Chris Dines, who led Ovum through its successful IPO and sale to Datamonitor, has had more time for one of his real passions — cycling — since leaving the firm. He is planning one big excursion this year and this time it’s for charity. With 2000 others he is taking part in the Palace to…
The most high profile gainer of analyst focus in this month’s edition of the Lighthouse Telecoms Index is Alcatel-Lucent. The firm appears to be expanding its operations base in multiple geographical regions including Asia, Africa and Europe. The result is reflected in excellent second quarter 2007 results and has earned the company an improvement of…
One of Lighthouse’s traditions is the Boardroom, a free and private off-the-record discussion for AR managers. We have been holding these discussions in San Jose every April for a few years: on Thursday, September 20 we’ll start to hold boardroom discussions in London. The topic for the invite-only discussion in September is the changing business…
In an interactive webinar yesterday we discussed how Gartner’s focus on selling individual research seats is producing new opportunities for IDC and other firms to meet the growing demand for consulting and events. IDC’s striking success in growing its events business make it look more motivated than Forrester, the other major analyst firm. For that…
Lighthouse organized an informal gathering in Chicago for people with an interest in industry analyst relations in August 2007. As one of the founders of the Institute for Industry Analyst Relations, I’ve found casual, out-of-work discussions to be highly effective: they help people with an interest in AR to network — and help us all…
Information Builders, known for its business intelligence solutions, is the biggest gainer in this month’s Lighthouse Software Index. The firm has formed a partnership with Blyk to deploy Information Builders’ webFOCUS and iWay software solutions and has moved up 23 spots. Meanwhile, Sterling Commerce, recognized by Manufacturing Business Technology for Delivering Innovation to the Manufacturing…
The latest ARmadgeddon post is an article by Bill Hopkins. I just saw it on my way out for lunch with one of Gartner’s competitors – who had already been discussing the article to see if it suggests any opportunities for them. Hopkins seems to feel that the role of analyst firms is to meet…
Over that last few months Aaron and his friends at Vantelo have been surveying readers to find out how their service should develop, and what the best name for it would be. The result is a new name: ITAnalystReports.com. It’s a great service, but I’m going to miss the old name. Vantelo suggested vangard and…