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 analysis, which last year discussed the trend for analyst firms to give away their basic research. “Analyst houses” he commented “have been using this model…
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 the Endele Effect. For those who don’t know her, Cathy is one of the most senior analysts at Gartner following the services market. Few…
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 Tilling will be discussing in an IIAR conference call next week. AR professionals need to weigh up what sort of measurement approach will be accepted…
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 digital camera products will hopefully help the firm maintain analyst focus on its products. Another firm that has managed to gain analyst focus this month…
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 Providence are bidding. The primary logic for a merger with UBM was the economies of scale in combining two large business media and exhibitions groups….
One of the foremost services analysts in Europe, Dr Katy Ring, has joined her former Ovum colleague Gary Barnett at Bathwick Group. Bathwick is a boutique analyst firm noted for its strong relationship with IBM, said to stretch into seven figures. Ring will create Bathwick’s new Global IT Services research programme, due for launch at…
This article by Kyle Flaherty is useful article to share with public relations colleagues who want to getter understand the rational for AR. Kyle evaluates three common ideas about AR: [1] Analysts are just paid-off hacks, PR shouldn’t deal with them, just cut a check; [2] You submit a vendor briefing or just become a…
The most high profile Services event this May has been the acquisition of EDS by HP. The deal, valued at approximately $13.9 billion, is expected to more than double the revenue for HP Services. Analyst focus on the news has helped HP Services gain 4 positions this month and make it to the list of top…