People on the Move in Analyst Relations

HfS Research overtakes Forrester in 2017 Outsourcing & Automation Analyst Firm Awards

The 2017 Outsourcing & Automation Analyst Firm Awards contain quite a surprise. According to the responses from automation and outsourcing professionals who responded to the 2017 Analyst Value Survey, HfS Research has overtaken Forrester as the second most valuable analyst firm they use. Gartner, of course, is in first place. Reflecting the fast pace of the market, […]

New method for Analyst Value Survey

A new methodology is shifting the focus of the annual Analyst Value Survey onto the professional’s experience of analysts. Unlike previous years, where value was expressed in concrete services, the 2018 AVS is asking executives to describe the value of analysts in their own words. The survey is now publically live at analystvaluesurvey.com, via a […]

CXP & HfS overtake ISG in 2017 IT Services Analyst Firm Awards

IT services is one of the highest value segments covered by the Analyst Value Survey. Participants in the 2016/17 survey told us that just five firms produce most of the value coming from the dozens of analyst and advisory organizations in that market. below are the ten winners of our 2017 IT Services Analyst Firm […]

IoT is not technology, but vision

Our recent article on IoT prompted a rejoinder from Saverio Romeo, Chief Research Officer at Beecham Research and visiting fellow at the Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research at the University of London. I do not see the Internet of Things as a technology. I see the Internet of Things as vision and the implementation […]

IoT analysts: focus, but look for new market opportunities

Analysts and advisors following the Internet of Things (IoT) see many aspects to the sector’s massive underlying growth opportunity. We’ve taken a look at some of the early responses to the Analyst Attitude Survey. In other areas, advisors and analysts had a lot to say about the challenges facing vendors. With IoT, however, the opportunities […]