This month, we have decided to present our Analyst Index differently. Instead of the usual suspects all vying for the top spots, we are going to show the most dramatic movers within this month’s Systems Index. The biggest climber this month is Infineon Technologies which has leapt a fabulous 7 places into 30th position. That’s…
Now the dust has settled, we are starting to get a closer look at the impact of Orbys Consulting’s purchase by Ovum. Some key details are: In the short term, it’s business as usual. Orbys will remain a separate brand and a separate practice. Ovum wants to internationalise Orbys and create more Orbys services for…
Ovum’s purchase of Orbys Consulting seems to have all the right strings attached. The deal extends Ovum’s client base of large user organizations and gives Ovum clients access to Orbys’ distinctly pragmatic strategies for choosing suppliers and finalizing contracts. Orbys is a profitable $7.3 m consulting business which consults to many of Europe’s largest buyers…
Last night the Lighthouse team in London invited our alumni and board members to join us to celebrate our birthday. Luckily they took us up on the invite. A grand time was had by all. It’s an interesting opportunity, especially because it always produces some possibilities for sharing contacts and expertise: one of our board…
EDS and Accenture have been running a two horse race for some time now in our Services Index, with EDS finally nosing ahead at the last. Yahoo had a fine run too this month going from nowhere to sixth and close on its heels is LogicaCMG which has finally cracked the top ten. The rest…
EDS and Accenture have been running a two horse race for some time now in our Services Index, with EDS finally nosing ahead at the last. Yahoo had a fine run too this month going from nowhere to sixth and close on its heels is LogicaCMG which has finally cracked the top ten. The rest…
We recently mentioned that budgets for AR have risen to 28% of PR spend. I’ve had an interesting question from a reader. Do increased budgets mean anything? Effective analyst relations is really about building relationships not simply about budgets, or even mainly about budgets. Isn’t this even a point Lighthouse makes, that most AR effort…
On Wednesday September 6, Lighthouse Analyst Relations will be eight years old. We’ve invited our staff, board, alumni and our evil twins at Lighthouse PR to join us for dinner at Maroush, the city’s leading Lebanese restaurant. Lighthouse has a lot to celebrate of the last year, largely thanks to the high standards and forceful…