If you follow my writing, you’ve seen blog posts with titles such as Industry Exposé: Technology Vendors Skew Analysts and Influencers and Industry Analyst Art or Fiction: Questionable Technology Predictions, so it should be no surprise I can’t resist an opportunity to talk about a little bit of insanity on the part of technology suppliers and industry analysts about social media.
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Industry Exposé: Technology Vendors Skew Analysts and Influencers
Posted by
Mark Smith on Oct 5, 2012 12:05:58 PM
In my more than a decade of writing on the trends and direction of the technology industry, occasionally I have talked about the dark side of technology industry analysts. In that vein, I wrote about the diminishing science of research in technology analyst firms, which has impacted the quality of the analysis and advice given by analysts. It built on my previous post on Why Bad Research Could Jeopardize Your Business. Unfortunately, the ethics and morals in the technology analyst industry have not gotten a lot better since I wrote those pieces, especially when it comes to the objectivity and independence of the research. Now it is time to provide shed light on the financial bias of written research and blogs by industry analysts and the firms they represent and publish under in coverage and rating of technology vendors.
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Topics: Business Analytics, Business Collaboration, Business Intelligence, Business Performance, CIO, Cloud Computing, CMO, Customer & Contact Center, Financial Performance, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Industry Analyst, Influencers, Information Applications, Information Management, IT Performance, Location Intelligence, Market Research, Operational Intelligence, Operational Performance, Research, Sales Performance, Social Media, Supply Chain Performance, Technology Vendors, Workforce Performance, Analytics, Big Data
Ventana Research’s Business Technology Innovation Research Agenda for 2012
Posted by
Mark Smith on Feb 24, 2012 8:08:19 AM
Now finishing our first decade of providing research and education for business and IT professionals, we at Ventana Research have learned what it takes to improve the value of processes and performance in many industries. This is no easy task; it requires thorough and wide-ranging research on the best (and worst) practices that organizations need to understand as they try to increase their competency and effectiveness – and our firm is committed to that work. For 2012 we are moving forward from the business technology revolution agenda we outlined at this time last year, including business analytics, business collaboration, cloud computing, mobile technology and social media. We have added a focus on big data, a trend that has reinvigorated the dialog about managing large volumes of data and how to use it effectively. Our research framework spans a diverse set of research agendas and practices from the viewpoints of the lines of business, IT and specific industries and knits together the necessary strategies and best practices across the four critical aspects of people, processes, information and technology.
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Topics: Business Analytics, Business Collaboration, Business Intelligence, Business Mobility, Business Performance, Business Technology, Cloud Computing, Customer & Contact Center, Financial Performance, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Industry Analyst, Information Applications, Information Management, Information Technology, IT Performance, Location Intelligence, Market Research, Operational Intelligence, Operational Performance, Sales Performance, Social Media, Supply Chain Performance, Sustainability, Workforce Performance, Analytics, CIO
Top Ten Best Practices Learned from 2011 Technology Market Chaos and Stupidity
Posted by
Mark Smith on Dec 31, 2011 8:58:16 AM
While we will wait until January to publish our recommendations for the new year, we can digest the lessons learned in 2011 within the technology markets and with Ventana Research right now. That’s appropriate, since we at Ventana Research are committed to helping you with solid information and education. We help thousands of organizations make a better, faster, safer, smarter and more cost-effective environment for leveraging technology to its fullest extent. Our benchmark research worldwide across thousands of organizations of all sizes and vertical industries has found there is a lot more room for improvement than most realize or are addressing.
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Topics: Business Analytics, Business Collaboration, Business Intelligence, Business Mobility, Business Performance, Business Technology, Cloud Computing, Customer & Contact Center, Enterprise Software, Financial Performance, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Industry Analyst, Information Applications, Information Management, Information Technology, IT Performance, Location Intelligence, Market Research, Mobility, Operational Intelligence, Operational Performance, Sales Performance, Social Media, Supply Chain Performance, Sustainability, Technology, Workforce Performance, Analytics, CFO, CIO
The Diminishing Science of Research in Technology Analyst Firms
Posted by
Mark Smith on Feb 18, 2011 10:46:42 AM
The technology analyst industry has ended its barrage of exuberant predictions for the new year. After digesting all of these commentaries (some were a challenge, I admit), we need to stop our predicting and instead start a discussion about what all of us ought to be doing. From my perspective, that should be an annual statement of direction, what we here call the research agenda. I have decided it is time to remind all of us what this important activity is and why it is really important to see from industry analysts.
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Topics: Business Intelligence, Business Performance, Business Technology, Customer & Contact Center, Financial Performance, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Industry Analyst, Information Applications, Information Management, Information Technology, IT Performance, IT Research, Location Intelligence, Market Research, Operational Intelligence, Operational Performance, Sales Performance, Supply Chain Performance, Workforce Performance, Analytics
