Thanks to Dominic for passing me some thoughts on “Metrics Used in Analyst Relations”, copyrighted by Josh, so ask them for a copy. In a few words, he neatly summarizes the pros and cons of several metrics. When considering what might be the implications breaking the copyright law, learn from this learn course about how…
Douglas Hayward, senior analyst on the Holway@Ovum service, has left the firm to join IDC. Holway was one of Ovum’s most senior hires from the journalist community. Until 2003 he had worked on the Financial Times. During the dot.com boom, he edited the UK’s leading IT business magazine, Computing. Hayward’s ability to write well, and…
The stock-market jitters of the last weeks have already made a massive change in the conversations between analysts, vendors and their clients over the last weeks. In April we’ll be relaunching a January 2002 course, on communicating through a reccession, that I never thought I’d have to run through again. While a recession may not…
S&MM SoundOff is carrying an interesting article on : Working with Analysts. It’s worth carrying Dave Stein’s conclusion in full: Running an analyst firm is fraught with surprises, at least for me, including:* Non-stop calls from vendors of all sizes * Invitations to audit training classes of every type and in every location * The…
After 2 months of quiet there is a quite a lot of action in the Services Index. Orange Business Services (up 8 places), BT Global Services (+7) and Patni (+6) have entered the top 25. HP Services(-6), Xansa(-7) and TietoEnator (-6) have dropped out of the top 25. There is even some movement in the…
The Forrester (FORR) 2007 IT Spending Forecasts are out. Considering this week’s fall in stock on the Nasdaq, our post titled Preparing for a US slowdown, linked to growth elsewhere also stresses the need for vendors to look widely. Forrester’s analysis concludes that the region with the highest growth will be EMEA (which Forrester defines…
The Forrester (FORR) 2007 IT Spending Forecasts are out. Considering this week’s fall in stock on the Nasdaq, our post titled Preparing for a US slowdown, linked to growth elsewhere also stresses the need for vendors to look widely. Forrester’s analysis concludes that the region with the highest growth will be EMEA (which Forrester defines…
Datamonitor’s technology analysts in London have moved into spare space at Cardinal Tower, which also houses Ovum. While this will cut traveling times for vendors on tour, it’s still business as usual at both those analyst firms. This year Datamonitor’s managers are placing their emphasis on client retention, aiming to keep it at over 90…