I had a fascinating discussion recently with the head of AR for one of the largest and slickest consulting companies (Honestly, it’s great to be in London — everyone in

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Experton Group, the analysts formerly known as Meton, have been forced by Gartner to cancel its conference. The conference at Munich’s Kempinski Hotel was planned for 27 and 28 September

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Louis Columbus, formerly an analyst at AMR Research, has joined Lighthouse as an adjunct consultant. Louis is leading a long-term project helping Lighthouse clients to track and understand analyst research

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META refugees Meton Group have rebranded, as we anticipated in a post last week, under threat from Gartner’s lawyers. Today the firm is announcing that it has relaunched as Experton

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Each summer Lighthouse does a major update of its analysis of the analyst industry. I’m working with my colleague Ahmed Waqas on the project, which involves liaising with over 500

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Gartner, aided by what legally remains of META, has won a provisional order in the Hamburg regional court against Meton Group. Amongst other things, Meton is forbidden from using its

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Mobile data specialist Mako Analysis is approaching its second birthday. Mako is a great example of the ‘Analyst Firm Cycle’: the process through which analyst firms are formed and accumulates

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As even IDC admits in a recent article, analysts’ research and advisory work isn’t the only influence on buyers. However, analysts are the key external influencer on tech buyers (outside

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