Five steps after Informa grab of IHS tech analysts
How to respond to the year’s biggest shakeup Late yesterday we heard the biggest analyst industry news in years. By rolling up four notable…
Nom Nom Nom. Informa grabs IHS Markit Technology
Informa (INF.L) has acquired IHS Markit’s (INFO) TMT business. Informa Tech, which includes Ovum, will have revenues similar to Forrester’s $350m. It represents a dramatic shift in the analyst…
Sales enablement: Dave Eckert on winning sponsors and success
In the third part of Duncan Chapple’s interview, Dave Eckert explains winning sponsors and creating sales enablement success. Earlier installments are on getting started…
Dave Eckert: Five things analyst relations must provide to sales
In the first part of my three-part interview with Dave Eckert, he outlined the foundations for the sales enablement of analyst relations. In this…
SageCircle alum Dave Eckert on getting started with Sales Enablement
Dave Eckert, who led the SageCircle analyst relations consultancy, is one of the most experienced veterans of the analyst relations community. His work helped…
14 things you need to know about analyst interactions
My colleague Elena Georgieva gave a great Lunch and Learn talk to CCgroup colleagues recently. I tweeted the highlights and, wow, it’s enough to…
Former Gartner, Inc. Vice Presidents Launch World-Class Analyst Network
It’s not often I get cited in an analyst firm’s press release, so it’s a delight to share this news. 19 experienced worldwide analysts…
techUK launches Edinburgh Uni ‘Analyst Launchpad’ certificate
techUK, the industry association whose ‘Analyst Launchpad’ seminars educate British tech business on analyst relations, has announced a University of Edinburgh certificate in analyst relations.
IT mainstreaming poses challenges for the future of AR
The usage gap is widening between analysts’ most- and least-used coverage areas. That’s the finding of January’s mini-survey, which originally aimed to test new…
techUK and Edinburgh Uni launch free Analyst Launchpad events
Building on a decade worth of Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) sponsored research carried out at the University of Edinburgh Business School (UEBS),…
Not-so-Magic Quadrant: Gartner analysts’ experience falls; vendors’ data collection burden grows
If you only read one post by Simon Levin this year, this is it (Is Gartner research quality under threat?). Simon puts the current dip in…
MWD closes: can independent analysts stay relevant?
MWD Advisors’ analysts joined IDC last month, putting on ice one of the most respected independent analyst organisations. Neil Ward-Dutton and Craig Wentworth were…