RedMonk is Hiring: Data Scientists/Griots Please Apply
RedMonk is hiring. RedMonk 1.0 was all about voice, and we certainly owned that, operating at a scale far exceeding our notional size. but with Coté leaving its a chance to recalibrate – RedMonk 2.0 will be about making the voice richer and more authoritative with data. Doing our day jobs has meant than Stephen and I have probably […]
It’s That Time of the Year: Top Lists. (No, Not Zuckerberg)
Ok, so The Zuck is Man of the Year, and Julian Assange, while snubbed by Time Magazine, takes refuge in a mansion surrounded by a 600-acre park. But Time is not the only one going through lists… it’s That Time of the Year, and professional organizations vote on their Top Lists. I’m really proud to […]
Blast Off To Constellation!
First Things First. Thank You Altimeter Group. The rumors are true. I’ve left, but on good terms. I remain a unit member and investor of Altimeter. I wish my former colleagues the best. In fact, Altimeter’s been doing great work. The firm has grown from 10 to 135 clients in 13 months. The team is […]
Oracle’s Influencer Relations: Mom Are We There Yet?
A fellow Enterprise Irregular posed this question to the EI’s relative to the maturity of the industry and the acceptance of bloggers @ Oracle Open World:Especially after the Workday session where 20 of us from small and large firms all…
Two steps forward, one step backward for enterprise bloggers?
This is an awkward post to write. I am at Oracle Open World as a guest of the some very hospitable individuals at the vendor. Yet, something happened yesterday which I think is important for the social world to discuss and debate. Dennis Howlett, Frank Scavo, a couple of journalists and I were initially allowed […]
Gartner buys Burton and the Analyst Consolidation Question
With the news that Gartner is buying The Burton Group today, the topic of IT analyst consolidations is popping up again. While I’ve only been in the analyst world for 4 years now (come Feb 2010), working at a small firm has given me, I wager, more of a view into the machinations of the […]
The Cloud Adoption : Early Signs
Was in a closed door meet with some customers, influencers analyzing the state of the cloud computing market and the future directions including key players maturity, monetization and derivative impacts throughout the cloud landscape. The clear consens…
What To Do With The Gartner Magic Quadrant?
As you may have noticed, last week Gartner published its annual E-Recruitment Magic Quadrant. With every Magic Quadrant comes the press releases from vendors telling people how great Gartner thinks they are, other vendor quietly complaining about their precise positioning in the graph, and the myriads of “influencers” challenging Gartner’s vendor rankings due to their […]
