Leveraging the Power of Analyst Relations
Industry analyst relations is an essential, if underutilized, tool in the marketing and positioning of software and IT services companies. Because of their relationships…
CXP Group advances in Analytics & Big Data Analyst Firm Awards
The 2017 Analyst Firm Awards for Analytics and Big Data seem to be rewarding firms that are most deeply engaged in conversations with clients….
Gartner’s Cool Vendors says winning boosts sales
What have Box, Dropbox, Nest, Evernote, Cloudera, Palantir and Instagram in common? They were all designated a Cool Vendor by Gartner. So, what happened…
Do layoffs at 451 Research reflect lower value?
News of a reduction in force at 451 Research (eight analysts and a handful of other staff are affected) will have analyst relations managers…
KPMG in, Ovum out: 2017 Cloud Analyst Firm Awards
These 2017 awards have been superceded by the 2018 Services & Cloud Analyst Firm Awards. The Analyst Firm Awards celebrate the most valuable analysts and…
Warning: Don’t use guesstimates of analyst firms’ revenue
The size and significance of different analyst firms’ share of revenue are among the longest-standing disagreements in analyst relations. Broad measures of the market,…
Join Kea in supporting Doctors Without Borders
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders is the latest charity to benefit from Kea Company’s Analyst Attitude Survey. As a gesture of thanks to the hundreds…
Attack of the Zombie Quadrants Webinar
Algorithms, not analysts, increasingly decide which firms are placed in analysts firms’ research, and how they are valued. Gartner is placing a big bet…
Video shows why that meeting went wrong
Today some colleagues and I have been discussing with Dr Michael Smets (@michael_smets), from the Centre for Professional Services Firms at the University of…
Frost & Sullivan beats 451 in 2017 IoT Analyst Firm Awards
These 2017 awards have been superceded by the 2018 Analyst Firm Awards. IoT is now part of our cloud and services awards. Depending on…
Podcast: What Startups Should Know about Analyst Relations
Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, produce one of the best podcast series in any market. This month they have…
Kerler: Absurd vendors want analysts to be both biased & neutral
Click to read ‘Warning: Don’t use guesstimates of analyst firms’ revenue’ Our article called ‘Warning: Don’t use guesstimates of analyst firms’ revenue’ is a…