The end of the Hype Cycle?
My former Ovum colleague Mark Wiggins has sent me an interetsing comment, with perfect timing now that The ITXpo has closed and Symposium is…
‘Optimize’ ranks the analysts, fails math test
CMP’s magazine for CIOs, Optimize, has surveyed its readers and concluded that most of them find Gartner to be the most influential firm. This…
Zimmermann launches Techra.com
Jim Zimmermann is back with his Techra brand. Jim founded, edited, and published the Analyst Views web site and Weekly Report. He’s gone through…
When An Analyst Joins Your Competitor
What happens when An Analyst Works For Your Competitor? Information Week has picked up on one of the most interest stories being talked about…
Michael Davies’ 10 rules for leading technology ventures
Earlier this week I had dinner with Michael Davies, founder of Mercator Partners, and some colleagues from the Centre for Scientific Enterprise and London…
When analysts attack
Lighthouse often works with companies that have to deal with negative reports from industry analysts. Not every negative report need to be treated like…
London comes top again
CBRE, the international real estate company, has updated its global 50, which lists annual office costs per square foot, as real estate companies are…
SOLD! Gartner sells its Custom Research business
Former Nike CFO Bob Falcone‘s investment fund has bought Gartner’s 70-strong custom research business, along with some strong relationships with firms like HP, Microsoft…
In the final analysis, are analysts wrong?
For the past few weeks I’ve been mulling over an article by Martin Waller. Waller reports some research into equity analysts that shows that…
Ikonami organises aid for Pakistan
One of Lighthouse’s partners, Ikonami, is arranging a convoy with blankets, clothing, food and medicines to assist those affected by the eathquake in Pakistan…
New and old players target AP opportunity
While many observers expected a rush of new entrants and expansion of existing players to fill the vacuum left after Gartner’s April acquisition of…
Calculating the Value of Analyst Relations
Industry veteran Enrico Camerinelli helped a number of his former clients at META Group to calculate their return on investment from IT purchases they had…