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 [...]
Five Things the Gartner/AMR Deal Suggests for the Future of Industry Analyst Research
As I sat down to write about the Gartner/AMR deal this morning, I realized that I could probably fill a book with my thoughts on what the deal bodes for the future of research, publishing and expert consulting models in the technology sector. But rat…
My integrity as an analyst
My former colleague Tom Bittman blogs “As an analyst at Gartner, I can’t describe how angry I get when I read bloggers spouting as “fact” their opinion that I and my teammates have no integrity. That we can be “bought.”…
Marketing Budget Less than IT Budget?
Listened to Bruce Richardson from AMR Research speak today about cloud computing and he made a comment about the number of companies he talks to where the IT budget is more than the Marketing budget. “That’s just crazy,” he said, and I agree. Several years ago I ran into a Business Owner who had a [...]
