Lighthouse’s roundtable discussion is about how Green IT fits into the way that analysts (and other stakeholders) evaluate the brand positions and CSR strategies of top IT companies. Environmental sustainability is an increasingly important topic for IT buyers worldwide. To better understand the opportunities, Lighthouse is supporting a research project to look at how (and whether) IT…
Guest post by Aleksandra Bosnjak, Lead TMT Analyst at StrategyEye, in advance of our recent webinar. Informa, the UK-based B2B publishing and conference giant which just broke off its talks with UBM for a merger, now has another possible group of bidders: private equity groups Providence Equity Partners and Carlyle are working on a USD3.53bn…
Clayton Francis and Kleopatra Klausnner have joined the Lighthouse AR team here in London. Clayton will be leading our business development work, with a particular focus on software and systems vendors. Kleopatra is a researcher for our Beacon service, which includes the AR Intranet. Clayton has a decade-plus background in corporate business development and sales,…
We’re continuing to warm to Redmonk, and their interview with John Simmons touches on some interesting points that were also discussed at the Forrester AR Council in Lisbon this month, where I was one of the panel speakers. I’m planning to post my notes next week, but John’s insight already touches on a wider range…
CA is the highest profile mover this month. It has gained 3 positions and is now ranked at the 4th spot. The firm has been rated as “strongly positive” by Gartner in the records management software market. Symantec has now launched its new Symantec Online Fraud Protection service. It has moved up 4 positions and…
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 results are a useful measure of analysts relations managers perceptions of analyst firms. At the same time, one must think about what the results really…
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 to join Chris Dines’ new venture) and Bola Rotibi (joining MWD), and Marta Munoz Mendez-Villamil (who is now at IDC). We also heard that Ed…
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 of the Informa group, they bring both a personal and professional insight into the challenges facing clients and future buyers of the firm. Aleksandra Bosnjak…