Influence
Ariba, the leading spend management solutions provider, is the most prominent gainer in this month’s Software Index. The firm has gained a massive 14 positions as it aims to help companies compete and grow in the era of high crude oil prices. News of the increase in demand for Lawson Software’s “QuickStep Offerings” solution has…
Valley-based AR gurus Carter Lusher and Dave Eckert have relaunched SageCircle, an analyst relations service which closed in 2003. Amongst other things, we are interested to see what these two noted gastronomes have planned for their first soirée. In its early years, as a ‘pure’ consultancy, SageCircle played a crucial role in developing the analyst…
Xerox, the world’s leading document management company, is the biggest gainer this month as it up 4 positions. The firm appears to be on the roll with the introduction of new printing solutions and its acquisition of Image Quest Inc has also helped it to raise its profile. Asus, the winner of the 2007 China…
The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations has launched a blog for its members to share their opinions. According to a report to the IIAR’s members last week, over 85% of Europe’s analyst relations managers are now members of the IIAR. Membership is also rising in Asia and North America. As the activity of the IIAR’s…
I’ve just been looking at the results from a recent survey of vendor-side Analyst Relations managers. It asked how influential they rated certain analyst firms as being, and then whether they are rising of falling in influence. I don’t know the criteria for which firms are, or are not listed, but the main firms are…
The most high profile mover this month in the Lighthouse Services Index is Unisys as it jumps up 2 spots to get to the 2nd position and replaces EDS. The firm has just concluded an outsourcing deal with Diamond Trading Company and is also working to overhaul the Spanish airport security system. EDS, the firm…
Things slow down a little for our primary research team during the holiday season, and so we are completing two major updates to our AR Intranet this month. The AR Intranet is Lighthouse’s online continuous information service, which we launched publicly in 2003. It contains those databases and CRM features AR managers need, profiling hundreds…
The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations has expanded onto LinkedIn, the main business networking site. The new IIAR group allows AR professionals to connect with each other, and allows members to pass on connections and requests for information to other people on LinkedIn. The site lists more than 500 current contacts at each of the…