Lighthouse often works with companies that have to deal with negative reports from industry analysts. Not every negative report need to be treated like a crisis, but negative reports generally indicate a weak relationship. There are some very effective ways to improve relationships, but sometimes firms can’t wait to improve the relationship before they try…
CBRE, the international real estate company, has updated its global 50, which lists annual office costs per square foot, as real estate companies are a big business now a days and real estate agents as the ones linked here can help people a lot getting their dream homes easily. Once again, the West End of…
Former Nike CFO Bob Falcone‘s investment fund has bought Gartner’s 70-strong custom research business, along with some strong relationships with firms like HP, Microsoft and Intel. The Portland, Oregon, business had recently changed its name from Gartner Custom Research to GCR Custom Research. Customer research is a growth market, and Falcone plans to use GCR…
I’ve been mulling over an article by Martin Waller. Waller reports some research into equity analysts that shows that analysts’ confidence about the market, as tracked by the ratio between buy and sell recommendations, is a counter-indicator. He argues that analysts have no idea what they are talking about when analysts look up, the market…
One of Lighthouse’s partners, Ikonami, is arranging a convoy with blankets, clothing, food and medicines to assist those affected by the eathquake in Pakistan (Ikonami is a software development boutique: our firms co-operated in an attempt to rescue SageCircle, an applications service provider of analyst relations systems that closed its doors in 2003). Ikonami’s convoy…
While many observers expected a rush of new entrants and expansion of existing players to fill the vacuum left after Gartner’s April acquisition of Meta, the reality in the Asia/Pacific region – where Meta had a reasonable market presence – has been a resounding silence. It is only now, as the non-competes of former Meta…
Industry veteran Enrico Camerinelli helped a number of his former clients at META Group to calculate their return on investment from IT purchases they had made. Enrico’s methodology for calculating the value of analyst relations has resulted from the work. Analyst relations managers already understand the extent by which large enterprises support their ICT investments strategies…
I’ve just returned from some meetings in Germany, and can report a real surprise. Two software analyst boutiques [Schwetz Consulting and Naujoks & Collegen] have started the 2005/2006 round of a certification scheme with Hewson Group, the UK-based CRM analyst firm.. The scheme allows vendors to show independent validation of their software solutions. Having been…