The discussion in last week’s webinar focussed on the idea that Gartner’s response to the temporary decline in its market has been to cut costs and to focus on the most profitable customers. That’s no surprise, of course. The firm has seen a 13% decline in its revenues in the first half of the year,…
Tiscali is the biggest gainer this month. The firm has been acquired by TalkTalk and has moved up 11 positions. Qwest is up 9 positions this month as analyst focus on its efforts to focus on its broadband business help it to improve its position in the Lighthouse Telecoms Index. Vodafone which has announced the…
Novell, which showed off its cloud computing security service to analysts, is the most high profile gainer this month. The firm has improved its rank by 2 positions and is currently at the 7th spot. Genesys has also improved its ranking as analyst focus on its IVR systems help top improve its score. The firm…
Intel is the most high profile gainer this month as it moves up 2 positions. A new strategic partnership with telecom giant Nokia and launch of the 34nm SSDs have helped to lift Intel to the third spot. It would be interesting to see if the firm will be able to retain the spot next…
BT Global has moved up 2 positions this month and is now ranked in the top 5 firms of the Lighthouse Services Index. The firm has improved its ranking as analysts focus on its Managed and Professional Network Services. The firm’s chairman has highlighted difficulties with the BT Global Services business and identified it as…
At 11 am Eastern time we’re repeating our webinar to review recent changes at Gartner. It’s been interesting to see the feedback we’ve been getting from folk over the last month. A number of these suggest that Gartner is increasing its lead on Forrester in client numbers (although Forrester’s building deeper relationships, and there’s more…
Alcatel-Lucent is the most prominent gainer this month as it moves up 2 positions to the 8th spot. It has received the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award but the improvement in the firm’s ranking can be mainly attributed to its new strategic alliance with HP. Brocade, which has announced double digit growth in its share…
The top gainer this month is Lawson Software which has moved up 25 positions and is ranked 36th. Analysts’ observations about Lawson CUE 2009 are one of the major reasons for its improved rank this month. One of the other top gainers this month is Infor. Its announcement to acquire SoftBrands has helped improve its…