Research Round-up: Five forces determine CRM vendors’ uncertain future

The last few months have seen a shift in how analysts are viewing the market for customer relationship marketing solutions.  In the enterprise, analysts say business managers must act fast

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What’s happening at Yankee Group?

Yankee’s Group’s summer repositioning and restructuring has, more or less, completed the firm’s evolution from a full-service analyst and consulting firm into a data-driven research and advisory firm focussed on

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Change workshops must start with the customer

Now we’re into the second half of the year, many teams use the summer slow-down to re-plan and structure for the rest of year. By the firms have their mid-year

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Crisis is good for business, find analysts

This story caught my eye today: “Forrester Research has the highest gross margin the IT Consulting Industry“. Over the last two years of economic difficulty, Gartner and Forrester have almost

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IIAR invites Chapple & Fersht to discuss AR’s crisis

The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations has invited Duncan Chapple (Managing Director, Lighthouse AR) to join Phil Fersht (CEO & Head of Research, HfS Research) to discuss ‘A Crisis in

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Podcast: Growing analyst M&A reflects both global and industry trends

After Forrester’s purchase of Springboard Research and PAC’s purchase of Berlecon, it’s clear that the resurgence of M&A activity outside the US is also influencing the analyst industry. However, there’s

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Ups and downs in automating analyst relations

How far can analyst relations managers use the marketing automation approach? That’s the question we recently posed to Gary Katz, (LinkedIn, Twitter) CEO of Marketing Operations Partners, and he gave

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PAC’s growth reflects both demand and money left on the table

PAC’s hiring today of John Leigh, a BPO industry heavyweight, reflects the general trends towards the growth in the market for custom consulting. Leigh, previously at BTGS, Gartner, META, Ovum

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