Have most analysts completely given up doing research?
Authors: Phil Fersht and Ray Wang: Industry Analysts who still give a shit (This is a collaboration and represents our individual points of view and not necessarily our employers. Oh wait, that’s us…. moving on…) We called it three years’ ago and we can now officially proclaim that the industry once known as “research” is […]
Great to see Gartner adopting our HfS Blueprints!
Yes indeed folks – Gartner has announced it is doing its own “Blueprints research”!
Time to stop the buzzword balderdash and become meaningful again
Our industry has started to lose the plot with the amount of buzz terms spewing around
Accenture de-emphasizes the term “outsourcing” – is this the final death knell for the O word?
Accenture’s dropping the term “outsourcing” from its strategy line is the most significant yet in terms of rebranding the outsourcing business
It’s time to de-social our lives
I would argue that it’s actually time to “de-social” our behavior to regain the effectiveness and quality of our interactions and relationships.
Fooled by Forbes’ fantasy fiction?
One issue dominating the tech-media back channels of late is publisher Forbe’s use of its column “BrandVoice” to promote blatantly various technology products, such as Oracle and SAP. “What’s wrong with advertorials?” I hear you ask. Well, simply put, BrandVoice articles are not clearly portrayed as advertorials, such as when you read a car advertisement in the Wall […]
So… on which side of the fence sits Gideon Gartner?
So the Grandaddy of great big research, and (arguably) the founding father of today’s IT industry analyst business, Gideon Gartner, picked up on our recent post “Will the industry analyst business be dead in five years?”
Why I wrote that piece…
Having been blogging for over four years, I’m used to putting down my thoughts and concerns about things I care about. I normally don’t think about it too much, I just write and enjoy the banter and discussion it creates. It’s like having a “virtual pint” with friends, peers and colleagues. So when I received […]
Will the industry analyst business be dead in five years?
Love them or loathe them, analyst firms and their unique individuals stoke the emotions of many who come in regular contact with them. But are thee days of the traditional industry analyst numbered?
HP’s strategy: is it plotting, or losing the plot?
Unless HP is plotting a radical move to buy SAP, or some other ERP business, HP seems to be letting itself down badly – the firm needs new thinkers who can drive innovation and a new direction into the business, because right now, most industry observe…
