***ATTENTION, NEW DATE*** Join us on the 3rd February 2022 for an IIAR> Webinar with Phil Fersht / CEO & Chief Analyst, HfS Research (@pfersht, LinkedIn), for an overview of HfS Research, what it covers and its methodologies. HfS Research is an analyst firm delivering Insight, Inspiration, Impact, and Advice for business operations and sourcing leaders.
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 …
A turn of the tides? The IIAR> Analyst and Firm Of The Year 2019 Read More »
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 …
Can other vendors copy Israeli firms’ exceptional success in earning Gartner, Inc.’s Cool Vendor designation? Maybe not. Their success reflects both Israel’s unique start-up ecosystem and those start-ups’ ability to leverage Gartner’s experienced account management in Israel. The numbers of Cool Vendors in Israel continue to rise. At the recent Cool and Hot Vendor Forum, …
[GUEST POST] Does Israel have more cool vendors than China? Read More »
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.
Don’t miss the @IIAR Webinar: The @HfS Research-As-a-Service Model -“Thriving in a Market that Refuses to Change”
#ARchat, #HfS,
By Phil Fersht (@pfersht, LinkedIn) from HfS (@HfSResearch) on their business model.
The IIAR Analyst of the Year 2015 is @JulieDShort and the IIAR Firm of the Year 2015 is @Gartner_inc #ARchat
The IIAR Tragic Quadrant: which analyst firms are impactful, relevant and easy to deal with?
Today we ask our infamous ten probing questions of Tom Reuner (LinkedIn, @tom_reuner) from HfS Research where Tom Reuner is now the Managing Director of IT Outsourcing Research. Questions: 1. What are your coverage areas? IT and business services. My remit is to drive the HfS research agenda for the “As-a-Service Economy” across SaaS applications, cloud eco-systems and …
Around Tom Reuner from HfS Research in 10 questions Read More »
The IIAR Analyst Firms of The Year 2014 are @Gartner_inc @Forrester @IDC @ConstellationRG @HfSResearch @ventanaresearch @smbgroup @Just_Clarity #AOTY #ARchat
“Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM” – a widely used cliché (FUD) from the 70s and 80’s. This would not work as a sales line now and perhaps, the days of “No one ever got the sack for using Gartner” and the role of AR professionals are also numbered ? Disrupting the status quo of the …
IIAR Webinar with @rwang0 and @pfersht, moderated by @@M_Myers and @lludovic
IIAR is delighted to let you know that our next UK Forum will be held on March 7th at 4pm GMT in London (near Victoria)!
The IIAR is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s IIAR Analyst of the Year and Analyst Firm of the Year AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Today we learn more about Phil Fersht, CEO at HfS Research. Phil has become a household name in the BPO business with a long track record of analysing this technology sector. Having worked as a Director at IDC for five years and then as VP at Yankee, Phil went on to work for Deloitte Consulting …
Around Phil Fersht from HfS Research in 10 Questions Read More »
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 …
[Guest Post] Does the consulting approach beat published research? Read More »
HfS Research announces revolutionary new on-demand service division to support enterprises with complex decision-making around outsourcing and business operations strategy New York, New York, November 29th, 2011 – HfS Research, the leading global analyst advisory firm covering outsourcing and shared services strategies, today announced it has joined forces with Sylvan Advisory to form HfS Consulting. …
A distinguished panel of US analyst experts will be discussing hot trends for 2012 in the world of IT services and software for 1-hour on Wednesday 30th November at 11am ET / 8am PT / 4pm GMT. Guest speakers: Phil Fersht, Founder & CEO, HfS Research Mark Smith, CEO & Chief Research Officer, Ventana Research Moderator: …
#iiaraoty: @pfersht, @zkerravala and @marksmithvr are IIAR analysts of the year, @gartner_inc, @forrester and @Horses4Sources firms of the year, @constellationrg best newcomer #archat”
