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Analyst relations professionals express frustrations with @Forrester price increases, ask the firms really listens to its customers #ARchat
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IIAR> Discussion Group – Forrester Pricing and Negotiation (and other firms)
Forrester, one of the big three of the industry analyst firms, recently became more expensive and have become firmer in terms of contractual Ts & Cs. Forrester is certainly not the only firm raising prices and tightening terms, but their move prompted the need for IIAR> members to discuss: What can an AR professional do …
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2022 IIAR> Awards Winners
On 8th December 2022, the Institute of Influencer and Analyst Relations (IIAR>) announced the winners of its annual community awards. In a year of many challenging dynamics, this year’s awards focused on recognising those professionals who drove value for their team and their clients, and on analyst delivering insights that helped drive competitive advantage. Analysts …
IIAR> Webinar with Forrester Research
Join us on the 14th July 2022 for a presentation from Forrester’s Danielle Jessee (LinkedIn)/ Manager of Evaluative Research and Stephen Powers where they will share recent updates on Forrester’s methodology. This webinar will provide AR pros with the information they need to plan strategic and impactful engagements with Forrester this year. We are excited …
IIAR> Webinar with Forrester Decisions
Join us for a presentation from Forrester’s Sharyn Leaver for an overview of Forrester Decisions As many of you remember, in 2019 Forrester acquired SiriusDecisions. Primarily focused on the business functions of sales, marketing, and product management, SiriusDecisions was purchased with the hopes of blending Forrester’s strategy and its operational excellence to provide a more advanced …
IIAR> Discussion Group: approaching research contracts negotiations in a pandemic
The Covid_19 and economic impact of lockdown is making 2020 truly unique, squeezing budgets for all companies. Most technology vendors hold contracts with the likes of Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Omdia, 451 and others ; and renewals for 2021 are predictably going to be tense.
IIAR> Webinar: Forrester’s Evaluative Research Portfolio
Join us for a presentation from Chris Andrews / VP Research Product Management, Forrester (bio, @chrisandrews50) for an overview of Forrester’s research portfolio.
IIAR> Webinar: Forrester in 2020
Join us for a presentation from Sharyn Leaver / SVP, Research for Forrester’s 2020 plans. Hosted by Andrew Hsu (@andrew0hsu, LinkedIn) and Aniruddho Mukherjee (@aniruddho, LinkedIn), Sharyn (bio, @sharynleaver) will share Forrester’s big research themes for 2020, as well as how they are refreshing events. Plus, she’ll touch on analyst momentum and what it means for …
A turn of the tides? The IIAR> Analyst and Firm Of The Year 2019
London, Wednesday 27th November 2019. At the IIAR> we believe in taking a stance and recognising greatness when we see it -an approach we find more impactful than sprinkling awards to dozens of “winners”. Today, at the IIAR> London Christmas Party kindly sponsored by HCL, we celebrated the top industry analysts and firms of the …
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The IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2018
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 …
[GUEST POST] Do’s And Don’ts For Analyst Interactions by Chase Cunningham / Forrester
Having just been through an onslaught of work related to the Forrester Wave™ evaluation on Zero Trust eXtended ecosystem platform providers, I think that it’s worthwhile to put some guidance out there that might help folks as they interact with analysts (well, me, mainly, but maybe it will help with others, as well). And a …
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My Take: Forrester Acquires Sirius Decisions
This week, Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SiriusDecisions, for $245 million in cash. Larry Dignan at ZDNet did a great job breaking down the deal here. As with all acquisitions, many of the details have not been decided or announced yet, but as I long-time client of both firms, I …
Trio of analyst departures at Gartner underlines why backup strategy is so important
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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IIAR Discussion Group: negotiating with Forrester. Are you getting the best value from your contract?
Feeling the pinch in your negotiation with Forrester on your subscription contract?Do you feel comfortable in buying the multiple seats being pushed your way? Is Forrester covering the technology and business areas that are important for you? You’re not alone – many of your peers and IIAR members have commented (see the IIAR Tragic Quadrant …
Who is the IIAR Analyst of the Year 2017?
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, …
Crisp Research confirms position as rising star on the European AR scene with arrival of top analyst Stefan Ried
AR Professionals if Crisp is not on your radar, this would be a good time to take a look – Stefan Ried has just joined.
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.
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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Constellation and the curse of the (not so) magic quadrant
At the beginning, the intent was pure. Industry analysts, more specifically the buy-side “prescribers” exist to help technology buyers (often referred to as end-users) select the best vendors and providers. They gather insights through public and private sources such as (semi-)private vendor briefings and conversations (inquiries) with their end-user subscribers. Some analysts take hundreds of briefings and inquiries …
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Who’s really shaping the digital future?
Professor Neil Pollock looks at the role industry analysts play in creating today’s markets and asks: Who is shaping this dynamic digital world?… The words digital economy conjure images of young, tech-savvy entrepreneurs breaking moulds in a world where technology is disruptive. But could the reality be much more mundane and mercantile?
