Why KCG’s analyst relations awards beat the IIAR’s
We used 18,777 data points from the Analyst Attitude Survey to compare the two leading awards for analyst relations teams. Although we found that…
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Netscout continues unwise Gartner suit
Netscout and Gartner have scheduled their trial for next July. The case stands little chance of improving Netscout’s value. It does, however, risk harming…
Is this how the Quadrant lost its Magic?
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant is the most influential non-financial business research document. In the late 1980s, it was a quick and dirty stalking horse to provoke…
Saying farewell to David Bradshaw
A funeral and celebration for David Bradshaw (shown left) is to take place at West Norwood Crematorium, London SE27 at 2.45pm on Tuesday 23rd…
David Bradshaw 1953-2016
David Bradshaw, one of the colleagues I worked with during my time as an analyst at Ovum, died on August 11. He led Cloud…
AR managers are failing with consulting firms
Reflecting the paradoxical position of many clients, Kea’s Analyst Attitude Survey also goes to a wide range of consultants who play similar roles to…
Fersht: some IIAR award-winners “just tick the boxes”
Some of the firms mentioned by the IIAR’s analyst team awards fall short of excellence. That’s the verdict of several hundred analysts who took…
Do the IIAR awards simply reward large firms?
The 2016 Institute for Industry Analyst Relations’ awards seem to be rewarding firms for the scale of their analyst relations, rather than their quality….
Unmaking fruit salad: 6 ways to help analysts segment markets
It’s a common challenge for providers: some new or fast-changing market contains very different solutions. Clients want either apples or oranges, but the analyst research…
PAC shows how solutions and IP accelerate transformation
The PAC Horizons event (see here) discussed the way that many organisations that have not been innovative in the past are suddenly accelerating. The…
PAC Horizons challenges IT ecosystem to get more digital
A powerful group of around 50 professionals packed into the swish City headquarters of UKtech, the industry association, to discuss the current situation and…
Understanding how analysts’ categories shift
The recent storm after Oracle and other vendors were dropped from a Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) is one example of the pressures on the…