IIAR Analyst Of The Year

And the winners are… Celebrating the IIAR> Awards recipients for 2025 (12/25)

The Institute for Influencer and Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR>) is pleased to announce its 2025 Annual Award winners. Chosen by votes from analysts and AR practitioners, these awards stand as the only independent honours highlighting outstanding achievement in the tech industry’s AR and analyst community.

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Celebrating Excellence: IIAR> AOTY & ARPOTY 2025 Awards Launch (12/25)

The IIAR> 2025 London Xmas Party – The AR Community’s Holiday Celebration – Sponsored by Omdia and Verdantix

Register NOW and celebrate the season with over 100 Analyst Relations Professionals and Analysts at the legendary The IIAR> Xmas Networking Party! Join us in the heart of Central London for an evening of festive cocktails, delicious canapés, and high-impact networking.

The IIAR> members are welcome to invite their analyst guests – full details are included in the registration confirmation.

The event will also be an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding contributions made by Analysts and AR Professionals throughout the year. Together, we’ll raise a toast to this year’s top performers in the AR world – those who have set the benchmark for excellence across our industry.

The excitement begins early! The IIAR> Awards Committee will reveal this year’s Analyst and Analyst Professional of the Year winners during our Awards Announcement Webinar ahead of the party – so be sure to tune in before joining us at the party to toast their success in person.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you – see you there!

The IIAR> Xmas Party

Date> Thursday 11 December 2025

IIAR> Xmas Party Time> 1800 GMT onwards

Location: Central London

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The IIAR> 2025 London Xmas Party London – Sponsored by Omdia, Verdantix, Narrativeworx and Amdocs (12/25)

The IIAR> 2025 London Xmas Party – The AR Community’s Holiday Celebration – Sponsored by Omdia and Verdantix

Register NOW and celebrate the season with over 100 Analyst Relations Professionals and Analysts at the legendary The IIAR> Xmas Networking Party! Join us in the heart of Central London for an evening of festive cocktails, delicious canapés, and high-impact networking.

The IIAR> members are welcome to invite their analyst guests – full details are included in the registration confirmation.

The event will also be an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding contributions made by Analysts and AR Professionals throughout the year. Together, we’ll raise a toast to this year’s top performers in the AR world – those who have set the benchmark for excellence across our industry.

The excitement begins early! The IIAR> Awards Committee will reveal this year’s Analyst and Analyst Professional of the Year winners during our Awards Announcement Webinar ahead of the party – so be sure to tune in before joining us at the party to toast their success in person.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you – see you there!

The IIAR> Xmas Party

Date> Thursday 11 December 2025

IIAR> Xmas Party Time> 1800 GMT onwards

Location: Central London

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IIAR> Winter Networking Party 2023

The IIAR> 2023 London Xmas party & awards are coming!

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The best gathering of industry analysts and analyst relations professionals is back! The famous IIAR> London Xmas Party will be held on Tuesday 5th December 2023 at 1800 GMT in Central London. We are excited for you to join us for the announcement of the IIAR> Awards,

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A Deep Dive into the IIAR 2022 Awards

A Deep Dive into the 2022 IIAR> Awards

The IIAR> Awards winners for 2022 have already been announced, and again, congratulations to all the winners and finalists. But it doesn’t end there. Do you want to know more about the survey results? Do you want to learn about what makes some of the winners and finalists so good at what they do? Then

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2022 IIAR> Award Winners

2022 IIAR> Awards Winners

On 8th December 2022, the Institute of Influencer and Analyst Relations (IIAR>) announced the winners of its annual community awards. In a year of many challenging dynamics, this year’s awards focused on recognising those professionals who drove value for their team and their clients, and on analyst delivering insights that helped drive competitive advantage. Analysts

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IIAR> Awards 2022 logo

Announcing the IIAR> Awards 2022!

