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The most high profile gainer in this edition of the Lighthouse Outsourcing Index is Accenture which has moved up 2 positions and is now ranked 3rd. Considered to be one of the top vendor for application outsourcing the firm has also come under the spotlight as analysts try to determine the impact of recession on…
We’re recommending that readers register for an upcoming web seminar presented by Velocity Partners (the firm of Lighthouse board member Stan Woods) with B2B Marketing Magazine. It’s on Wednesday, 3rd June 2009 at 3:30pm London time. Stan writes that the webinar “takes you on a rather fast-paced tour of the single most important discipline in…
The highest profile gainer this month is Verizon which moved up 2 positions to the 4th spot. Analyst focus on the Verizon selling off most of its business in the rural areas to Frontier Communications has helped it make this move up in the index this month. T-Mobile is also one of the most prominent…
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…
The news of Sun’s acquisition by Oracle has put the spotlight on mySQL which is the most high profile gainer this month. Touted as the world’s most widely used open source database system it will be interesting to see how Oracle aligns mySQL alongside its own database system. This acquisition has helped improve the score…
The biggest gainer this month is the semiconductor designing and manufacturing firm Freescale which has moved up 7 positions. The firm has been named as one of the 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. The firm’s improved position in the index also stems from analyst focus on its communication processors which aim…
Getronics, which has moved up 8 positions this month, is the biggest gainer this month in the Lighthouse Services Index. The firm is facing tough times and is planning to axe about 1400 jobs to remain competitive. Verisign which has announced a new Certificate Discovery Module has also moved up 5 positions this month. TietoEnator…
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…