AR professionals who complete Lighthouse’s training seminars now automatically become members of the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations, at no extra cost to themselves. Over the next year a portion of Lighthouse’s training revenue will go to the IIAR; in exchange, the IIAR will grant membership to future graduates of our courses. This represents a…
Forrester Research has made impressive progress over the last year. Its role-based reorganisation has been planned and executed carefully over the last two years. That puts Forrester in pole position to benefit from any discontent among Gartner’s clients, partly because Forrester is also the top analyst firm when it comes to client satisfaction. Because of…
This week we present an analysis of how firms in our Systems Index have progressed this year. For the purpose we have compared how the firms have ranked in July 2007 against January 2007. The graph to the right shows some of the firms that have gained or lost the most. Océ appears to be…
You can qualify as an analyst relations professional – without leaving your desk. Over the ten weeks, two of the most respected analyst relations leaders will share more than 20 years’ insight into analyst relations. Duncan Chapple and Dr Efrem Mallach will teach “Win Them Over” – the course on Mallach’s best-selling AR book of…
The star performer this month has been Dimension Data which has jumped up 7 positions and is now ranked as one of the top 25 firms in the Lighthouse Services Index. The firm has not only won the Helios HR Apollo Award for commitment to employee growth but is also being considered as one of…
The biggest gainer in this month’s telecoms index is Ciena as analyst focus on its big Ethernet push has helped the firm jump 18 positions to land at the 37th spot. However, the most interesting and high profile gainer is Ericsson as it has moved up 5 spots to make it to the 4th position….
“How to build business relations in China?” “How to influence a Japanese decision-maker?” “How to source information from Korea?” When working with Chinese, Japanese and Korean industry analysts, these are probably some of the questions you asked yourself – or been asked by colleagues. On July 19th, a cross-cultural coach and trainer will give answer…
The most high profile increase in this month’s Lighthouse Software Index is shown by Salesforce.com. The firm, providing CRM on demand, has announced outstanding financial results. Moreover, reports of the firm striking a deal with Google have been confirmed and it is possible that analysis of the deal will likely result in further improvement in…