Business Objects is the highest riser in the top-teir of the Lighthouse Software Index this month. It has jumped up 6 positions. Its standing has certainly been helped by news of SAP’s proposed acquisition of the firm. Salesforce.com which has just announced entering the ‘Application Performance’ market has also gained 3 spots. With a modest…
Reedwan Iqbal is conducting Forrester’s “AR Annual Budget Survey”, which seems to be a new Forrester survey of AR budgets and costs at global and regional AR teams. Our clients received invites mid-week, and were asked to reply by Tuesday next week. While the use of the data has not been finalized, Iqbal explains that…
The rapid pace of change at Ovum means that clients has asked us to schedule an extra time for our Advisor Spotlight webinar on Ovum. As with all our Advisor Spotlight sessions, we will discuss Ovum’s evolution, new services, target markets and pricing challenges. However, we’ll also discuss if Ovum should be put up for…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is the biggest mover this month as it gained 6 positions to land itself on the 10th spot. The firm has enjoyed excellent financial results and analysts seem quite interested in its strategy regarding quad-core x86 processors. NEC has also jumped up 4 positions and is now at 6th spot. The…
In following on from my first Credo, I have received independent confirmation from an analysts that there is no win from being aggressive. And vendors should be vigilant about finding out how their AR managers and agencies are treating analysts. It’s the old one isn’t it – one satisfied customer has much less impact than…
Fujitsu Services is the biggest mover this month and has entered the top 25. The firm is moving to expand in the Nordic region by acquiring the Swedish firm Mandator. Analyst firms are also focusing on the recent outsourcing contracts awarded to Fujitsu which will hopefully propel the firm further in the coming months. BT…
One of the UK’s top 100 tech firms has a new director: John Bolitho, one of Lighthouse’s board members. Bolitho is joining Tadpole Technology plc as a non-executive director. Tadpole is one of the corporations included in the FTSE techMark 100 stock market index. Lighthouse’s board meets on the 22nd of this month and this…
Penteo, the main analyst house in Spain, is a deeply influential firm: almost all its revenue comes from end-users; it is independent, and is seen to be independent; its business model is based on deep relationships, meaning that it has strong customer loyalty. Penteo is, in many ways, the archetype for the analyst firm that…