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SageCircle is the premier provider of research and commentary about the IT and communications industry analyst ecosystem. SageCircle covers both advisory analysts (e.g., Forrester and Ovum) and market researchers (e.g., IDC and Yankee Group) from the largest firms (e.g., Gartner) to single practitioners (e.g., Enderle Group).
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Hot Topics
for the week of February 8th include:
- Forrester tells analysts no more personally-branded research blogs – this is a very hot topic with people both criticizing and supporting Forrester
- Analyst firm earnings calls this week: Forrester (Feb 10th) and Gartner (Feb 9th) – has the recent acquisitions, recession and social media damaged their influence? Click on links for previews.
- Social media and the analyst ecosystem – how social media is changing influence landscape
Press Archive
Network World
Rival analyst firm tries to lure Gartner/Burton Group customers
EMA offers free access to Burton Group clients after Gartner acquisition by Jon Brodkin, Feb 01, 2010
One of the quotes – “Similar marketing campaigns occurred about five years ago after Gartner purchase META Group, Lusher says. But this probably is not the start of a long-term war between analyst firms. "I think this is just opportunistic to leverage the buzz around Gartner's acquisition," he says.”
DestinationCRM Gartner Acquires Burton, Finalizes AMR Deal
Information technology research firm expands its offerings with two recent acquisitions. by Jessica Tsai, Jan 30, 2010
One of the quotes -- "Acquisitions and spin-offs...have been an essential element of the analyst ecosystem since Day One," says Carter Lusher, a SageCircle analyst. "If you look at the ’90s, there were nearly 100 acquisitions, and we ended up at end of the [decade] with actually more than we started out with."
SageCircle rebutted KCG Bill Hopkins' quote in KCG gets it wrong for analyst relations and research clients when it comes to impact on the analyst landscape caused by Gartner’s acquisitions
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