Interesting post by Carter Lusher from Sage Circle lasty week: Spoon feed analysts public information « SageCircle Blog Is it AR’s job to do the research for analysts? Or put differently, where’s the boundary between the analysts’ research job and AR’s job of providing information? What do you think?
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Around Neil Ward-Dutton / MWD in 10 questions
This week, it is my pleasure to welcome one of the Neils of MWD Advisors.com, only shortly after he kindly participated at our last IIAR Forum: Neil Ward-Dutton. Those two ex-Ovum analyst have founded MWD in 2005, and this year have hired two more analysts and launched their first continuous advisory services. They also have […]
The IIAR Analyst of the Year survey — and the winner is….
And the winner for the IIAR analyst of the year is….
Dealing with AR
In this article, Alan Pelz-Sharpe, Principal with CMS Watch and former VP North America for Ovum, shares some very interesting insights on AR from the analyst’s perspective. Some tips on how not to deal with a critical ‘independent’ analyst I have been an analyst and commentator for 10 years now – for most of that […]
Around Josh Krischer from Josh Krischer & Associates in 12 questions
This week, in our continuing series of analyst interviews, Josh Krischer, founder and principal analyst with Josh Krischer & Associates, shares his insight on the IT analysis market. What are your coverage areas? I cover Mainframes, high-end computing, storage, disaster recovery techniques and data center consolidation. What are your opinions of the IT Analysis Marketplace […]
Around Ray Wang from Forrester in 10 questions
This week we have the pleasure of interviewing R “Ray” Wang from Forrester Research. In his spare time, he also contributes to the insightful Software Insiders blog. Thanks to Ray for his insights on the Software industry and also some thought provoking views on the IT Analysis industry too. What are your coverage areas? Research […]
Around R. David Hofferberth of Service Performance Insight in 12 questions
Continuing our series of analyst interviews, next into the hotseat is David Hofferberth, from Service Performance Insights, one of the few analysts covering the Professional Services market -a huge but little spoken about industry. What are your coverage areas? I cover business applications that are used in the professional services sector. Traditionally, these have boiled […]
Around Robin Bloor from Hurwitz & Associates in 12 questions
In the second of our series of ‘email interviews’, we open up the IIAR blog to Robin Bloor (@robinbloor) of Hurwitz & Associates (and yes, the founder of Bloor Research) to share his views on the industry.
How do we decide that analysts are important?
A recent piece by Lighthouse Analyst Relations on “bloggers vs. analysts” raises some interesting questions about whether and how firms should target their limited AR resources. One argument says that AR professionals should focus their efforts only on those analysts who have the most direct influence on sales by advising end users, and that because of the […]
A dream for a collaborative AR platform
Gartner Inc. (NYSE:IT) came around yesterday for the IIAR forum at CA’s offices (thanks to Geoff Dorrington for hosting). So, thank you Aaron Yaverski (GVP High Tech Provider Product Management) and Andrew Rosenblatt (from Product Development). They presented some of the roadmap for the “Gartner for AR” offering and this got me thinking…The first thing […]
Gartner to present at IIAR January Forum
Aaron Yaverski, GVP High Tech Provider Product Management for Gartner, will be our guest speaker at the next IIAR Forum on January 31. Forums are open to IIAR members. For more information, please contact IIAR Secretary Hannah Kirkman.
IIAR Member Directory
The new IIAR Member Directory has just been posted to the IIAR website – to view, go to the Library section, under IIAR General Information (membership required for access). The directory will be updated regularly so if any members who are not included would like to be added to future editions, please just drop me […]
AR Institute launches on LinkedIn.com
The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations has expanded onto LinkedIn, the main business networking site. The new IIAR group allows AR professionals to connect with each other, and allows members to pass on connections and requests for information to other people on LinkedIn. The site lists more than 500 current contacts at each of the […]
IIAR Working Groups
The IIAR is a grassroots movement ; we encourage and support members in forming IIAR Working Groups to convene together, discuss and drive agendas for the benefit of the AR community. New workgroups should be submitted to the IIAR Board. Membership of a group is open to any IIAR member: all members are encouraged to participate in […]
IIAR Calendar
Upcoming Forums IIAR UK Forum – panel discussion on financial services trends in 2013, plus case study in London. TBC IIAR UK Christmas Networking event – informal get together for analysts and IIAR members on Thurs 6 Dec, 5pm GMT onwards, central London IIAR APJ Forum – on October 9th, TBC. IIAR APJ Forum – on […]
About the IIAR
Sub-sections: [Why join the IIAR?] [The IIAR Code of Ethics] [IIAR news] [IIAR Members] [IIAR Task Forces] [IIAR Board and secretary] Welcome to the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations The IIAR is a not-for-profit organisation established to raise awareness of analyst relations and the value of industry analysts, promote best practice amongst analyst relations professionals, enhance […]
AR leaders to launch professional institute
Senior analyst relations professionals from across Europe have agreed to launch a professional institute. A meeting in London yesterday gathered together members of Europe’s two analyst relations networks to agree the goals, membership requirements and organisational framework for a new international association. Half of us went for dinner afterwards, and Marius’ photograph gives an idea […]