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Analyst technology predictions 2011

[Originally posted on Technobabble 2.0] Every year industry analysts formally put their reputation on the line and make predictions for the next 12 months. This post aims to summarise their views in one place – I recommend you click on the links by each post if you want to read more detail.

The IIAR Analyst of the Year 2010

The IIAR Analyst of the year 2010 winners are: Recap of the IIAR Analyst of the year 2010 winners: Phil Fersht / Horses for Sources, Gartner, Phil Dawson / Gartner, John Rymer / Forrester, Liz Herbert / Forrester, Dane Anderson / Gartner, Phil Fhersht / Horses for Sources, Chris Barnard / IDC, Thomas Murphy / Gartner, Chris Mines / Forrester, David Metcalfe / Verdantix, Charlene Li / Altimeter Group

Analyst ethics?

I strongly believe that any time a vendor gives money to an analyst firm for paid-for work it needs to be referenced and authentic. Our industry needs firms it can trust to help them make informed decisions – without them, and if it’s reputation is tarnished by the acts of a few who practice methods I don’t agree with then the whole market fails.

Webcast: Impact of Social Media on the Analyst Industry

Register for the Webcast: The Impact of Social Media on the Analyst Industry A Roundtable Discussion with Jonny Bentwood, Barbara French, Carter Lusher, and Jeremiah Owyang Wednesday, July 21st at 5pm-6pm UK, 9am-10am Pacific Tag is #SocialAnalyst, Link for topic recommendations: http://bit.ly/9IBfmF Over the past dozen years I have been in numerous briefings with analysts …

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Is shooting on the referee productive?

Contentious conversation 1 – integrity of analysts and the future of AR Blog by Tom Bittman from Gartner: A Rant – My Integrity as an Analyst Summary: Gartner analyst angry that he has to justify his integrity My view: Edelman trust barometer consistently shows that over the past few years analysts are the most trusted …

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The Superstars: Ray Wang, Jeremiah Owyang and Deb Schultz join Charlene Li at Altimeter

Pop quiz… Question: what do you get if you combine the analyst of the year (Ray Wang), the analyst blogger of the year  and author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (Charlene Li), the most influential social media analyst (Jeremiah Owyang) and the previous lead of the Social Media Lab at …

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IIAR Analyst of the Year 2009 (Part 2)

Honesty, integrity, knowledge, curiosity, insight, passion, respect and influence These characteristics were repeatedly highlighted when AR Pro’s were asked to identify the analyst house and individual who they wanted to recognise as being the best in the industry. This second post in the “analyst of the year” series aims to highlight individuals and firms who …

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Analyst of the year 2009 (part 1)

In a year where analysts have had to prove their worth to fight back against the reduction in discretionary spend, we would like to applaud those companies and individuals who have shown a commitment to providing a service that goes above and beyond what is expected. This series of blog posts will showcase the results …

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Event: AR 2.0 at IIAR meeting with Josh Bernoff (Forrester), Dale Vile (Freeform Dynamics) & Dean Bubley (Disruptive Analysis) – Sept 17, London

Over the past few months, I have been debating the issue of how AR pros should use social media tools to enhance their analyst relations. Whilst it is clear that there is indeed a huge momentum of the use of blogs, twitter, wikis, facebook etc, what is unclear is whether it is AR’s job to …

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