Good news for IIAR members! They have been offered free access to the LiveStream of Constellation’s Connected Enterprise event 2012, being held in California, US from November 9 to 11. Here is the link to the schedule: http://connectedenterprise.ontrackevents.com/schedule.cfm
By Dave Noble, IIAR board member & APJ chapter lead Constellation Research has added to its research portfolio with the appointment of an Australian digital media veteran to lead its coverage of digital marketing transformation, a new research theme which again shifts focus away from traditional IT purchasers and on to business buyers. Based in …
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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…
The IIAR Forum in London this month was with @constellationrg’s @rwang0 @papadimitriou @afairch and @charlesbrett
In London tomorrow and want to meet R “Ray” Wang (@rwang0, LinkedIn) and other members of the Constellation Research team? This is your chance. Constellation Research and the IIAR are organising drinks at a bar in central London (Chancery Lane area) on Wednesday 14th March 2012, from 6.15pm. As well as Ray, we’re delighted to have …
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Wine connoisseurs take as much pleasure talking about drink than savouring it…. so let me indulge you into an analogy between research firms and some of my favourites. As with fine wines and corporate buying trends, so goes analyst firms. The shift of power from IT to Business signifies a move from Wine to Champagne…. …
I was sitting in the middle of a noisy intellectual ruckus about the future of research and advisory services some weeks back when an odd thought struck me. It was at the London IIAR meeting in March, where R “Ray” Wang and his Constellation all-stars were agitating for radical change in the research industry. Ray …
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You’ve almost certainly heard of R “Ray” Wang. First with Altimeter and now with Constellation Research, Ray is positioning himself at the forefront of a new breed of analysts. He and his colleagues are setting out to challenge the monopoly of the existing big firms by introducing new business models and approaches. Agree with him or not, Ray is …
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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 …
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@rwang0 pinged me today to inform us they’re expanding and hiring >link<Here’s Ray’s long laundry list…
#iiaraoty: @pfersht, @zkerravala and @marksmithvr are IIAR analysts of the year, @gartner_inc, @forrester and @Horses4Sources firms of the year, @constellationrg best newcomer #archat”
Constellation Research Inc, a next generation research analyst and advisory firm helping clients navigate emerging and disruptive technologies, announced today that Adrian Bowles has joined as a Vice-President & Principal Analyst. Bowles will focus on technologies and practices that support sustainable business growth.
The Bottom Line: Influencers Who Adopt Multiple Influencer Types Emerge As Market Makers
Market makers create tremendous influence in the market. Today’s savvy influencers adopt multiple influencer types to gain market maker status. A true market maker will master at least four influencer types. For example, some industry analysts earn market maker status by authoring books, writing for media publications, facilitating peer to peer sessions, delivering training, advising clients via consulting, keynoting events, and partnering with academia. Management consultants who author books, gain a column on a blog such as Forbes, and run focused events achieve market maker status. Blogger media moguls who write industry analyst reports, lead training sessions, and speak at events gain market maker status. Expect legacy models to be blown up as new firms of market makers emerge and continue the disinter-mediation of the influencer market.
Ray Wang leaves Altimeter Group to form syndicated research house Starts business with incredible global analysts and advisors including Vinnie Mirchandani, Phil Fersht, Dennis Howlett, Paul Papadimitriou and Brian Solis 70% of customers will be buy-side When Ray Wang explains the thinking behind the newest analyst firm on the market, a few words are frequently …
RightNow is looking for an Analyst Relations Specialist to join their Influencer Relations team, reporting to the Director of Analyst Relations and based in either Boulder, CO, Bozeman, MT, Maidenhead, UK, New York, NY, Reston, VA, San Mateo, CA.
In his last post on sizing an AR team, Evan Quinn offered some criteria for consideration. This follow-on post discusses worst practices that often lead to wrong-sizing and related performance issues with AR.
In what is probably going to be one of the most commented moves in the industry, Merv Adrian (blog, LinkedIn, @merv) is going back to a large analyst firm, the largest actually. Indeed, after leaving Forrester to create IT Market Strategy, a boutique firm selling advisory services mainly to IT vendors, Merv announced he was joining Gatner as VP of Research –apparently in the RAS team along Don Feinberg and Mark Beyer.
Today I hosted a panel of AR leaders to discuss AR best practices in an IIAR phone call: Larry Bissinger of HP; Wendy Shlensky from Infosys; Sushma Rajagopalan from L&T Infotech; and Rob Petrucelli from Accenture
