The IIAR has announced the winners of the 2008 Analyst of the Year award, on its blog. The leading award goes to R. ‘Ray’ Wang, at Forrester Research – which also wins the awards for Analyst Firm of the Year. Forrester also came top in sectoral studies for the US, for services, for software and…
Ericsson and BT are the two most high profile gainers of analyst focus this month. Ericsson notched up 2 positions and is now at the 3rd spot. The fact that Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg is enthusiastic about future growth is sure to help keep analyst focus on the firm. BT which has announced its acquisition…
We’ve been looking at the Analyst Equity archive to see which articles from before April are currently most read. If you’re looking to see what topics are on the minds of other analyst relations managers, then they make interesting reading. The twelve top entry pages are: 1 Unisys “leads the pack” in the Lighthouse Services…
Two dozen people, including eight analysts, have been laid off at IDC. The new alumni include semiconductor analyst IdaRose Sylvester and analysts in a number of areas, including handsets, OSS and billing, and business consulting. This is a modest change for IDC, as we discuss below, but it has some strategic and tactical implications for…
Amdocs is the most high profile gainer this month in the Lighthouse Software Index. The firm has acquired Jacobs Rimell, a provider of fulfillment solutions for the broadband cable industry, and the resulting discussion has helped it to move up 15 positions this month. The gain has also helped Amdocs enter the top 25 this…
Burton Group’s IT1 service launches today (see here), just months after Current Analysis announced a partnership with ETIS. Both developments reflect a push by analyst firms to deepen their roots on the buy side. IT1 expands Burton Group’s services for technology buyers and adds in research assistance and advisory programs. Current Analysis, best known for…
Datamonitor CEO Mark Meek met us last week to explain to us his plans for Ovum. A touchstone in the conversation was the highly effective turn-around of Datamonitor’s once-struggling health-care business at the start of this decade. His direct involvement in that appears to have given him a well-formed and specific understanding of the needs…
April has been a quiet month for the Lighthouse Systems Index with no major upsets in the top ranking. However, lower down the order Barco, which specializes in developing and designing visualization products, has improved its rank this month by notching up 4 positions. The firm has recently launched a high definition LCD display claiming…