The twentieth anniversary edition of Efrem Mallach’s landmark book on analyst relations is now on Amazon. One UK book shop is selling the book at a $75 dollar discount, so first come, first served. It’s less costly than a Gartner report, but the careful explaination of how to calculate the dollar value of your analyst…
We broke the news this week that Gartner would close its consulting business in Asia Pacific this week (the research and Japanese businesses are not affected). Now it’s official: 18 people were laid off. The story leaked out to IDG, the parent firm of IDC. Another IDG brand, Computerworld, has this to say… 75 percent…
So far this year, the systems firm with the biggest gain of analyst share of voice is Xerox. It has raised its profile with the analysts significantly since June last year. The firm is now ranked 7 positions higher in 2007 than it was in 2006. Its recent acquisition of Global Imaging Systems is certain…
Informa has announced that it will purchase Datamonitor for £502 million: around $1 billion. It is an astonishing price, reflecting more than a ten percent premium over the firm’s market capitalisation. In contrast, Forrester Research’s capitalisation is currently $700 million. However, not everyone thinks Informa may have over-paid. Jonny’s feeling is that this “of course…
There’s a strong rumour that Gartner will shut down its consulting division in Asia Pacific and layoff staff. It will probably be announced later this week. This will not include Japan, which is managed autonomously. Staff in Hong Kong and Australia will be hardest hit. At one time Gartner consulting had more than 50 staff…
Motorola is the clear winner in our Asia Pacific Index. The chart on the right compares the profile of some of the leading technology brands in influential analyst research. Motorola is one of the top 20 worldwide, but is seventh in Asia: a big improvement. Firms to the right hand side of the diagonal line…
Many of the world’s leading technology brands suffer from a big credibility gap in Asia — one of the fastest growing technology and telecoms markets. This week we’ve completed work on the Lighthouse Asia Pacific Index, which is a service for clients in that region that ranks the leading technology vendors according to their profile…
Many of the world’s leading technology brands suffer from a big credibility gap in Asia — one of the fastest growing technology and telecoms markets. This week we’ve completed work on the Lighthouse Asia Pacific Index, which is a service for clients in that region that ranks the leading technology vendors according to their profile…