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…
Hewson Group commence ‘Software Certification’
I’ve just returned from some meetings in Germany, and can report a real surprise. Two software analyst boutiques [Schwetz Consulting and Naujoks & Collegen]…
Experton forsees 5% growth in German IT services in 2006
Experton Group has just published a survey of 60 German enterprises on their IT priorities, budget plans, outsourcing inclinations, industry trends and preferred suppliers…
When PRs pitch to blogs…
Blogger Phil Gomes, a graduate student at USC’s Annenburg school of communications and an online specialist at the Edelman PR agency, has written a…
Four Rules for Global AR
Yesterday, I presented Four Rules for Global AR to Forrester Research’s Analyst Relations and Marketing Council. It helped kick off a rich discussion between…
Investment bank buys analyst house
In a rare move consolidating market and investment research, a preeminent regional analyst house has been acquired by a leading investment bank. Arab Advisors…
Driving AR performance
A crucial element in the IDEAL process model for analyst relations is driving performance. This requires goals, operational resources and technique and insight into…
Ex-META Group XMG makes good progress
XMG, the start-up analyst firm with offices in Canada and the Asia/Pacific region, has been making good progress. In case you don’t know it,…
AR measurement: awareness or tonality? Or neither?
I had a fascinating discussion recently with the head of AR for one of the largest and slickest consulting companies (Honestly, it’s great to…
Experton forced to cancel conference
Experton Group, the analysts formerly known as Meton, have been forced by Gartner to cancel its conference. The conference at Munich’s Kempinski Hotel was…
Louis Columbus joins Lighthouse
Louis Columbus, formerly an analyst at AMR Research, has joined Lighthouse as an adjunct consultant. Louis is leading a long-term project helping Lighthouse clients…