool Vendor award over a five year

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