Merv Adrian’s posting reminded me how being given vendors’ Powerpoint after a briefing was really useful for me when I was an analyst. You can go into the outline view and cut and paste the heading into Word, then type up your notes often reusing their headings if they were factual. That could lead to…
The protests outside the G20 summit in London reminded me that for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction. Every problem is an opportunity for someone, even in this current recession. There have been four recessions in recent history; this one is different. Consumers are loaded with debt, the return on savings is falling,…
Clara.net, our email service provider, had problems with its storage provider on April 2nd. We worked around this using our back-up domain, and things are back to normal. However, some emails might not have got through. If there’s something you were expecting and it did not arrive, drop us an email.
The top gainer this month in the Lighthouse Outsourcing Index is BearingPoint which has gone up 5 positions. Mentions about the firm in analyst reports have shot up due to news of the firm filing for Chapter 11 protection in US. It would be interesting to see how the firm restructures its operations to ensure…
Stacey Hawkins, until recently Gartner’s worldwide Managing VP of Research Methodology, praised our recent podcast on the Magic Quadrant in a comment. She makes the important point that lack of clarity, either by the vendor or by the analyst, is behind most of the difficult issues associated with the MQ. I consider myself something of…
Yankee Group deserves praise for posting the slides and audio from its regular open Q&A session for analyst relations professionals. As we discussed back in October, the firm has faced a challenging year. In the Q&A discussion, CEO Emily Green outlined the firm’s research priorities and influence. Sadly, the description of influence focused on the…
Merv Adrian, the former Forrester analyst who recently founded IT Market Strategy, has produced a useful summary of some of the discussion about analysts who blogs. It’s a useful summary of the discussion on blogs’ influence, because it shows both what’s on people’s mind and also the blind spots that are not coming up in…
Nortel is the most high profile mover this month, a result of both that firm’s bankruptcy protection filing and because of analyst interest in VoIP and contact centre solutions. It has moved up 2 spots and have gained a place in the top 5 this month. The firm’s plan to sell off certain portions of…