The 451 Group and Tech:Touchstone: A good match of cultures and vision
Post by @CDennington on the @451Research acquisition of Touchstones events.
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A New Year and a New Owner for Yankee Group – the 451 Group
On January 3rd 451 Group announced the acquisition of Yankee Group from Alta Communications (private equity firm) for an undisclosed sum. All Yankee Group employees are to be retained and the company will operate as an independent division of the 451 Group adding the 18 analysts (and 7 affiliate analysts) of Yankee Group to the
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[GUEST POST] Six steps to get value for money from your analyst contracts
Guest post by Duncan Chapple (@duncanchapple) We recommend six steps for firms wanting to get more value from analysts: Audit, Benefits, Options, Goals, Portfolio design, Negotiate.
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[Guest Post] Humpty Gartner’s Logic
Blog courtesy of: Simon Levin (IIAR Board Member), Managing Director at The Skills Connection A client of mine was talking to a Gartner analyst recently and learned, to his delight, that the analyst had given a particular prospect a clear steer in his direction. “They’re a mid-sized company and they asked for my advice on
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[Guest Post] Analysts are treated inhumanely
By: Duncan Chapple, Consultancy Director at Loudhouse This is an independent opinion piece submitted by an IIAR member and AR professional – it does not represent the official views of the IIAR. Analyst relations (AR) programs have a substantial opportunity for improvement. This month I’ve been reviewing ten years’ worth of data from the Analyst
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[GUEST POST] Will the real leader please stand up?
Guest post from @stcrossgroup on AR professionals career development: Will the real leader please stand up?
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[GUEST POST] Despite it all, Ovum is still a tier one analyst firm in Europe
Nice post on Ovum by the folks at Loudhouse Blog, reprinted here with their permission. Of course, because it’s a Loudhouse post it’s not the official IIAR position, in case anyone thought otherwise. See also the other Ovum posts on this blog, including the one on our recent IIAR London Forum featuring Ovum’s top management.
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[GUEST POST] Big Dogs don’t yap: the secret ingredient for MQ success
Blog courtesy of: Simon Levin (IIAR Board Member) What is it that makes the difference when it comes to making the step up into the Leaders section of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant? Ever wondered what companies who gain recognition as Leaders have in common? Having seen four of our MQ Tune-Up clients gain Leaders status for the
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[Guest Post] Does the consulting approach beat published research?
By: Simon Levin, The Skills Connection / IIAR UK Co-Chapter Lead We saw an interesting blogging spat last week between Stanton Jones of ISG and Lydia Leong at Gartner, with the flames fanned by tweeted comments from Phil Fersht of HfS. The row was centred on some research published recently by Lydia on managed hosting providers, but
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IIAR Teleconference: KCG and Intelligen present an APJ view of the global analyst landscape
Due to popular demand we will once again be holding KCG’s presentation on the global analyst landscape. It proved a huge hit among US and EMEA AR audiences so we would like to extend the opportunity to those of you in Asia-Pacific to take part. The teleconference will be held on Wednesday 6th June at
[Guest Post] The Secret Sauce and the Secret Sorcerers by Simon Levin
I was sitting in the middle of a noisy intellectual ruckus about the future of research and advisory services some weeks back when an odd thought struck me. It was at the London IIAR> AR Forum in March, where R “Ray” Wang and his Constellation all-stars were agitating for radical change in the research industry.
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IIAR US Teleconference: KCG presents its take on the global analyst landscape
Next Thursday 10th May at 11am EST / 8am PST / 4pm BST The Knowledge Capital Group (KCG) will be sharing its findings on the definitive market share and market size numbers for Analyst Firms globally.
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[GUEST POST] The Wi-Fi isn’t working!
I’m here at an analyst conference, trying to combine a seamless online and offline experience. The presentations are compelling, the panel discussions are lively, and I should be using social media to augment and amplify the information I’m soaking up from my seat in the second-to-back row. Except that I can’t. Because, as usual, the Wi-Fi
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[GUEST POST] Timing is everything
There’s no penalty for jumping the gun On your marks. Get Set. Go. When the starting gun goes off, there is always going to be a rush of adrenalin, a surge of excitement, and a striving to get up to speed and do your best. But when the starting gun goes off in relation to
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IIAR> Café at Gartner Symposium, Orlando – 17 Oct 2011
The IIAR> will be hosting a members-only networking event during the Gartner Symposium, in Orlando, USA on Monday 17th October, 6pm ET. After a frantic day of briefings and workshops come and relax with IIAR friends over a cold drink. It’s a great way to wind down plus the perfect chance to discuss where and how you
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[Guest Post] IIAR> UK AR Forum: Sales and Social Media Debated
I was delighted to host the IIAR> (Institute of Industry Analyst Relations) Analyst Relations forum yesterday in a very sunny and hot London. It is always great to see how many AR professionals are willing to come along and meet old friends, make new contacts, learn about best practice and share their own experiences. Fionnula
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What’s happening at Yankee Group?
Yankee’s Group’s summer repositioning and restructuring has, more or less, completed the firm’s evolution from a full-service analyst and consulting firm into a data-driven research and advisory firm focussed on mobility (which the firm defines as advancements that enable fluid access to any content, applications or services from any device, by anyone, from anywhere at
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IIAR> Asia/Pacific Virtual Forum: Value of Social Media to APJ AR
The IIAR> will be holding is first Virtual Analyst Relations Forum in Asia/Pacific with a guest panel to discuss: What’s the value of social media to Asia/Pacific AR professionals? Steven Noble – Senior Analyst (eBusiness & Channel Strategy), Forrester Mandi Bateson – Director, Digital, Hill & Knowlton Dave Noble – Asia/Pacific Chapter Lead, IIAR (moderator)
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Four ways analysts must respond to the crisis
The IIAR’s developing discussion on the crisis in AR (reflected by analysts’ declining comfort in recommending solutions) took interesting turn recently. In the the institute’s second conference call on the topic, I was asked to spell out suggestions for how analysts can reverse the falling quality of information sharing by vendors, which is the root cause of analysts’ lowering confidence. These are my four suggestions.
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[Guest Post] The Use and Abuse of Analysts (poor things)
Quocirca published back in 2007 a report on out how not to treat members of the analyst community -it should certainly be compulsory reading for anyone entering the world of AR.
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