Vendor consortium will turn IDC into end-user specialist
An announcement today confirms that Oracle, IBM and SAP have come together to buy IDC. It’s a shock move that is shaking the powerhouse of the industry, Gartner Group.
Humour
The IIAR “Tragic Quadrant”
The IIAR Tragic Quadrant: which analyst firms are impactful, relevant and easy to deal with?
Gartner’s latest April Fool’s prank- the Hype Bicycle!
Gartner’s latest April Fool’s prank- the Hype Bicycle!
TGIF – analyst magic quadrant
Funny post here with a “Magic Quadrant” (albeit a 3×3 matrix rather than 2×2): (Humor) The Rosetta Stone of IT Industry Analysts | ZDNet Well worth a read if you have a minute. More seriously, the point is all about selecting analysts in function of the intended audience and desired results. IMHO, tiering should be …
Friday: scheduling
Scheduling is one of my pet peeves, simply because locking diaries for a briefing between an exec and an analyst is complicated. They’re just usually really busy and travel so much they have a better chance to bump into each other in an aiport lounge than on a conference call! I sometimes think it’s easier …
Downfall: Gartner MQ and learnings
In this post and in the comment, AR professionals and analysts will find useful tips and best practices on the Gartner Mqgic Quadrant (also applies to the Forrester Wave and IDC Insights Short Lists).
The British Are Coming! Datamonitor stalks Gartner analysts
Datamonitor’s truck rolled around the Gartner headquarters in Stamford, CT, this morning. The firm’s Ovum’s business is aiming to hire, and the hoarding on the van asked analysts to send their resume in. As Greg has argued, Datamonitor may have to work hard to get Gartner analysts’ attention: and it seems to know it.
TGIF!
A Friday post, just to wind-up my friends at IDC and DQ (Hi Claus, Fabs, Eric, Chris, Ivano, Bo, Angela, Bob… and all the ones I forget!) From Dilbert.com And a serious thought as well: would more transparency in the research process help with objectivity and vendor independence?
