This month, we present a great achievement by Nokia as it ascends to the number 1 spot in the Lighthouse Telecoms Index. And with BT finally moving up from 9th, the June Index really shows how much improvement can be made in just one month. Heading towards the southern tip, Foundry continues this upbeat performance…
On the left you can see the forty firms most mentioned in analyst research. We’ve looked across the Lighthouse analyst index reports to see which firms have the highest profiles regardless of industry. Click on the picture to see a larger version. We’re sorted them from left to right in to show which have risen…
Despite the almost peerless Microsoft’s leading position enduring, and neither Oracle nor SAP moving from last month, this month’s Software Index shows fascinating developments further down the food chain. With just one place changing hands in the top 5, life in the upper echelons of the Software Index seems relatively quiet. Of course, with the…
On July the 4th we’ll be reorganising some of the work allocations here at Lighthouse. In the main, two of the team will be exchanging many of their responsibilities: Hugh Rittner will become co-chair of the firm’s board and will be our client service director; I will take over his role as the lead for…
Which analyst firms have increased their influence the post over the last year? Our 2006 survey of IT and telecoms vendors’ staff says that the answer is Forrester, Gartner, Ovum, Aberdeen and Burton — in that order: the results are shown on the right hand side. Participants in the study received the results this morning,…
The chart on the right hand side shows the ten System companies with the highest profile in analyst research over the last five weeks. It’s part of the Lighthouse System Index, one of our monthly share of voice measurements, which we call the Analyst Index suite.Astonishingly, this month’s top three firms’ ranking remains unchanged. Samsung…
Ovum, the largest European-headquartered technology analyst firm, has formally reported a 25% rise in revenue and a 253% rise in profits. This is in line with the guidance it gave me last November. Our view is that this refects four key developments. Ryan Hankin and Kent was acquired by Ovum this year, masively expanding the…
Everyone at Lighthouse is delighted with the news that we have been awarded an Outstanding Contribution Award by the University of Manchester, the UK’s higher education institution of the year and one of the world’s top 35 universities. The work relates to our pro bono work in helping theUNiversity to develop is mentoring scheme. Lighthouse…