Each year February Lighthouse’s Advisor Spotlight webinar discusses Burton Group. A few years ago Burton started to to be seen as one of the analyst firms to watch, winning it a top place in our 2006 survey, especially in terms of end-user influence. It has been one of the five fastest growing firms. When Gartner…
Logitech is the largest gainer this month jumping up 6 positions. The firm which holds the distinction of making a billion mice has won seven CES innovation awards and is now ranked 40th on the Lighthouse Systems Index. Asus which won three CES awards has moved up 4 positions and is now ranked 18th. LG…
Vanson Bourne have given me the results of their 2008 interviews of 232 UK IT professionals about their media consumption. Out of twelve major media, IT blogs (other than those written by publishers’ staff) some dead last. Only 15% consider them trustworthy. Blogs also came at the bottom of the question about how much time…
The IIAR’s new research on international AR has prompted an interesting question: how big are the analyst and analyst relations communities outside North America? It’s a useful question, because some vendors have not allocated their effort in the way that the analyst firms (and their competitors) have done. You still see organisations where nine out…
Satyam is one of the most high profile gainer of analyst focus in Lighthouse Services Index. The financial fraud at the firm has resulted in analysts highlighting the firm’s past performance and future prospects which has catapulted the firm to the 10th spot this month. Its a useful reminder that, although there is a strongly…
If the business model was broken then top analyst firms like Gartner and Forrester would underperform their competitors: that’s the key point underpinning our recent defence of analysts. In fact, the top firms are increasing their lead. Their approach is producing unhappy customers (See the comment here) but any resulting loss in customers is much…
Industry analysts don’t need to have more industry experience than their clients – any more than accountants, management consultants or any other professionals – in order to add value. James Gardner and David Rossiter, who recently criticised analyst firms along these lines, ignore the glaring reality that analysts firms have continued to perform well. That…
Our Outsourcing Index was launched in July 2008 and this month we will be tracking the changes that have occurred in the rankings of the firms since then. The star performers in this half year appear to be the Indian outsourcing giants. Infosys which was recognized at the Six Sigma Global Summit and the Asia…