The thoughts of a working IT industry analyst, including notes from briefings, the inside scoop behind more formal articles and reports, and occasional commentary on what's going on in the analyst and analyst relations space.
Following on from my previous post on the importance of social media enthusiasts breaking out of the echo chamber, I thought I would share a snippet of research from a study we conducted in collaboration with MWD a few months ago.
The reason...
I was alerted through Twitter to an interesting blog post by Amber Naslund entitled Are we sharing solutions or soundbites?, in which she discusses the issue of social media enthusiasts often failing to connect effectively with the business...
I am in two minds about the feedback we have received recently through our research which tells us that IT professionals are generally not predicting doom, gloom and/or panic as a result of the credit crunch and associated economic downturn. I...
I know, I should get over it, but it does annoy me the way the Jobs faithful go on about everything being perfect in their world and Apple being able to do no wrong. Perhaps its age or maybe I have got some kind of genetic disorder that prevents...
Dana Gardner Principal Analyst Interarbor Solutions