Archive for April, 2007
What makes a tier 1 analyst?
Last week, I blogged about “what makes a tier 1 analyst house?” following Armadgeddon’s dismissive views of Canalys. This original article provided the catalyst for some quite thought provoking debate from Dom and Duncan. Personally I think I got the title wrong on my original piece as the focus should instead concentrate on the influence […]
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Gartner: 80% of active internet users will have a “Second Life” in the virtual world by 2012
Gartner produced some interesting research around the hype regarding how companies should participate in virtual worlds such as Second Life and Habbo. First Law: Virtual worlds are not games, but neither are they a parallel universe (yet). The initial reaction of many business leaders when faced with virtual worlds is to dismiss them as a […]
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Forrester Research in their recent Social Technographics report has hit the nail on the head in helping to explain how companies should approach social computing. Charlene Li in her blog explained some of the key points: Many companies approach social computing as a list of technologies to be deployed as needed – a blog here, […]
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Analysts are the most trusted
What impact do analysts have on a companies bottom line? According to the 8th annual Edelman Trust Barometer report published earlier this year – the answer is extremely high. The research shows that global opinion leaders rank industry analyst reports as the most trusted source of information about a company, above articles in business magazines. […]
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Kudos to Westcott for picking this story up – it looks as though a mole has the inside story on when Blair will be leaving. This prompted a mini-discussion between us which reminded me of my playground arguements around who would win in a fight – superman or spiderman. The topic this time was: who […]
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Robert Scoble made a great post last week on his blog that really got me thinking. He explained that he first heard about Mexico City’s earthquake yesterday on Twitter – a good 6 minutes before USGS (the official earthquake monitoring site) and Google News started reporting it. What makes this interesting is the way that […]
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ARmadgeddon went on the offensive today mocking Canalys self-promoted PR calling themselves a tier 1 analyst house. This has caused some understandable rantings as to whether they indeed fall into this top drawer. How are tierings evaluated? Is it as Armadgeddon suggest by revenue per analyst/consultant? Personally I think you have to look at the […]
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Remembrance in second life
Jonathan Hargreaves in his cold coffee rants looks at the way technology is being used following a tragedy. Ye olde, old world media have had field day with the tragedy in Virgina this week and somehow I seem to be becoming immune to the way they sensationalise such horror. But reporting or events around the […]
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Charlie Wood makes a great post today about blogger relations. It’s not surprising but they main point he raises is that bloggers should be treated like their own group and not lumped into the same bucket as press or analysts. This mantra is not new, but it is surprising that it isn’t mass adopted. He […]
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