This 2014 award for enterprise software has been superceded by the 2018 Enterprise Analyst Firm Award. AR people in the enterprise software industry need to pay much more attention to

2014 was the breakout year for freemium analyst firms. It’s fundamentally ended the fantasy that only Gartner and Forrester were “deal-maker or breaker” firms. An excellent illustration of that is the

This award has been superceded by the 2018 Americas Analyst Firm Awards. Hundreds of professionals across the Americas voted Gartner, Forrester Research, HfS Research and Digital Capital Group into the

Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm awards for 2014 (AFOTY14) show a major market divide: In contrast to demand-side users of analyst services, people in supply like firms like technology vendors, service providers

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The spreadsheets are closed, the judges are happy and the winners are being told. Next week this site will announce Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 (AFOTY14). We’re narrowed down the

In September 2014 Phil Fersht at HfS Research published some charts which showed its lead position as the firm had increased the most in influence over the preceding year. That’s