Oracle freezes out Bloor Research
Bloor and Oracle seem to be in a war of words. According to Bloor’s technology Research Director, Philip Howard, “Oracle doesn’t like my suggesting…
Gartner Curries the Magic Quadrant
Gartner has announced a series of changes to its Magic Quadrant (MQ) and MarketScope (MS). In a nutshell, the key changes are these: 1….
On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B
A colleague and I have just completed a AR effectiveness audit that compares the performance of a group of IT services firms. One activity,…
Ovum firms up IPO plans
Ovum agreed plans for an IPO in February at its annual shareholders’ meeting last Friday. The telecoms and software advisory and consulting firm has…
AR Intranet gets an upgrade
Lighthouse’s AR Intranet has had an major upgrade to mark the opening of the second half. The intranet includes a listing of 505 analyst…
Why the ‘big brand’ services firms are failing with analysts
Our annual analyst attitude survey for services was launched with a conference call yesterday. Donna Stein, former AR head at 3Com and Lucent, and…
BBDO’s Pleon hosts a reunion
Pleon hosted a meeting for its UK alumni last night. This PR business of the BBDO advertising giant acquired the European business of Brodeur,…
Where you all are
Blogs don’t give their readers much of a feeling of community: even though hundreds of people stop by to read, it’s hard to get…
Heard in a San José boardroom
On Friday I hosted a lunchtime seminar for several Silicon Valley analyst relations professionals to assess the challenges that the META-Gartner acquisition produces, both…
Needed: An Ideal "Analyst Relations Process Model"
While the idea of a Public Relations Process Model has existed for almost 20 years, little public work has been done to discuss and…
Bundling outside the English-speaking world
I had a great comment today from an analyst in Germany, who says to me: “You point out that companies like bundles of research…
Scientific averages of wild guesses
Techtel’s IT spending forecasts came our way today. It’s a fascinating piece of empiricism. Techtel’s forecast averages estimates, by a panel of interested individuals,…