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Tibco bounces back in the Lighthouse Software Index

Waqas Ahmed — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:20:36 +0000

Tibco has moved up 9 places this month to claim a spot back in the Lighthouse Software Index. Its announcement to acquire Insightful Corporation and the fact that it has been mentioned as a leader in Gartner’s B2B Gateway Providers Magic Quadrant has certainly helped it bounce back this month. Information Builders is the biggest [...]

Treat user-centred analysts different from those funded by vendors

Duncan Chapple — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:35:32 +0000

Dave Kellogg, a Silicon Valley marketer and blogger, recently provided commentary on a previous article from Alan Pelz-Sharpe of CMS Watch. Alan’s article covered rules he thinks vendors should follow when dealing with independent analysts. Overall, of course, Alan and Dave have some pretty good advice, and we’ve had some good feedback from our [...]

New Lighthouse Outsourcing Index launched

Martin Tilling — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:37:33 +0000

This week we launch the Lighthouse Outsourcing Index. As I mentioned earlier this month, from this month Lighthouse will be issuing two Services Indexes: Outsourcing Index and Consulting and Systems Integration. They will be published in consecutive months starting this month with Outsourcing. We have searched back over research published during the past 30 months to [...]

Influencer relations needs action research to look beyond the left-overs

Duncan Chapple — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:08:20 +0000

Analyst relations professionals increasingly find themselves discussing influencer relations. Don Bulmer uses a nice definition: a systematic way to identify, measure and build bridges with influential people who impact customer perception. SAP’s useful taxonomy breaks this down into clear categories such as customer communities, IT Influencers (such as Industry analysts, developer community, consultants, and bloggers); [...]

Philips gets to the top 25 in the Lighthouse Systems Index

Waqas Ahmed — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:47:34 +0000

Philips is the biggest gainer in this month’s edition of the Lighthouse Systems Index. The firm has jumped up 7 positions and is ranked at the 23rd spot. Analyst focus on the outsourcing of LCD TV business to manufacturing and design firms in Asia/Pacific region, has helped it make the jump entering the top 25 [...]

Don’t, Don’t, Don’t, Don’t Believe the Hype!

Blog — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:55:06 +0000

If you’re standing pregnant and bloated at the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and wondering how to deliver on some of your recent visionary slideware; or if you’re wallowing in the “Trough of Disillusionment” as your development team creaks at the seams to ship your beta code, then we recommend you try a new marketing paper. Riding [...]

New Lighthouse Indexes launch for Outsourcing and Consulting

Martin Tilling — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:37:33 +0000

This month we divide our Lighthouse Services Index into two more focussed studies. First comes the Lighthouse Outsourcing Index and next month we’ll launch the Consulting & Systems Integration Index. To enable us to carry out the research for these new indexes some major steps have been taken this month. 1. Addition of more firms A number [...]

Free 30-minute webinar on managing 2.0 overload

Duncan Chapple — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:36:44 +0000

Jonny’s offering a free 30 minute webinar on dealing with web 2.0 overload. We can’t believe it’s free, and recommend you jump at the opportunity, now! Jonny explains the course is “for AR pros who want to understand how to manage the sheer volume of information in the analyst 2.0 world to just 5 minutes per [...]

AnalystEquity.com now the most visted AR domain

Duncan Chapple — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:35:10 +0000

Since our relaunch in April, AnalystEquity.com has had 36% more visitors. According to Alexa.com, that makes us the most visited AR site. However, other sites around the analyst industry are going well: tekrati.com readership spans both AR and mainstream tech audiences, with its dedicated news feeds being the first stop of the day for many professionals. [...]

Lighthouse launches “AR 2.0″ seminar on September 17

Blog — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:46:08 +0000

Lighthouse will launch a half-day “AR 2.0″ seminar on September 17. “Using social media to build analyst rapport” will outline how web 2.0 technologies can help AR managers to develop their ongoing dialogue with influential analysts. The seminar will also strip away the “AR 2.0″ hype (which suggests that AR 1.0 is obsolete), outline how [...]

Holway: Providence Equity bids world record amount for Informa

Blog — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:04:23 +0000

A quick ‘heads up’ from Richard:Informa gets bid from private equity consortium led by Providence Equity. Depending on whose maths you trust, the bid is more or less $6 billion: less according to The Times, but almost $7 billion according to the Financial Times (the FT correctly notes that the value of Informa’s debt also [...]

Credo 6: Resources determine AR scope and tempo

Blog — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:40 +0000

Our Credo series on AR principles has to address the most challenging pressure on AR professionals: how to say no to activities with little or no marginal benefit to the organisation. It’s a classic example of the triple contraints: time, cost and scope. Analyst relations managers increasingly understand the need to tier analysts so that they [...]

Analysys’ OSS purchase creates a global niche leader

Duncan Chapple — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:01:42 +0000

As we mentioned last week, Analysys Mason has bought telecom software shop OSS Observer. That’s a significant move for Analysys’ managing partner Tony Lavender: he arguably now leads the biggest practice in BSS/OSS/telecoms IT in the world. Certainly the OSS Observer guys are well respected and, because they’re based in the US (only one in the UK), the two practices fit [...]

OSS Observer bought by Analysys Mason

Blog — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:06:27 +0000

Telecoms specialists Analysys Mason are expanding more into the software space though their purchase of OSS Observer. The announcement is here. Considering the weakness of the US dollar, we’ll perhaps see more purchases of US firms from Europe in the future.

Telecom Italia is the biggest gainer in the Lighthouse Telecoms Index

Waqas Ahmed — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:51:15 +0000

Telecom Italia has shot up 9 positions placing it as the biggest gainer of the month. The firm has launched its first community Internet TV “Yalp!” which aims to allow users to create and publish their own TV channels. ZTE has announced the industry’s first operational end-to-end IMS system with convergent BSS/OSS, it has moved [...]

Lighthouse hosts ‘Reputation & Green IT’ roundtable with Wally Katz

Blog — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:33:48 +0000

Lighthouse’s roundtable discussion is about how Green IT fits into the way that analysts (and other stakeholders) evaluate the brand positions and CSR strategies of top IT companies. Environmental sustainability is an increasingly important topic for IT buyers worldwide. To better understand the opportunities, Lighthouse is supporting a research project to look at how (and whether) IT [...]

The value and post-acquisition performance of Informa

Aleksandra Bosnjak — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:23:25 +0000

Guest post by Aleksandra Bosnjak, Lead TMT Analyst at StrategyEye, in advance of our recent webinar. Informa, the UK-based B2B publishing and conference giant which just broke off its talks with UBM for a merger, now has another possible group of bidders: private equity groups Providence Equity Partners and Carlyle are working on a USD3.53bn cash [...]