***ATTENTION, NEW DATE*** Join us on the 14th June 2022 for an IIAR> Webinar with Bill Morelli / Chief Research Officer, Omdia (LinkedIn), Nick Fielden / Chief Commercial Officer (LinkedIn), Iva Gotovac / Senior Director for Marketing (LinkedIn) and Tanya Noronha / Product Director (LinkedIn), for an overview of Omdia Research, what it covers and its …
The time has come for another update from Omdia, a unit of Informa. Omdia is one of the most well-established global, cross-tech analyst firms. It was formed in 2020 when Informa combined the considerable analyst and research assets of Ovum, IHS Markit Technology, Tractica and Heavy Reading into a single entity. If you search for …
It’s been fascinating to watch Ovum for the past 15+ or so years, acquiring Butler Group, merging and un-merging with Datamonitor, buying RHK and then been purchased by event giant Informa. The last chapter saw Informa buying the research-part of IHS, namely IHS Markit Technology (August 2019), Tractica (July 2018) and moving it all into …
On Thursday 14 January 2021 we will host our first monthly IIAR> virtual meet-up in the New Year 2021. This month the focus of our discussion will be around the changes in the analyst firm landscape over the last couple of years e.g. Informa – Omdia, 451/ IHS – S&P Global, ESG, etc. Join us …
Informa (INF.L) has acquired IHS Markit’s (INFO) TMT business. Informa Tech, which includes Ovum, will have revenues similar to Forrester’s $350m. It represents a dramatic shift in the analyst landscape. Informa announced the transaction on 22 May as part of an exchange of Informa’s agribusiness service for IHS Markit’s TMT portfolio, including the OTT and …
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I’ve had the good fortune to be an insurance technology / insurance industry analyst since 1997. During that time, I’ve launched and led insurance technology advisory practices at The META Group, Financial Insights (IDC), and Ovum (an Informa Company). I also had the opportunity to work at Advisen doing the Front Page News and writing …
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Omdia continues to fill out its senior positions with the appointment of Roy Illsley as Chief Analyst for the 50-strong Enterprise team.
By Barry Rabkin (LinkedIn, @Impactoftech), President & Principal Analyst, Market Insight Group, Ltd. I was fortunate to become an insurance industry analyst in 1997. Before that time, I had worked in the business side of the insurance industry for 17 years (primarily in marketing and/or market research across all major lines of business) and then due to, …
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IIAR Cafe with David Rossiter and Ovum, 6th April 2017, Central London
#IIAR UK Forum should vendors keep AR in-house or could they benefit from external support? #ARchat
What’s going on at @OvumICT? By @DMRossiter #archat
IIAR webinar and IIAR café with @ovum_ict on the 26/6 #archat
It’s official @OvumICT merges w/ @Informatm #archat
IIAR Webinar with Tim Royston-Webb and Stephens Roberts / Kable on the 27/6/13 #archat
IIAR Networking Event wrap-up #archat
@Ovumict, the quietly competent of the research industry? @richardmahony @ian_c_worth by @lludovic and @cdennington #archat
Analysts and IIAR members alike had a lot of fun at this year’s Christmas party in London on 6th December 2012.
We are pleased to announce that Informa will be presenting some of its latest research around, “Operator Strategies: The Growing Lure of B2B2C Opportunities” on Thursday 9th February at 4pm GMT / 11am ET / 8am PT. Delivering the presentation will be Informa’s Chief Research Officer, Mark Newman (pictured). Discussion agenda: How over-the-top players took the value out of consumer …
Last week the IIAR was given an insight into the new strategy at Ovum in a one and a half hour Q&A session with four of the company’s top executives. The in-person event in London saw Ovum’s MD (Brett Azuma), Global Director for IT (Ian Charlesworth), Global Director for Telecoms (Richard Mahony) and Chief Telecoms …
