How can Analyst Relations professionals plan at the start of a recession? Our advice is: expect a very uneven dip, with a recession in some of the western economies being balanced by growth in developing markets. The long-term growth in the value of the US dollar is partly engineered by overseas national banks to constrict…
Fujitsu is the highest profile gainer this month. It impressed analysts this month and increased analyst coverage by holding its annual analyst day. Analysts agree that Fujitsu is more focused and organized as a firm with a global strategy and is 1st position this month. Nintendo is the biggest gainer this month in the Lighthouse…
Our Credo series on relationship management fundamentals gets on to the issue of timing this month: it’s an issue that should give some readers quite a few reasons to think. Relationship managers should ensure that the timing used in bringing up issues with analysts has to be determined by the relationship with, and needs of,…
CompuCom and PA Consulting are the biggest gainers this month as both firms have moved up 9 ranks. CompuCom which has gained analyst focus by unveiling its new Enterprise Solutions Center aimed at providing next-generation technology solutions is now ranked 37. The launch of the new DS2 initiative for reducing the time to market for…
Verizon is the highest profile mover this month and has raced upto the 3rd spot in the Lighthouse Telcoms Index this month. The firm has teamed up with networking giant Cisco (ranked 15th this month) to offer new productivity enhancing services and has also been recognized for its environmental initiatives. Sony Ericsson has also improved…
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve helped run a few in-house analysts relations workshops for clients (along with Efrem Mallach and ex-Ovum analyst Alban Thurston) all of which have touched on how spokespeople can develop more influential and insightful relationships with analysts. Taking an Appreciative Inquiry approach, at most of the workshops we had…
“A tsunami of paid bilge” is Wired‘s verdict on blogs. Their argument is worth considering: On the one hand, Blogging is so 2004. On the other, blogging is now so professional and high volume that is is less independent and less credible. Certainly, the quality of blogs is highly uneven, but is Twitter, Flickr, Facebook…
SAS is the biggest gainer this month in the Lighthouse Software Index. Helped by Gartner’s categorization of the firm as a visionary in the “Magic Quadrant for Data Integration” the firm has shot up 26 positions and is ranked 32 this month. Autodesk, which has announced availability of its Building Information Modeling software for Windows…