New data about the financial performance of public relations companies should be worrying not only PR professionals, but also their clients. According to the most recent Plimsoll report 35% of PR companies in the UK made a loss last year, up from 25% ten years ago. I have often been mystified why it is an exception,…
The technology services industry has evolved at such a frightful pace in recent months, I won’t be surprised that in some time it may be renamed as Digital Services industry doing completely away with the traditional era terms. In the immediate future, some of the older legacy phrases may just fade away too and if…
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Michael Wolf, former VP of Research at Gigaom, and former Forrester analyst Scott Santucci, join us on our new Influencer Insights Podcast to discuss the two biggest developments in the analyst industry recently: Gigaom’s closure and the reorganisation at Forrester. The podcast also covers other interesting developments in the IT research industry including the newly announced partnership…
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In this second episode of Kea Company’s Influencer Insights Podcast we cover a number of interesting developments in the IT research industry such as the fall of Gigaom and the newly announced partnership between Constellation and DCG. It features interviews with former VP of Research at Gigaom Michael Wolf, and former Forrester analyst Scott Santucci.
Gigaom Research, where I was working as a research lead for the past several years, has ceased operations as part of the takeover of the operations of Gigaom by creditors. Obviously, the company as a whole was living beyond its means for some time, as $22 million in venture money has been burned in the…
Writing on the Influencer Relations website, a veteran software CEO has appealed for industry analysts to clean up conflicts of interest, and for customers to not buy from firms who do not. Kyield CEO and AI expert Mark Montgomery left the comment on the website’s most controversial post, which discusses the business model of Constellation Research…