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IDC telecoms chief leaves 8 Jun 2013 | 04:35 pm
This week saw Chris Lewis (@chr1sLew1s) leave IDC and set up his own analyst firm, Lewis Insight. At IDC, Chris was group vice president, international telecoms and networking. He's also held senior ...
Ovum: New leader, enterprise growth - but what's next? 3 Jun 2013 | 03:38 pm
Thanks to Claire Booty, I had the opportunity of meeting Steve Hotham, the new Ovum MD at the recent Ovum Industry Congress. He gave a good performance (particularly for someone who’d only been in th...
Claus Egge - Rest in Peace 30 Jul 2012 | 09:31 pm
Over the weekend, I heard that Claus has passed away. It's very sad. We first came into contact when I was doing work with NetApp and Hitachi Data Systems. When Claus left IDC, we would then bump int...
Analyst Relations & Sales & Social Media 30 Sep 2011 | 09:07 pm
I was delighted to host the IIAR (Institute of Industry Analyst Relations) forum yesterday in a very sunny and hot London. It is always great to see how many AR professionals are willing to come alon...
What next for Ovum? 28 May 2011 | 10:07 pm
I seem to be one of the few people who mourns the Ovum / Datamonitor divorce. Making the combined offer work was always going to take time as it required huge cultural change. You were effectively br...
Andy Buss joins Freeform Dynamics 7 Apr 2010 | 08:39 pm
Andy Buss has joined Freeform Dynamics as a service director, covering end-user client computing and access and infrastructure communications technologies. According to the Freeform website, his curre...
Thoughts on Gartner buying Burton 13 Jan 2010 | 03:25 am
For those who follow me on Twitter, this post will be very familiar as it is a write-up of the thoughts I posted there last week (slightly expanded and tidied up). Thought 1 Gartner’s acquisition of ...
Ovum and Datamonitor: The Rise of A New Industry Force? 16 Dec 2009 | 01:23 am
There's been lots of talk over recent months about the changes happening at Datamonitor, Ovum and Butler Group. Well, the plans are now complete and the good news is there's enormous potential in wha...
Gideon Gartner on the future of the industry analyst 5 Dec 2009 | 08:39 am
I have been told I mustn't be shy. I should make sure you all know to go see Gideon Gartner, Jonathan Yarmis and me discuss the future of the industy analyst. Thanks to Ovum for inviting me to take p...
Gartner buys AMR 2 Dec 2009 | 02:54 am
So, another analyst firm is to disappear. This time it's that leader in ERP and supply chain, AMR Research. It's being bought by Gartner for $64 million. AMR seems to have got a fair price - 1.6 x sa...
