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Industry analysts have voted! Announcing the IIAR Analyst Professionals and Teams of the Year 2017

The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR), the not-for-profit professional association established to raise awareness of analyst relations and the value of industry analysts, has announced the winners of the IIAR Analyst Professional of the Year 2017 and the IIAR AR Team of the Year 2017 Signe Loenberg / Loenberg AR is the IIAR AR Professional of the Year 2017 …

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Stay tuned for the IIAR Analyst Relations Professional and Team of the Year 2017…

The IIAR AR Professional of the Year 2017 survey run by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations is going to be announced tomorrow, Wednesday 12th July 2017 at 2000 BST during the 2017 IIAR Summer Party, sponsored by TCS! Who will succeed as top AR professional current title-holder Signe Lonberg? Which AR team will take the title from the …

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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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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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Who’ll be the Analyst Relations Professional of the Year 2016?

“The AR practices have become much better in recent years!” revealed one Gartner Analyst who participated to the IIAR 2016 survey. It’s now near the time to announce results of the second AR Professional of the year survey run by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations! Who will succeed as top AR professional current title-holder Clare …

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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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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.

[Guest Post] Why IT Vendors Should Take Industry Analysts (More) Seriously

By: Dr Neil Pollock, University of Edinburgh Business School After several years’ research on industry analysts and IT Research firms there are some interesting conclusions to be reached on how industry analyst firms are exerting influence on IT vendors and their product markets. This is just a snapshot of some of Dr. Pollock’s findings. 1. …

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