In 2022, we all navigated a year filled with ongoing and unexpected challenges. In a dynamic global marketplace, the need for insights to support a company’s strategic path forward was never clearer. Let’s celebrate the analysts and the analyst relations professionals who helped companies gather and develop insights to press forward and advance. We are

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IIAR> Xmas Party 2022

IIAR> Xmas Party 2022

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The IIAR> Xmas Party 2022, celebrating Analysts and AR pros, will be on 8th December 2022 at 1800 GMT in Central London. We are excited for you to join us for drinks, canapés and networking at our famous Holiday Party. It is will also be an opportunity

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IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2018 v04

The IIAR> Tragic Quadrant 2018

Fashionably late but always on point and by popular request here’s the IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2018, a representation of how Analyst Relations Professionals (AR Pros) have rated analyst firms in the 2018 survey we ran for the Analyst and Firm of the Year 2018. For new readers here, the Tragic Quadrant is of course a

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IIAR Analyst Of The Year 2018: Margaret Adam / IDC

IIAR> Analyst Of The Year 2018: The Awards Unwrapped.

Who’d have thought Christmas would come this early? Grab a glass of bubbles, put on the festive music and light the fire. It’s time to unveil the IIAR Analyst Of The Year award winners. 2018 was a year in which influencer relations became more important in delivering business impact, and so unsurprisingly analysts’ voices have

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IIAR negotiating with forrester. aniruddho Mukherjee, ludovic leforestier

IIAR Discussion Group: negotiating with Forrester. Are you getting the best value from your contract?

Feeling the pinch in your negotiation with Forrester on your subscription contract?Do you feel comfortable in buying the multiple seats being pushed your way? Is Forrester covering the technology and business areas that are important for you?  You’re not alone – many of your peers and IIAR members have commented (see the IIAR Tragic Quadrant

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IIAR Analyst Firm of the Year 2017

Who is the IIAR> Analyst of the Year 2017?

The temperature may be dropping, but things have been heating up in the analyst community. Yes, it’s that time of year when we ask you to put the analysts themselves under the spotlight. The 2017 IIAR> Analyst of the Year Award nominations saw some hot competition, but inevitably there can be only one winner (well,

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The IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2017 featuring Gartner, IDC, Forrester, 451, Ovum, ESG, Machina, Crisp, Constellation, HfS

The IIAR Tragic Quadrant for 2017

The Tragic Quadrant is compiled from data collected as part of the IIAR Analyst of the Year Survey, where, annually, we invite analyst relations professionals to rate individual industry analyst and the firms they work for.

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AOTY

Winners announced: IIAR Analyst of the Year 2016

The IIAR is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s IIAR Analyst of the Year 2016 and IIAR Analyst Firm of the Year 2016 AND THE WINNERS ARE… Keep reading below for the IIAR Analyst of Year 2016, IIAR Global Analyst Firm of Year 2016, IIAR Independent Analyst of the Year 2016 and the best

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Who will be the IIAR> Analyst of the Year 2016?

The IIAR> mainframe has been humming once again… and the IIAR> Analyst of the Year 2016 winners will be announced tomorrow (6th December 2016) at the IIAR> Christmas Party in London. Last year’s vote was a close run thing, with a number of analysts fighting it out. Our winner Julie Short  (LinkedIn, @JulieDShort) at Gartner just pipped several other

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Around Dan Bieler from Forrester in 10 questions

Today we ask our probing questions of Dan Bieler from Forrester. Dan (Linkedin, @DSBieler) was runner up in this years IIAR Analyst of the Year for 2015 as voted by analyst relations professionals   1. What are your coverage areas? Key focus areas include customer engagement strategies, the mobile mind shift, and digital transformation.

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Ray Wang / Constellation (IIAR website)

Around Ray Wang in 10 questions (redux)

Today we ask our 10 probing questions of Ray Wang from Constellation. Ray (Linkedin, @rwang0) was runner up in this years IIAR Analyst of the Year for 2015 as voted by analyst relations professionals. 1. What are your coverage areas? Digital transformation, disrupting technologies, service providers transition, cloud bill of rights, vendor selection, software licensing and pricing.

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