After a long an windy road, Omdia, the UK research firm and successor of Ovum but also of Butler, Datamonitor, RHK, IHS Markit, the recently acquired Canalys and some more…. finally spins off from Informa and goes stateside by merging with TechTarget and its subsidiary ESG (Enterprise Strategy Group, née Enterprise Storage Group) into a […]
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Check the highlights of our IIAR> Firms Webinar with ESG’s Mike Beaudet / SVP Strategic Client Campaigns and Programs (LinkedIn) and John McKnight / SVP Research & Strategy (LinkedIn) hosted by Ludovic Leforestier / IIAR> Board Member and Founder Starsight Communications (@lludovic, LinkedIn) and Gerry Van Zandt / Senior Director, Analyst Relations, Alteryx (@gerryvz, LinkedIn) on the 9th November 2023.
IIAR> Analyst Firm Webinar Highlights: Mike Beaudet and John McKnight / ESG (11/23) Read More »
Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) focuses on technology market research. Founded in 1999, it was acquired by TechTarget in 2021. We have organised a webinar with ESG for our IIAR> community to get to know ESG in their wider ecosystem. Our guests from ESG will be: Some of the key discussions will on: This IIAR> Analyst
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If you read part 1 of my blog post ’20 mistakes analyst relations teams are making’ you will hopefully have learnt a few things. Including the fact that I am not shy when it comes to sharing my thoughts! So here we go with part 2 of my list of don’ts, pitfalls, and worst practices when it
Good news: With improvements, everyone will see better resultsI’m going to make an assertion that will seem unnecessarily provocative. After working for a decade as an IT industry analyst—including interacting regularly with analysts from other firms — I am confident in saying that many, indeed perhaps most, analyst relations teams are sub-optimizing their relationships and, by
Fashionably late but always on point and by popular request here’s the IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2018, a representation of how Analyst Relations Professionals (AR Pros) have rated analyst firms in the 2018 survey we ran for the Analyst and Firm of the Year 2018. For new readers here, the Tragic Quadrant is of course a
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Gartner has been forced to delay a Magic Quadrant report for at least six months due to the mass departure of pivotal analysts covering the enterprise data center space. The delay followed news that analysts Dave Russell and Pushan Rinnen were leaving to join vendors. The duo were the mainstays of the Gartner team covering
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The temperature may be dropping, but things have been heating up in the analyst community. Yes, it’s that time of year when we ask you to put the analysts themselves under the spotlight. The 2017 IIAR> Analyst of the Year Award nominations saw some hot competition, but inevitably there can be only one winner (well,
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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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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
Winners announced: IIAR Analyst of the Year 2016 Read More »
The IIAR Tragic Quadrant: which analyst firms are impactful, relevant and easy to deal with?
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@evanquinn on why gatekeeper AR is risky, why PR mindset doesn’t work, who does AR well and more!
