Influence
The top ten companies in the Software Index invariably include BEA, CA, Google, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, SAP, Siebel and Symantec. This month is no exception. Tenth position, however, is occupied by a newcomer. For some fun, send us a postcard telling us who you think holds tenth position. The winner gets a post card back…
Alan Cumming, a Scottish actor living in the United States, recently explained that he found adopting an American accent is a great aid when speaking with Americans. I can appreciate this; British accents can be difficult to appreciate or indistinct when heard. Few Americans react badly to a foreigner with an American accent, since they…
Many thanks to Fred for pointing out Paul Gillin‘s comment on Over-sensitivity at the New York Times, which explains that the NYT has apologised to readers for citing Rob Enderle, an analyst who supports vendors including Microsoft, in an article about Microsoft. Paul comments that “Well, had the Times known of every analyst’s work for…
The November Systems Index saw IBM and Intel, once again, top the Analyst Index. They hold first and second place respectively. AMD moved up to eighth position and managed to dislodge Toshiba back to tenth. Despite, or more likely perhaps because of, its on-going EU dispute Qualcomm has had an impressive month climbing five spots…
Our former house mates, Lighthouse PR, have rebranded following their merger into Loewy. You can check out their new graphic identity here. We think it’s a good strong look for Lighthouse PR. The old logo, shown on the right here, has been shared by the Lighthouse businesses since the brand was founded in 1998. It…
Regular readers may know about our weekly Spotlight service, in which we point out the new research that interests us the most. This week we came across some interesting Seybold research which I just had too comment on. In this CRM case study, Mitchell Kramer explains his own experience of using a bank’s website. Let…
Accenture is back on top of this month’s Services Index. EDS has been shoved into second place and CSC has ousted Unisys for third position. Otherwise, there is little change in the top 25. However, if you look a little further down the list, Patni has had a terrific month climbing 8 positions. It is…
Accenture is back on top of this month’s Services Index. EDS has been shoved into second place and CSC has ousted Unisys for third position. Otherwise, there is little change in the top 25. However, if you look a little further down the list, Patni has had a terrific month climbing 8 positions. It is…