Circle awards show AR excellence is not limited to megavendors
Awards for analyst relations team are a great idea: it’s hard for AR teams to have a useful model of excellence: awards give you…
HfS Research overtakes Forrester in 2017 Outsourcing & Automation Analyst Firm Awards
This post has been superseded by the 2018 Services and Cloud Analyst Firm Awards. The 2017 Outsourcing & Automation Analyst Firm Awards contain quite a surprise….
New method for Analyst Value Survey
A new methodology is shifting the focus of the annual Analyst Value Survey onto the professional’s experience of analysts. Unlike previous years, where value…
CXP & HfS overtake ISG in 2017 IT Services Analyst Firm Awards
This post has been superceded by the 2018 Services and Cloud Analyst Firm Awards. IT services is one of the highest value segments covered…
IoT is not technology, but vision
Our recent article on IoT prompted a rejoinder from Saverio Romeo, Chief Research Officer at Beecham Research and visiting fellow at the Birkbeck Centre…
IoT analysts: focus, but look for new market opportunities
Analysts and advisors following the Internet of Things (IoT) see many aspects to the sector’s massive underlying growth opportunity. We’ve taken a look at…
Microsoft layoffs: Can Seattle learn from Blackberry?
An ‘anchor’ tech employer, like Microsoft in Washington State or Nokia in Southern Finland, produces great opportunities for a region but also big risks….
Engaging in Analyst Relations is sending a message: Five common traits confident vendors are displaying
Success breeds success: When I talk to technology vendors about starting an analyst relations program I get all kinds of reactions. One way or…
500 analysts say innovation, markets & value challenge major vendors
Almost 500 industry influencers have already taken our Analyst/Advisor Attitude Survey, which closes this week. Their responses reveal analysts’ deepening future orientation. They told…
Adapt or Fail! – Analyst firm business models are changing – does this mean that analyst relations needs to change as well?
In recent years we have seen quite a few changes in the analyst landscape: We’ve seen new boutique analyst firms entering the market and…
Does location matter for Cool Vendors?
Looking through the responses for our survey of Cool Vendors, It’s interesting to see how location matters. We invited every firm that won the…
Replay for IT Industry Analysts in 2023: Evolution, Revolution, or Disruption?
Thanks to our partners at ARinsights, a replay is available of Carter Lusher’s fascinating webinar last week: IT Industry Analysts in 2023: Evolution, Revolution,…