Carter says “Whoa, I think people are going a little overboard on the IIAR “Analyst of the Year” survey“. I think he has a point. We commented here that the
As recession edges closer a number of analysts are being tempted by better offers elsewhere. Some of the recent departures in the UK include Ovum’s Eric Woods (who leaves today
Duncan Chapple and Aleksandra Bosnjak have been billed as speakers for for our Informa webinar on the possible sale of the firm. Since both were formerly analysts at Ovum, part

An IIAR survey has prompted the Wikinomics blog to ask “who needs analyst firms anyway“? The article echos some of the themes in Jonny’s article, In praise of open source
The Google News Timeline feature shows the frequency with which terms appear in the media it indexes. There’s a nice example here of what we call the Tornbohm Effect, after
AR teams need clarity about the reasons for measurement: different programmes have different objectives, so no single measurement approach will work in every context. That’s the challenge that Lighthouse’s Martin
BenQ is the top gainer in the Lighthouse Systems Index this month jumping up 10 positions. The firm has reported strong sales of its LCD monitors, the launch of new
Informa is being bought, but by whom? United Business Media, the UK publishing giant, started the bidding and then dropped out. Now private equity groups are in play, such as