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Who will be the IIAR> Analyst and Analyst Firm of the Year 2020?

By Aniruddho Mukherjee on Friday 16th October 2020 in 451 Group, ABI Research, Aite Group, Altimeter, Analysys Mason, AOTY, CCS Insights, Celent, Constellation, Crisp Research, Current Analysis, Digital Clarity Group, EJL Wireless, EMI, ESG, Everest Group, Experton, Focus, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, G2 Crowd, Gartner, GigaOM, Heavy Reading, Henry, HFS Research, IDC, IHS, IIAR, IIAR Analyst Of The Year, IIAR Tragic Quadrant, Influencer Relations, Informa, ISG, IT Market Strategy, Lopez Research, Machina Research, NelsonHall, Omdia, Outsell Inc, Research in action, Saugatuck, TBR, TechMarketView, TekPlus, TrustRadius, Ventana 0

The IIAR> Analyst Of The Year is a long-running industry award that uniquely compiles input from analyst relations professionals and aims at highlighting individual analysts, new analysts, firms and client partners who have impressed our community. In other words, it’s our way to reflect and share our appreciation for the best industry analysts in the business.

At the IIAR> we believe in taking a stance and recognizing greatness when we see it -an approach we find more impactful than sprinkling awards to dozens of “winners”. This survey is open only for analyst relations professionals and agencies. It uses the IIAR> SOSM methodology based on perceived sales impact and strategic insights, resonance in the media, and ease of doing business.

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German analyst firms: die große Konsolidierung

By Yvonne Kaupp on Thursday 10th March 2016 in AR, BARC, Berlecon, CXP, Experton, ISG, IT Analysis Firms, PAC, Saugatuck 3

German consulting (and analyst) firm Experton (web, @expertongroup in German, seems they stopped tweeting in English back in 2013 @twitter.com/experton), founded by ex-Meta Group employees (including Andreas Zilch), falls to American ISG (web, @ISG_News).

With BARC and Berlecon in the CXP Group stable (including PAC), the German IT analysis market is now largely foreign owned with the exception of TechConsult (@techconsult_de,owned by media group Heise)

ISG also bought Saugatuck (web, @ISG_Insights), showing they believe scale is key in the research subscription business model. Continue Reading →